The year 2024 was one of innovation and growth for the fund finance market. In October, Ares published its fund finance whitepaper, in which it estimated the global fund finance market to already be $1.2 trillion and growing...more
2/19/2025
/ Asset Management ,
Capital Markets ,
Debt Financing ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Investment Funds ,
NAV ,
Private Equity ,
Private Funds ,
Sustainable Finance ,
White Papers
Welcome to the third edition of our Horizon Scan for 2024: key recent and expected funds, regulatory and tax developments to look out for. As before, we focus on the most important developments and changes that we expect...more
11/1/2024
/ Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Financial Crimes ,
Fund Managers ,
MiFID II ,
Packaged Retail And Insurance-Based Investment Products (PRIIPS) ,
Private Funds ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
SFDR ,
Sustainable Finance ,
UK
Parties facing these issues often propose a MIP reset to realign management’s interests with those of the original (and, if applicable, new) sponsor until the eventual full exit. MIP resets have long been used to rescue...more
Patience is proving to be a virtue for a private equity industry that began 2024 sitting on more than 28,000 portfolio companies valued at more than $3 trillion, according to a report by Bain & Company, as average hold...more
9/13/2024
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Equity Markets ,
Exit Strategies ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Liquidity ,
Portfolio Companies ,
Private Equity ,
Private Equity Firms ,
Private Equity Funds ,
Sponsors
Goodwin is proud to be a platinum sponsor of the 2024 Global Fund Finance Symposium. As next week’s conference approaches and our clients, colleagues, and friends head toward Miami, the Goodwin Fund Finance team has paused to...more
2/23/2024
/ Asia ,
Asia Pacific ,
Banking Crisis ,
Banks ,
Capital Markets ,
Credit Facilities ,
Equity Financing ,
EU ,
Financial Markets ,
Financing ,
Fund Sponsors ,
Investment Funds ,
Private Investment Funds ,
Refinancing ,
Secured Notes ,
Sponsors ,
Structured Finance ,
Structured Financial Products
Recent years have seen significant growth and innovation in the fund finance industry — and, with an increase in the number and complexity of products in the market, it has become commonplace for industry publications and...more
10/9/2023
/ Credit Facilities ,
Financing ,
Fund Managers ,
General Partnerships ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
Leveraged Finance ,
Limited Partnerships ,
Market Participants ,
NAV ,
Sponsors ,
Subscription Services ,
Succession Planning
News of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank in the United States has dominated headlines over the last few days. Late yesterday, Friday, 10 March 2023, the Bank of England made an announcement about the status of Silicon...more
3/13/2023
/ Bank of England ,
Banks ,
Commercial Loans ,
Contract Terms ,
Counterparties ,
Deposit Accounts ,
Insolvency ,
ISDA ,
Silicon Valley ,
UK ,
UK Insolvency Act
NAV Financings and Preferred Equity: What Are They and Why Are They Used?
In a changing economic landscape, fund sponsors are increasingly conscious of the need to shore up liquidity, whether to take advantage of the...more