Fund Finance

This largely institutional market has seen a spike in enquiries from family offices and high-net-worth individuals, according to speakers at the Fund Finance Association Symposium.

Panelists at the Global Fund Finance Symposium in Miami Beach on January 17 talked about the need for, and the complications presented by, the evolution of 'Fund Finance 2.0.'

The well-known face in fund finance is aiming to start the insurer’s origination business.

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

The consultancy has hired the Fund Finance Association's co-chair of Diversity in Fund Finance as a partner.

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.

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.

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.

Ike Chidi joins as the firm continues to expand its mid-market private equity practice.