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Inside NAV Loans October 2024 - What’s in a NAV Loan?

The purpose of this article is to unpack the basic building blocks of what constitutes a NAV Loan to make sure that market participants have a basic understanding of what is in a NAV Loan and their key negotiated issues. As...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Read and React October 2024 - ILPA NAV Guidance: Market Reaction and Practical Considerations

As most Fund Finance Friday readers probably already know, over the summer, the Institutional Limited Partners Association (“ILPA”) issued guidance for Limited Partners (“LPs”) and General Partners (“GPs”) around the use of...more

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The Intersection of NAV and Margin Loans: Single Asset and Concentrated Asset Pools

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Executive Summary - Over the last several years, a need has arisen in the fund finance market, which caters to private equity, venture capital, family offices, and other investment funds (“Funds”) and their sponsors, for...more

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Roll the Tape June 2024 - Fund Finance Highlight Reel: The First Half in Pictures

This year is starting to feel a bit more normalized after the 2021-2022 record origination numbers followed by the 2023 market disruption. In many ways, Fund finance has passed the stress test and moved forward. What has 2024...more

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8th Annual European Fund Finance Symposium: The Latest From London May 2024 - FFA European Fund Finance Symposium Review – Key...

Last week saw almost 1,140 registrants attend the FFA’s annual symposium at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. As ever, the event brought together a wide range of market participants from across the industry,...more

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Shining a Light on “Security-Lite” March 2024 - What We're Reading

“Increasing allocations will come down to cash flows,” according to Bain & Co. in its recent Global Private Equity Report 2024. The practical impact of net cash flow position for buyout fund investors, reflected in DPI, will...more

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2024 Venture Capital Report

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Venture capital financing activity in 2023 contracted for the second consecutive year in the face of rising interest rates, concerns regarding the trajectory of the economy and continued geopolitical tension. VC-backed...more

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Teaming Up for Term Loans February 2024 - Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands: A Comparative Analysis of Two Leading Fund Finance...

Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands are two of the world’s leading fund formation jurisdictions, and account for a large portion of the private equity funds domicile market. Most private equity fund structures are comprised of...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

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Fund Finance Reporting Requirements Proposed by US Banking Regulators

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On December 27, 2023, the US federal banking regulators proposed reporting requirements for bank loans and commitments to the fund finance sector. This change reflects not only the rapid growth in this sector but also the...more

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Out of Control December 2023 - Change of Control – Back to Basics

This year has seen a significant amount of consolidation of sponsors in the private equity market, and this is a trend that is predicted to continue throughout 2024 and beyond....more

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Out of Control December 2023 - PEI Annual LP Perspectives Survey

Higher interest rates have rearranged the investment landscape with liquid products offering more attractive value while forward private market returns are somewhat uncertain in light of challenges facing valuations and the...more

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Out of Control December 2023 - What We’re Reading

Here’s a slice of what we’re reading (and listening to) this week: Bain’s most recent Dry Powder podcast episode discusses internal processes at pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, and foundations with...more

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Recallable Capital Ripples November 2023 - Total Recall

Recallable capital is a hot topic these days in both subscription financing and NAV financing transactions, both at industry events and in the press. There has been a good deal of attention to this concept in the NAV market...more

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Unlocking the Hybrid October 2023 - Continuation Funds and the Hybrid Solution

It has been a common refrain in the fund finance industry that “hybrid” loan facilities (i.e., loans underwritten on the basis of both a fund’s investor capital commitments and its investment portfolio) are constantly talked...more

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Foreign Sovereign Immunity Garden Guide September 2023 - What We're Reading

Here's what we're reading this week. Sponsor consolidation is likely to accelerate in response to challenging fundraising conditions, according to sources cited in the FT’s  Private equity is in for rampant consolidation...more

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The Other Green Scene: Sublines for Evergreen Funds June 2023 - What We’re Reading

Subscription lines, NAV, over-allocations ... and the connection between exercise and good health – here’s what we’re reading this week. Private Funds CFO provided a subline market update in Borrowers turn to new...more

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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

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Forbear and Move Forward April 2023 - PEI Provides an Update on Fundraising

PEI’s Fundraising Report 2023, published this week, provides a timely update on the state of play in private market capital formation. The feedback loop conundrum facing private markets emerges as one of the main themes in...more

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On the Side February 2023 | Issue No. 209 - Irish Investment Limited Partnerships – Updates on the Revamped Regime and Comparison...

We are often asked by clients and non-Irish law firms in the context of fund finance transactions about using fund structures established under the revamped Irish Investment Limited Partnership (“ILP”) regime, and, in...more

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Let’s Be Direct January 2023 | Issue No. 208 - WFF US: ‘Private Equity to Entrepreneur’ NY Event Recap

Last Thursday, there was a lot of purple (and rain!) as Women in Fund Finance co-hosted the first FFA event of 2023, along with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and Wells Fargo, kicking off the year with an exciting evening of...more

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Happy NAV Year! January 2023 | Issue No. 205 - NAV Financing – What Was Old Is New Again

Happy New Year! As we begin the new year and look back at the developments in the fund finance market in 2022, and look forward to what 2023 has in store for us, one common theme is the continued increase in the use of NAV...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Polishing Up the Crystal Ball December 2022 | Issue No. 204 - 2023 European Fund Finance Market Predictions

It’s that time of year again when conversations are dominated by reflections on our market’s performance over the last 12 months and expectations as to what 2023 will hold for our industry....more

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Location, Location, Location December 2022 | Issue No. 202 - To Luxembourg from the Cayman Islands with Fund Finance…

The Cayman Islands has long been a leading investment funds jurisdiction, and the North American fund finance industry is relatively familiar with the key legal concepts arising on a fund financing involving Cayman Islands...more

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A Veterans Day Salute November 2022| Issue No. 200 - The Rise of Rated Note Feeders: Structures and Subscription Facility...

As the traditional subscription facility market has matured, new liquidity and funding innovations have arisen. Enter the rated note feeder. This structural tool in the back pocket of GPs may ease the accessibility of private...more

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