Fund Finance

GP speciality finance firm Inceptiv focuses on asset-level performance rather than a sponsor's AUM growth.

There are concerns that a lack of expertise could curtail the growth of the fund finance market.

From limited partners to continuation vehicles, the borrower cohort for NAV finance is widening.

The industry is questioning whether retail investors can offer sub line lenders the security they require.

Regulators in the US and Europe have different priorities when it comes to NAV loans and subscription lines

With booming fundraising requiring ever larger commitments, institutional capital is now often essential, write Michael Hubbard, Samantha Hutchinson and Mathan Navaratnam at King & Spalding

The industry is on the cusp of significant innovation, ranging from capital relief structures to securitisation, say SMBC’s Sammy Asoli, Stuart McIntosh and William Wallace

Fund finance will have a key role to play in addressing the capital overhang ratio within the secondaries market, writes Ian Wiese, portfolio manager at Barings Portfolio Finance

Demand for fund financing solutions has increased and become more complex, according to Jill Wilson, Edward Fry and Varun Sarda at Lloyds Bank Corporate & Institutional