Loans in focus: Apollo finances Spanish residential takeover, Crédit Agricole backs Iberian student housing, KKR and Stonepeak line up Assura deal financing

Apollo Global Management provides circa €750 million to fund Neinor Homes’ acquisition of a rival listed Spanish residential developer; Crédit Agricole arranges €700 million to finance the acquisition of Brookfield Asset Management’s Iberian student housing platform; Jefferies International agrees to provide KKR and Stonepeak with £125 million (€146 million) for the firms' planned takeover of Assura; the latest additions to the Real Estate Capital Europe lending database; and more in our round-up of European loan deals from the past week.