Finance & Accounting

Portfolio Financing Fund II does preferred equity- and NAV-based lending deals for funds in the private equity, real estate and infrastructure markets.

Raymond James's Sunaina Sinha Haldea discusses the best practice for GPs to discharge conflict of interest and ensure best pricing on their GP-led transactions.

The Royal Bank of Scotland International projects that more banks will enter the NAV loan market, as the facilities have matured and become more mainstream since the depths of the covid-19 pandemic.

Pioneering fund managers are making the ultimate GP prize – carried interest – contingent on impact or ESG metrics. Is this the future?

Executives from four firms that have broken ground in the space – Carlyle, EQT, BPEA and InfraRed – discuss the future of sustainability-linked debt facilities.

A series of sustainability-focused deals in 2021 gave fresh significance to a relatively young market.

Access to competitive pricing and operational efficiency will always be critical factors for firms when it comes to trading currencies. But for many , one big emerging concern is a lack of transparency, writes MillTechFX CEO Eric Huttman.

Eighty percent of the the firm’s 15 NAV loan and preferred equity deals in 2021 were done with top 100 private equity managers by size, says an executive at the lender.

Rising expenses, and the challenge for many LPs of getting the financial data they need to justify the costs, are leading to misalignment between managers and their fund investors.

The new hire from JPMorgan will handle Blackstone's financial institution relationships, including the banks that finance its PE operation.