WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, CHIP HILTON?
On 25 July 2024, the Institutional Limited Partners Association ("ILPA") published guidance (the "Guidance") on the use of net asset value ("NAV") facilities. The Guidance specifically applies to private equity funds and does...more
It is no secret that fund managers are becoming increasingly resourceful in their efficient use of leverage in the net asset value (“NAV”) space of the fund finance market (see Financial Times article). What we have seen...more
As noted in our previous update, “‘NAV’igating Cayman Share Security – Lender FAQs,” fund finance lenders are increasingly encountering pledges of shares in SPVs incorporated in the Cayman Islands as part of the collateral...more
This week we continue our focus on NAV loans and, more specifically, a common structuring issue for NAV secondaries facilities: the “indirect pledge.” For our purposes, NAV secondaries facilities refer to loans to secondary...more