{"id":29150,"date":"2026-01-04T22:51:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2026\/01\/04\/time-out-backer-oakley-snaps-up-financial-specialist-glas-in-1bn-deal-british-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T22:51:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T22:51:57","slug":"time-out-backer-oakley-snaps-up-financial-specialist-glas-in-1bn-deal-british-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2026\/01\/04\/time-out-backer-oakley-snaps-up-financial-specialist-glas-in-1bn-deal-british-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Out backer Oakley snaps up financial specialist GLAS in \u00a31bn deal | British News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Private Equity Firm Completes \u00a31bn Deal<\/h1>\n<h2>Introduction to the Deal<\/h2>\n<p>The private equity firm, Oakley Capital, has completed a \u00a31bn deal to buy a majority stake in Global Loan Agency Service (GLAS), a fast-growing player in the global financial industry. GLAS specializes in providing debt management services.<\/p>\n<h2>Details of the Deal<\/h2>\n<p>Bank sources have revealed that La Caisse, a Canadian pension fund giant, has co-invested in the deal with Oakley Capital. The deal is expected to be announced publicly.<\/p>\n<h2>About Global Loan Agency Service (GLAS)<\/h2>\n<p>GLAS was founded in 2011 by Mia Drennan and Brian Carne. The company has grown into a highly profitable provider of loan administration and bond trustee services. Demand for its expertise has increased amid the explosion in the private credit sector of global finance in recent years.<\/p>\n<h2>Future Plans<\/h2>\n<p>Ms. Drennan is expected to continue to lead the company and remain a significant shareholder following the transaction. Oakley and La Caisse are acquiring their shares from Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, another private equity group. Levine Leichtman will also retain a small equity stake in GLAS.<\/p>\n<h2>Sale and Acquisition<\/h2>\n<p>The sale of GLAS was led by bankers at Baird and Deutsche Bank and is said to have attracted interest from some of the world&#8217;s largest buyout firms. Oakley Capital has been contacted for comment on the deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Private Equity Firm Completes \u00a31bn Deal Introduction to the Deal The private equity firm, Oakley Capital, has completed a \u00a31bn deal to buy a majority stake in Global Loan Agency Service (GLAS), a fast-growing player in the global financial industry. GLAS specializes in providing debt management services. Details of the Deal Bank sources have revealed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2439,10271,3776,403,743,1230,19320,762,3308,21747,17515,2444,3896,17813,1784,17616,3706,2956,2468,759,21746],"class_list":{"0":"post-29150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-bank","9":"tag-board-of-directors","10":"tag-bond-finance","11":"tag-capital-economics","12":"tag-company","13":"tag-demand","14":"tag-deutsche-bank","15":"tag-equity-finance","16":"tag-financial-services","17":"tag-global-financial-system","18":"tag-leveraged-buyout","19":"tag-loan","20":"tag-mergers-and-acquisitions","21":"tag-pension-fund","22":"tag-private-equity","23":"tag-private-equity-firm","24":"tag-profit-economics","25":"tag-service-economics","26":"tag-share-finance","27":"tag-shareholder","28":"tag-time-out-magazine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29152,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29150\/revisions\/29152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}