Fund Finance Friday | Industry Conversations

Cadwalader attorneys have conversations with industry leaders to analyze important developments within the Fund Finance market.

Industry Conversations with Neno Raic and Slade Spalding of No Limit Capital 11/05/2021

Industry Conversations with Neno Raic and Slade Spalding of No Limit Capital In this week’s FFF: Industry Conversations, Cadwalader partner Samantha Hutchinson sits down with No Limit Capital co-founders Neno Raic and Slade Spalding to discuss the exciting launch of their new fund, how their strategy interplays in the fund finance markets and what to expect from them in 2022 and beyond. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/21061319

Alternative Credit with Andie Goh and Peter Keane 10/01/2021

Alternative Credit with Andie Goh and Peter Keane In this week’s FFF: Industry Conversations, Cadwalader partner Samantha Hutchinson sits down with Ares Credit Group's Andie Goh and Peter Keane to discuss how fund finance fits into the alternative credit space, activity in the market, and more. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/20670938

Catching Up with Dee Dee Sklar 09/24/2021

Catching Up with Dee Dee Sklar In this week’s FFF: Industry Conversations, Mike Mascia sits down with Dee Dee Sklar. Dee Dee updates Mike on the various projects and Board initiatives that have kept her busy since she first announced her retirement nearly two years ago. Mike and Dee Dee also discuss the importance of the FFA’s Women in Fund Finance group. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/20587253

ICYMI: Catching Up with 17Capital's Michael Timms 09/10/2021

ICYMI: Catching Up with 17Capital's Michael Timms ICYMI: Mike Mascia sits down with 17Capital Investment Director Michael Timms. They discuss 17Capital's fund finance capabilities and Michael's role at 17Capital's west coast outpost. For more information, please visit fundfinancefriday.com /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/20432045

What to Know about Term SOFR 07/30/2021

What to Know about Term SOFR Cadwalader partner Jeff Nagle joins special counsel Leah Edelboim to discuss the latest in the LIBOR transition. In this conversation, Jeff gives us insight into where we are in the benchmark transition and what it means for fund finance documents. It has been expected that ARRC would imminently recommend Term SOFR, and Leah and Jeff discuss the pending impact of that recommendation, which was announced yesterday, just after we taped this discussion. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/19979297

Supply and Demand with Citco's Michael Peterson and Shiraz Allidina 07/30/2021

Supply and Demand with Citco's Michael Peterson and Shiraz Allidina In this week’s FFF: Industry Conversations, Cadwalader partner Samantha Hutchinson sits down with Citco's Michael Peterson and Shiraz Allidina to discuss market growth, the globalization of fund finance products, institutional capital and more. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/19979237

Capital Relief Trades with Jed Miller 07/02/2021

Capital Relief Trades with Jed Miller In this week’s FFF: Industry Conversations, Mike Mascia sits down with Cadwalader partner Jed Miller to discuss capital relief trades (CRTs) for banks in the context of subscription facilities. Visit cadwalader.com or fundfinancefriday.com for more information. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/19685963

Checking In with Bank of Ireland's Nicholas Armstrong 04/30/2021

Checking In with Bank of Ireland's Nicholas Armstrong In this episode of Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Bank of Ireland’s Nicholas Armstrong joins Cadwalader partner Jeremy Cross to discuss fund finance at BoI, as well as current market developments and predictions for the rest of 2021. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/18919862

Checking in with Hedgewood Capital Partners’ Khizer Ahmed 04/16/2021

Checking in with Hedgewood Capital Partners’ Khizer Ahmed In this episode of Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Cadwalader partner Samantha Hutchinson is joined by Khizer Ahmed, Founder and Managing Member at Hedgewood Capital Partners, LLC, to discuss lender appetite over the course of the pandemic, the role of a fund finance advisor in the current market and more. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/18747884

Bespoke Solutions, D&I and More, with Dadong Yan 02/19/2021

Bespoke Solutions, D&I and More, with Dadong Yan In this episode of Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Cadwalader partner Samantha Hutchinson is joined by MassMutual Portfolio Manager Dadong Yan to discuss trends and opportunities in the fund finance markets and how institutional capital can play an integral part. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/18009728

