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  • Charlie Perer The Voids Created in Asset-Based and Asset- Backed Lending
    Credit cycles typically bring about two correlated occurrences – consolidation and credit voids. This last cycle has been no different as several market segments experienced consolidation, which has created unique and unrelated voids in both small-ticket ABL and the asset-backed term space. New firms are emerging to fill the voids as we are about to enter a new cycle of competition and innovation.
  • Dorel Enters Into New US$450 Million Credit Facility
    Dorel Industries Inc. (TSX: DII.B, DII.A) today announced that it and several of its subsidiaries have entered into a new US$450 million senior secured asset based revolving financing with institutional lenders led by Bank of Montreal as lead arranger, administrative agent and sole bookrunner. The new credit facility, which is guaranteed by certain of Dorel’s subsidiaries, will mature two years from the date of the initial advance thereunder and may be extended for additional one-year terms with the consent of the lenders.
  • CIT Leads $85 Million Financing for 80-Megawatt Pioneer Solar Project in Colorado

    The financing was arranged on behalf of project sponsor Idemitsu Renewables (formerly Solar Frontier Americas), a leading solar project developer that has successfully built and sold hundreds of megawatts of utility-scale solar power since 2015. The project will sell power to Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA), a nonprofit electric distribution cooperative based in Sedalia, Colorado.

  • Citizens Commercial Banking Provides $42 Million Credit Facility to Stoli Group

    Citizens Commercial Banking announced today that it is providing a $42 million asset-based credit facility to New York-based Stoli Group USA, an importer, marketer and distributor of Stolichnaya vodkas, along with other spirits and wines in the United States. Citizens is the sole lender.

     

  • Forever 21 Files for Bankruptcy

    Forever 21 said it received $275 million in financing from its existing lenders with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as agent, and $75 million in new capital from TPG Sixth Street Partners, and certain of its affiliated funds.

  • Bianca Barredo An Interview with Bianca Barredo, Managing Director, Asset Based Lending at MidCap Financial
    In this installment of our series of executive interviews, Charlie Perer sits with Bianca Barredo to discuss MidCap Financial’s strategy, leadership, change in the ABL industry and state of the market, among other things.
  • Eileen Wubbe 150x150 YoPro Leadership Summit - Economic Panel Discussion Recap

    This year’s YoPro Leadership Summit, held virtually August 26-27, 2020 brought together the young professionals of the secured finance industry for opportunities to hear from industry leaders, connect with peers, and to discover together how to find success in the post-COVID environment. This year's theme was "Succeeding in the New Environment."

    Panels included an Economic Discussion, focusing on wealth management and personal finance, Standing Out While Working from Home, Lending Through COVID, with an exploration of the changes in credit and legal due diligence during a pandemic, and a Titans Roundtable, consisting of industry leaders discussing career advice and experiences going through the ranks as well as managing their teams during COVID.

     

  • Wayne Tentler Joins 36th Street Capital as EVP of Sales

    36th Street Capital Partners LLC (“36th Street Capital”), an independent provider of alternative funding solutions for the equipment financing industry, announced the appointment of Wayne Tentler as Executive Vice President of Sales.

    The addition of Mr. Tentler provides 36th Street Capital an opportunity to develop new client relationships while expanding the company’s position in the marketplace. Based in the Sarasota, FL, Wayne brings over 15 years of experience in corporate finance, including most recently serving as Commercial Leader for one of GE Capital’s Industrial Financing units.

     

  • Charlie Perer Aftermath
    Aftermath means the consequences or aftereffects of a significant unpleasant event, like Covid-19. The financial system is going to experience this first-hand. No firm, whether it be bank or non-bank, will be left unscathed. The author is purposely writing this article now in order to predict that one of the many untold stories will be that the nation’s biggest banks were expecting the unexpected as it pertains to their middle-market C&I and ABL portfolios.  Clearly, no bank in the country could have imagined a complete shutdown based on a virus, but what they could and did imagine was a severe depression irrespective of the cause.  Not only were they expecting, but they were prepared in unexpected ways.  The same cannot be said for certain community and regional banks and BDCs, which might not have had the resources, scale or wherewithal to prepare.
  • Transformational Change and Crisis Costs Weigh Heavily on Both Sides in Stressed and Distressed Retail/Supplier Relationships
    Ben Nortman and Ian Fredericks of ReStore Capital examine the financial burden that consumer mandated transformation and the current crisis are imposing on both retailers and their suppliers, and how innovative financial solutions can be leveraged by both to help ensure successful outcomes in stressed and distressed environments. 
  • Small Bank Loan Growth Jumps as PPP Funding Ramps Up

