Citizens Private Bank recently published an insightful piece titled “The Business of Sports: How Private Equity Has Become a Star Player,” examining how institutional investors are reshaping the professional sports landscape.
Now in its second year, FFA University 1.0 returns to London! Join the Fund Finance Association for this comprehensive two-day fund finance training program, offering a comprehensive look at the fund finance market through expert-led sessions on core products, legal and documentation considerations, market dynamics and key industry developments.
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Mason Hayes & Curran has released Part 2 of their annual Irish Fund Finance in Five series. This is a five-part legal insight series that explains the Irish law issues, structures and documentation involved in fund finance transactions in a clear, practical way.
Simple subscription lines in Europe do not typically come with an intercreditor agreement (an ICA). Keeping the fund at the top of the structure “clean” with very restricted permitted financial indebtedness undertakings and a robust negative pledge preventing the creation of any security, should prevent competing creditors and security.
Join Scott Aleali, Head of Private Equity Finance at Citizens Bank, and Brendan Coughlin, President of Citizens, for the first Fund Fanatics episode of 2026.
We’re thrilled to share the news that Jordan Ballard has been promoted to special counsel; and that Susan Bumgardner, Fiona Cheng, Kayla Culver, Johan de Wet and Adela Woliansky have been promoted to counsel.
Cadwalader Fund Finance partners have contributed to the 2026 edition of Fund Finance 2026 (also known as the Pink Book), the leading legal treatise for the fund finance industry, published by Global Legal Group. Co-Managing Partner Wes Misson served as Contributing Editor.
Maples recently published the January 2026 edition of FUNDed. This edition focuses on the US, European and Asia markets and draws exclusively on the firm's internal aggregated data from a review of terms across more than 1,000 transactions completed during 2025.
The intersection between fund finance and structured finance was certainly a hot topic in 2025. Two structures in particular that have become increasingly prominent in recent years are rated note feeders (or rated feeder funds) and collateralised fund obligations.