Busy days in sanctions; Softbank in the market for a $4 billion facility; new research on private equity investment performance; Maples announces dates for its Investment Funds Forum; and Cadwalader advises SFIG in involuntary bankruptcy petition filed against a pre-crisis securitization entity.
A Barron's article published this week, titled "A New Form of Private-Equity Financing Is Starting to Take Off," is not really news to those who do subscription finance work every day.
Optimism about future market expansion far exceeded concerns related to the Abraaj facilities at the 4th Annual European Fund Finance Symposium in London on October 24.
The Fund Finance Association (FFA) announced several new initiatives at the 4th Annual European Fund Finance Symposium last week. We highlight a number of ways to get involved.