Texas Capital Forms Strategic Relationship with Phoenix Merchant Partners
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Jun 30 2026
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Texas Capital Bancshares' wholly owned subsidiary Texas Capital Alternative Asset Management and Phoenix Merchant Partners, an independent alternative asset manager, announced a strategic relationship to provide customized capital solutions and direct lending to the core middle market across a diverse range of industries. The strategic relationship integrates the corporate and investment banking coverage network of Texas Capital with the structuring, disciplined underwriting, and multi-cycle portfolio management expertise of Phoenix. Phoenix will launch its first vehicle, Spurstone Credit, in Q3. Structured as a perpetual-life, non-traded closed-end credit fund, Spurstone will be headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The vehicle's investment mandate will focus primarily on delivering senior secured financing solutions to core middle-market businesses with annual revenues between $100M and $1B that are currently underserved in private credit.
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Analyst Views on TCBI
Wall Street analysts forecast TCBI stock price to fall
9 Analyst Rating
3 Buy
4 Hold
2 Sell
Hold
Current: 105.320
Low
86.00
Averages
98.13
High
105.00
Current: 105.320
Low
86.00
Averages
98.13
High
105.00
About TCBI
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company and a full-service financial services firm that delivers customized solutions to businesses, entrepreneurs, and individual customers. The Company's business activities are conducted through its subsidiary, Texas Capital Bank. It offers a range of products and services for its business customers, including commercial loans; real estate term and construction loans; mortgage warehouse lending and mortgage finance services; treasury management services, including online banking, foreign exchange and debit and credit card services; investment banking and advisory services, and letters of credit. It also provides banking services for its individual customers, including personal wealth management and trust services; certificates of deposit; interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing checking accounts; traditional money market and savings accounts; loans; online and mobile banking; investment banking and advisory services, and Bask Bank.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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See More
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