The Fund Finance Association has been active in the last week, including soliciting nominations for its 2021 Industry Awards. The Julian Black Lifetime Contribution to the Industry Award, the Dee Dee Sklar Women in Fund Finance Award and the NextGen Member of the Year Award are familiar to the industry. Two new awards have been added this year: the Diversity in Fund Finance Award, which will recognize an individual’s contribution to furthering diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the fund finance industry, and the Annual Contribution to the Industry Award, which aims to recognize several individuals who have made outsized contributions in the past year.
Fitch hosted a webinar last week discussing Private Equity Collateralized Fund Obligations (“PE CFOs”). The webinar focused on the performance of PE CFO transactions through the COVID-driven downturn, market and regulatory developments for the sector, and the outlook for 2021.
Emma Wang of East West Bank was featured in a recent article discussing the trends and outlook for the fund finance market in the Asia-Pacific region. The article also included her perspectives on gender equality in private equity. The article is available here.
Fund Fanatics Scott Aleali and Jeff Maier interview Laurel Touby and Jenny Friedman of Supernode Ventures about a host of topics, including Bitcoin, Miami’s evolving tech scene and what’s good on Netflix (our vote is Cobra Kai). All of that and more here.
In this sixth installment of the new “Fund Finance” webinar series (hosted on February 25), Michael Mbayi, Wildgen’s Fund Finance expert, is joined by panelists for an in-depth discussion concerning the structuring and the negotiation of the credit agreement.
Brickfield Recruitment’s latest article on talent search and recruitment in the fund finance industry looks at the issue of relationship building and how hiring managers, candidates, HR and recruiters can work together effectively to secure the best possible outcome.
McCann FitzGerald released a briefing on the recent reforms to Ireland’s Investment Limited Partnership (“ILP”) legislation, which has resulted in a fit-for-purpose partnership structure being available in Ireland. The article provides a helpful “speed read” summary of the ILP and its advantages before further detailing the key features of the ILP and how it works in practice.
Chris Cook has recently been promoted to Managing Director and Americas Head of Global Markets Structuring in the Global Markets Structuring Group at UBS. The group works with origination teams to cover institutional clients, family offices and ultra-high-net worth individuals.
