Writing as the dawn breaks and looking out from Hong Kong Island over the harbour, Kowloon and the mountains beyond (without a doubt, one of the most spectacular city views anywhere in the world), it is great to have had the opportunity to come back to this beautiful, vibrant city and to now offer some comments on the just completed Fund Finance symposium and to reflect on what was said about the market in Asia Pacific and the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.
At the European Secondaries Summit in London this week, delegates from the secondaries world revealed their views on what is driving growth in the secondaries market, challenges facing the market and key emerging trends.
In the subscription finance space, the secured party’s security interest in the right to make, issue, and enforce capital calls on the borrower’s investors and to receive the resulting capital contributions is governed by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”) and is perfected by the filing of a UCC-1 financing statement in the applicable jurisdiction(s).
Real Deals published an article earlier this week focusing on preferred equity structures with a case study on the recent EUR105m Palamon/Pomona transaction in Europe, which was supported by leverage from Investec.
PitchBook released its quarterly middle market report last week. While deal flow maintained a robust pace in Q2, fundraising is decelerating for middle market funds.
Earlier this week, Ropes & Grayreleased a podcast episode titled “Fund Subscription Facilities: Key Considerations for Limited Partners,” in which asset management partner Isabel Dische and finance partner Patricia Lynch discuss the use of capital call facilities by private investment funds.
Scott Aleali of First Republic Bank published an article on LinkedIn last week, titled "Best Practices for Ensuring GP & LP Alignment When Subscription Credit Facilities Are a Factor."
James Beck recently joined Standard Chartered Bank as an Associate Director on the Loan Syndications team covering fund financing as well as CRE and leverage finance.