    Commercial loan growth reaccelerated across much of the U.S. banking industry as lenders began to fund federally backed small business loans and prepared to start processing a second round of applications under the coronavirus relief program.

    Excluding the 25 largest institutions by assets, commercial and industrial loans increased 6.3% during the week ended April 15, according to seasonally adjusted data in the Federal Reserve's most recent H.8 report on commercial banks. That represents a huge jump from growth rates of 0.6% to 0.8% in the preceding two weeks, and leapfrogs growth of 2.1% to 2.3% during two weeks in March when corporate draws against bank credit lines were particularly heavy.

  • Encina Business Credit Provides $75 Million Revolving Credit Facility to Leading Global Provider of Government & Business Services

    Encina Business Credit, LLC announced today that it has provided a $75 million senior secured revolving credit facility to a leading global provider of risk management and operational support services to government and commercial clients.

    The senior secured revolving line of credit, which is collateralized by accounts receivable, was used to refinance existing debt and provide ongoing working capital financing.

  • Diversity in Secured Finance: Interview with Anthony C. Hood, PhD, First Horizon National Corp.

    Nneoma Maduike, member of SFNet’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusiveness Committee interviews Anthony C. Hood, PhD, executive vice president and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer of First Horizon National Corp. Dr. Hood is responsible for cultivating and expanding First Horizon’s strategic leadership in developing and implementing programs and initiatives that advance the Company’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) efforts.

  • Richard Hawkins, Atlantic RMS New UK Insolvency Legislation and its Potential Impact on the Asset-Based Lending Industry: The New Moratorium

    Richard Hawkins, CEO of Atlantic RMS, considers the implications of the UK government's latest announcement and its impact on asset-based lending to UK business.

     

  • WISF October Networking Event

    Screen shots of the various First Place Teams from the Go Game festivities held on October 27. Attendees had a great time competing in trivia and lip syncing competitions.

  • Wingspire Capital Provides $30 Million Senior Secured Loan to Arhaus

    Wingspire Capital Holdings is pleased to announce the completion of a $30 million senior secured loan to home furnishings retailer Arhaus, LLC to support the company’s daily operations and continued growth.

    Wingspire Capital leadership was already familiar with Arhaus and its executive team, and welcomed the opportunity to support a growing and innovative retailer that has been redefining the home furnishing space for more than three decades.

  • Steve Savoy - Hilco Global_150 2024 Threats to Manufacturing and Industrial Businesses – Lenders Beware
    How will reduced consumer spending and increased leverage cost stress manufacturing & industrial companies in the year ahead?
  • Sterling Bancorp Launches New Innovation Finance Group; John Hoesley and Josh Roberts to Spearhead New Vertical

    The Innovation Finance Group will focus on providing a full suite of lending and banking products to growing technology companies across all stages of development, including asset-based solutions, recurring revenue-based revolving lines of credit, treasury management, foreign exchange and other solutions.

  • Fifth Third Bank Announces Leadership for San Francisco Expansion Strategy

    Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) announced today that Peter Gruebele has joined Fifth Third as senior vice president and San Francisco market executive. In this role, he will report to Joseph Yurosek, California market president for Fifth Third Bank.

  • RyanJaskiewicz Interview with Ryan Jaskiewicz of 12five Capital, LLC

    Ryan Jaskiewicz is CEO of 12five Capital, LLC. He started 12five Capital in early 2006 at the age of 23. Jaskiewicz attended University of Illinois at Chicago where he received a bachelor of arts in political science.

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