EQT Discuss Their ESG Capital Call Facilities 02/12/2021

EQT Discuss Their ESG Capital Call Facilities In this episode of Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Cadwalader partner Nathan Parker is joined by EQT Managing Director Adam Larsson and Debevoise & Plimpton partner Thomas Smith to discuss the market-leading ESG linked capital call facilities put in place by EQT in the second part of last year. For more information, visit fundfinancefriday.com /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/17924957

Welcoming Chad Stackhouse 01/29/2021

Welcoming Chad Stackhouse In this episode of Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Tim Hicks sits down with Chad Stackhouse, the newest partner to join Cadwalader’s Fund Finance team. Chad discusses how he got his start in the industry as well as current market developments and predictions for 2021. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/17737529

What Does 2021 Hold for European Fund Finance? 01/29/2021

What Does 2021 Hold for European Fund Finance? In this episode of Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Fabien Bonavia and Mohith Sondhi of OakNorth Bank join Cadwalader partner Samantha Hutchinson to discuss their experience and outlook on the fund finance markets. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/17737502

Catching Up with Michael Sinclair of People’s United Bank 12/18/2020

Catching Up with Michael Sinclair of People’s United Bank In this episode of Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Michael Sinclair of People’s United Bank joins Mike Mascia to discuss the fund finance happenings at People’s United as well as current market developments and predictions for 2021. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/17245565

Nothing (Much) New Under the Sun? 12/11/2020

Nothing (Much) New Under the Sun? In this episode of Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, RBS International's Spencer Goss joins Cadwalader partner Jeremy Cross to compare and contrast the Fund Finance market pre- the Great Financial Crisis in 2008/2009 to the market today. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/17154293

Investment Perspective 12/11/2020

Investment Perspective In this episode of Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Evelyn Zhang of Partners Group joins Cadwalader partner Samantha Hutchinson to discuss how the secondaries market has been impacted by COVID-19. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/17154272

Fund Finance Friday Industry Conversations LIBOR Transition Update with Jeffrey Nagle 320 kbps 12/04/2020

Fund Finance Friday Industry Conversations LIBOR Transition Update with Jeffrey Nagle 320 kbps In today’s Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Jeff Nagle of Cadwalader’s LIBOR Preparedness Team joins Mike Mascia and gives a plain-English summary of what a fund finance banker needs to know about this week’s LIBOR transition updates from the ICE Benchmark Administration and the U.S. and UK regulators. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/17062727

Fund Structures, Facilities and More, with Ganryu Capital Partners’ Josh Bourone 11/13/2020

Fund Structures, Facilities and More, with Ganryu Capital Partners’ Josh Bourone In this week’s Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Ganryu Capital Partners’ Josh Bourone joins Samantha Hutchinson to provide his take on evolving fund structures, LP sentiment to fund financings and the lender landscape. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/16796633

A Fund Manager's Perspective, with Barings’ Sabih Hussain 10/30/2020

A Fund Manager's Perspective, with Barings’ Sabih Hussain In this week’s Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Barings’ Sabih Hussain joins Samantha Hutchinson to provide his take on the impact of COVID on the private credit markets and his experience of using fund finance products through the pandemic. Visit fundfinancefriday.com for more info. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/16613582

9 Minutes of Fund Finance with Jeff Maier 10/23/2020

9 Minutes of Fund Finance with Jeff Maier In this week’s Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Jeff Maier joins Mike Mascia and discusses demand and deal structures for management fee lines and GP facilities. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/16517903

Catching Up with SMBC’S Sammy Asoli 10/16/2020

Catching Up with SMBC’S Sammy Asoli In this week’s Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Sammy Asoli, the newly minted Global Head of Subscription Secured Finance at SMBC, joins Mike Mascia and discusses his new role, virtual leadership, what they are seeing in the market, predictions for 2021 and taking garden leave during a global pandemic. To learn more, visit fundfinancefriday.com /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/16427156

Stepping Into Q4 with Charles Newcomb 10/02/2020

Stepping Into Q4 with Charles Newcomb In this week’s Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, long-time fund finance banker Charles Newcomb, Managing Director at Signature Bank, joins Mike Mascia and gives his thoughts on current market conditions, his forecasts for the 4th quarter and beyond, and his experience with return to work. For more information, visit cadwalader.com or fundfinancefriday.com /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/16246202

