First Citizens Bank and Sixth Street Announce Launch of Sixty-First Commercial Finance to Provide Flexible Capital Equipment Financing Solutions to Middle Market Companies
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First Citizens Bank and Sixth Street announced the launch of Sixty-First Commercial Finance, a new platform managed by First Citizens Institutional Asset Management, This joint venture aims to provide flexible capital equipment financing solutions to middle market companies, offering financing ranges from $5 million to $100 million.
The platform will offer tax leases, loans, capital leases, and progress payment financing across various industries including transportation, construction, manufacturing, and warehouse distribution. Bank of America is providing a $300 million warehouse finance facility to fund the venture.
Ryan Berlage, with First Citizens Bank since 2020, will serve as managing director and chief credit officer. Kevin Ronan and Edward Moir have been appointed as officers of First Citizens Institutional Asset Management, to oversee the venture.
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- Strategic expansion into equipment financing market with $5-100M ticket size range
- Secured $300M warehouse finance facility from Bank of America
- Partnership with major investment firm Sixth Street enhances market reach
- Diversification across multiple industries and equipment asset types
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A joint venture between Sixth Street's Asset Based Finance platform and First Citizens Bank, Sixty-First Commercial Finance will leverage the well-established capabilities and expertise of both institutions to provide mid- and large-ticket capital equipment financings ranging from
"First Citizens Bank is a top 20 U.S. bank and also among the five largest banks in equipment finance1," said Jim Hudak, president of First Citizens Commercial Finance. "This strategic initiative represents a significant step forward for First Citizens Bank's capacity to serve capital equipment clients and to leverage our deep industry knowledge and long-standing expertise in this sector."
"With the launch of Sixty-First Commercial Finance, we're providing the equipment finance industry with market differentiating financing capabilities," said Kevin Ronan, head of Capital Equipment Finance at First Citizens Bank. "Our clients now have access to even more attractive financing alternatives with greater flexibility and greater certainty of execution through the combined capabilities of First Citizens Bank and Sixth Street."
"We are proud to be partnering with First Citizens Bank on this novel structure to support and augment their existing deep equipment finance and leasing capabilities," said Michael Dryden, Partner and Head of Asset Based Finance at Sixth Street. "This is a great example of how institutions like ours can work together to create new capital solutions that expand capacity for the bank's clients and grow new financing activity."
In conjunction with the launch, Bank of America is structuring and arranging a bilateral
Sixty-First Commercial Finance's product offering consists of tax leases, loans, capital leases and progress payment financing, designed to serve the mission-critical equipment financing needs of middle market companies across a range of industries -- including transportation, construction, Jones Act marine, discrete and process manufacturing, material handling, air medical helicopters, warehouse distribution, and furniture and fixtures.
With the formation of Sixty-First Commercial Finance, Ryan Berlage, who has been with First Citizens Bank since 2020, will serve as managing director and chief credit officer and portfolio manager of the joint venture, as well as an officer of First Citizens Institutional Asset Management, LLC. In this role, Berlage will lead all underwriting and portfolio related activities, drawing on his 20-plus years of experience in the equipment finance industry and his firsthand knowledge of building new leasing platforms for banks and non-banks.
Additionally, First Citizens Bank executives Ronan and Chief Underwriting Officer Edward Moir have been appointed as officers of First Citizens Institutional Asset Management, LLC and will provide ongoing oversight to Sixty-First Commercial Finance. First Citizens Institutional Asset Management, LLC, an SEC registered investment advisor, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Citizens Bank.
To learn more about Sixty-First Commercial Finance, visit firstcitizens.com/cef.
About First Citizens Bank
First Citizens Bank helps personal, business, commercial and wealth clients build financial strength that lasts. Headquartered in
About Sixth Street
Sixth Street is a global investment firm with over
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1 Per the annual Bank 50 listing in Monitor magazine, a leading equipment finance industry trade publication.
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