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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Clearing the Hurdle, September 2024 - Hurdling Into the Borrowing Base

As was briefly touched upon in a prior Fund Finance Friday article “Borrowing Base/Coverage Ratio Approaches in Subscription Finance Facilities,” a subscription facility which uses the borrowing base approach looks at each...more

DLA Piper

Key Takeaways From the Fund Finance Association 2024 Global Leadership Summit

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The Pine Cliffs Resort hosted the FFA’s 2024 Global Leadership Summit this week where key players and leaders from across the industry gathered to discuss macroeconomic, geopolitical, policy, legal, regulatory and other...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Reliable Expectations May 2024 - Investors, We're Relying on You

Delaware remains the most popular jurisdiction for the domestic formation of private equity and venture capital funds (a “Fund”) as either a limited partnership or limited liability company.  In fact, 54.8% of the deals...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Liquidity in a Challenging Climate May 2024 - Financing a Continuation Vehicle – Lender Considerations

A continuation fund is an entity fund set up by a sponsor in order to purchase an asset (or assets) from an existing fund managed by that sponsor. There are a number of reasons as to why a sponsor would want to pursue this...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

NAV Positivity April 2024 - In Defense of NAV Loans

NAV loans are getting constant coverage in the press now. For those of us that spent years trying to direct focus to the potential of NAV lending, this is a welcome development.  Admittedly, not all of the coverage is...more

Mayer Brown

Subscription Credit Facilities: Considerations for Addressing Recallable Capital

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Recallable capital has become an increasingly common concept in subscription credit facilities. In this Legal Update, we explain the concept of recallable capital and its role in subscription credit facilities, as well as...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Missing Miami March 1, 2024 - 13 Takeaways From Miami

More than 1,800 industry players attended the 13th annual Global Fund Finance Symposium that wrapped up yesterday afternoon at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. There was a lot to talk about in terms of market evolution...more

Hogan Lovells

Secondaries fund financing: deep diving into security and consents

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With fluctuating capital availability, broadly tightening terms, increasing sponsor demand and pressure on pricing in particular on capital call facilities, the market has been changing, if not challenging, for fund borrowers...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Finance Frontiers February 2024 - Writing to Reach You – Investor Letters and Subscription Facilities

While Chris van Heerden’s recent article gave some cause for optimism over the fundraising environment for 2024, for now on the ground we are continuing to see significantly longer lead times before funds hit their target...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Welcome to 2024: CWT’s European Fund Finance Market Insights - 2024 European Fund Finance Market Predictions

The year 2023 presented the fund finance industry with many challenges that it rose to face with an inventiveness and rigour that showed just how mature and multi-faceted the market has become. At Cadwalader in London we saw...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cinco Celebration May 2023 - One (Cayman Corporate Governance) Rule to Rule Them All ...

The growth in regulation and oversight of private equity and venture capital funds (“Private Funds”) in the Cayman Islands has again taken a step forward with the recent introduction by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Moving into May, April 2023 - A Lender’s Perspective on Special Purpose Entities, Alternative Investment Vehicles and Qualified...

In order for fund credit parties to maintain flexibility for investments and meet the changing requirements of investor requirements (tax, ERISA, etc.), they often need to establish multiple investment vehicles to accommodate...more

White & Case LLP

Private equity sponsors intensify focus on flexibility in portfolio company loan...

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As leveraged loan markets have been impacted by a challenging macroeconomic environment, private equity sponsors are sharpening their focus on flexibility in their portfolio companies’ loan documents Given the sharp...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Missing Miami Already February 2023 | Issue No. 210 - Fund Finance Symposium Panel Recap: ‘Titans in Finance: The Rise of Private...

Coming off of the close of a badly bruised broadly syndicated loan market in 2022, it is no surprise that the global Fund Finance Association kicked off its 12th annual conference in Miami with a conversation with the “Titans...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Miami, Here We Come - February 2022 | Issue No. 162 - NAV Covenants and Subscription Lines

For funds that are nearing the end of their investment period and have limited or no remaining unfunded capital commitments, the need to continue a subscription line facility for ongoing liquidity may continue to exist for...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Liquidity, Luxembourg, ESG — Must Be Fund Finance October 2021 | Issue No. 147 - Women in Fund Finance (WFF): Fund Liquidity...

Women in Fund Finance (WFF) this week hosted a second installment of its “Fund Liquidity Solutions” virtual event, which was a follow-up to the first liquidity solutions panel that took place in July. This second panel...more

Butler Snow LLP

Combining the Energy Credit with New Markets Tax Credits

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Section 48 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 provides for a credit equal to a percentage of the cost of new equipment for the generation of renewable energy, including solar energy used to produce electricity or to heat or...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Room for Optimism August 2021 | Issue No. 139 - The Cayman Private Funds Act 1st Anniversary – No Gifts Required!

It may be that you woke up last Saturday morning, spotted the date 7 August on your phone, and then had that feeling that you’d forgotten something of significance on this date – a birthday perhaps, or maybe worse, a wedding...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

It’s My Equity, and I’ll Pledge If I Want To

Most limited partners (“Investors”) in a private equity fund (“Fund”) understand the basics of the collateral package in connection with a subscription credit facility, which typically involves a pledge by a Fund and its...more

Goodwin

SEC Adopts Broad Exempt Offering Reforms

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In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted broad exempt offering reforms; the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a rule, with significant revisions from the original proposal, on ESG investments; the...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: SEC Proposes Modified Disclosure Framework For Funds

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In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed modifying the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (funds), which would create a new layered disclosure regime that attempts to...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Banking and Fintech Transactions: 2020 Forecast - March 25th, 2:00 pm ET

Bank transaction activity has picked up as small and midsize banks look to adjust their business models to the digital economy. Some fintech companies have chosen to acquire or form their own banks. The clash between the new...more

Goodwin

Financial Services Weekly News: FDIC Issues Deposit Insurance Application Guidance For Non-Banks

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In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) published new procedures for federal deposit insurance applications from applicants that are not traditional community banks; federal banking regulators released...more

White and Williams LLP

Liquidity in Today’s Economy

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I recently was chatting with a residential mortgage broker and learned that conventional mortgages, those that qualify for purchase by Fannie Mae, carry a higher interest rate than “jumbo” mortgages, those that are too large...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Proskauer’s Second Annual Survey on Trends in Private Credit Markets

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We are delighted to share with you the results from our second annual Trends in Private Credit survey. This year’s survey was conducted via web from January 9th to February 9th 2018. In this report, we will share...more

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