Future Gazing with Avardi Partners’ Sarah Lobbardi 09/11/2020

Future Gazing with Avardi Partners’ Sarah Lobbardi In this week’s Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Jeremy Cross is joined by the Founder of Avardi Partners, Sarah Lobbardi. Sarah gives us an insight into the founding of and philosophy behind Avardi Partners as well as her insights on the current and future direction of the Fund Finance market. For more information, please visit fundfinancefriday.com /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/15972560

LIBOR before LABOR (DAY) 09/04/2020

LIBOR before LABOR (DAY) In this week’s FFF: Industry Conversations, Jeremy Cross, a Cadwalader partner and member of our LIBOR Preparedness Team in London, discusses the state of play and issues around the proposed replacement of Sterling LIBOR with “SONIA” with two other members of the LIBOR preparedness team in London, special counsels Michael Sholem and Assia Damianova. The discussion covers all the high-level things you need to know, including what a “risk-free rate” is, the main differences between SONIA and LIBOR, the documentary and other changes that this will require, the implications of this on Margin and other costs, what market participants need to be thinking about and when, as well as some of the issues and questions that still remain. For more information, please visit fundfinancefriday.com /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/15883772

A Crash Course in SOFR 08/28/2020

A Crash Course in SOFR In this week’s FFF: Industry Conversations, Jeff Nagle, a Cadwalader partner and member of our LIBOR Preparedness Team, teaches a SOFR 101 session. He covers all the high-level things you need to know, including how SOFR is actually calculated, how it differs from LIBOR, what its variations are and which are best, how margins will be impacted, what the expected market conventions are, and what comparable rates exist for non-dollar denominated loans. With the LIBOR phase-out date approaching, the session teaches the basics you need to know to be prepared for moving to SOFR benchmark rates. Additionally, Mack McDonald, CEO of Renaissance West Community Initiative, provides an update on the great work the non-profit is doing to tackle generational poverty with a holistic approach. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/15789857

Looking into H2 and Beyond 08/21/2020

Looking into H2 and Beyond In today’s Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Cadwalader's Samantha Hutchinson hosts Marlborough Partners' Kieran Welsh to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on fund finance products, appetite for asset-backed facilities and the market outlook for H2. For more, please visit fundfinancefriday.com. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/15701093

Flexibility in Unique Circumstances 08/14/2020

Flexibility in Unique Circumstances In today’s Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Cadwalader's Samantha Hutchinson hosts Stephen Quinn of 17Capital to discuss liquidity solutions during the COVID-19 era. For more information, please visit fundfinancefriday.com. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/15611213

A Borrower’s Perspective 08/07/2020

A Borrower’s Perspective In this week’s FFF: Industry Conversations, Taylor Johnson of Nuveen Investments joins Cadwalader’s Mike Mascia and discusses his fund finance and property-level market observations, including where he sees gaps in available lender-side supply and where he thinks banks could innovate to bring value to fund borrowers in the current environment. To learn more, visit fundfinancefriday.com or cadwalader.com. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/15520604

License and (Cayman) Registration, Please 07/24/2020

License and (Cayman) Registration, Please In today’s Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Mike Mascia of Cadwalader hosts Mike Breaux, Director at Stifel Bank, who gives an update on the bank’s fund finance practice and his market observations; Tess Virmani, Associate General Counsel at the LSTA, who discusses the LIBOR transition and incorporating ESG standards in loan transactions; and Tina Meigh of the Maples Group, who offers a practical viewpoint from the trenches on obtaining Cayman registrations to comply with the Private Funds Law. Visit fundfinancefriday.com for more info. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/15341780

August 7th Looms 07/17/2020

August 7th Looms In today’s Fund Finance Friday: Industry Conversations, Mike Mascia of Cadwalader hosts Alexandra Woodcock and Alex Last of Mourant to discuss the Cayman Islands Private Funds law and its impact for lenders, and then Terry Hatton, Managing Director at MUFG, gives an excellent update on what the bank has seen in the first half of 2020 and what it is forecasting for the rest of the year. /episode/index/show/fundfinancefriday/id/15239615

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