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Focus on Asset-Backed Finance (ABF)<br />

Focus on Asset-Backed Finance (ABF)

Structured finance continues to evolve as a critical source of funding across global markets, supporting growth, liquidity and capital efficiency through increasingly innovative financing structures and investment models.

In this video series, our partners explore the key trends shaping the asset-backed finance and private credit markets, sharing their perspectives on issues including regional nuances, evolving regulatory frameworks and developments across a diverse range of asset classes.

What are the key global trends in private credit?

With private credit an increasingly crucial source of financing, partners from across our US, European and Asia-Pacific offices discuss the key trends shaping the market, including regional nuances, notable asset classes on the rise, and the outlook ahead.

What forces are shaping data centre and digital infrastructure financings?

EMMA MATEBALAVU, CHIN SENG CHEW & ROBERT VILLANI

Our partners across the US, Europe and APAC explore the key factors shaping data centre and digital infrastructure financings.

How is the EU & UK securitisation regulatory environment changing?

ANDREW BRYAN & KEVIN INGRAM

Andrew and Kevin review the direction of travel in proposed EU and UK securitisation regulatory reform and the impact on both the buy- and sell-side of the market.

What are the key trends in the US structured finance market?

ANDREW DES RAULT

Andrew reviews the US structured finance market, noting in particular the rise of credit risk transfer (otherwise known as significant risk transfer), and private credit increasingly using securitisation to raise funding.

How is asset-based finance evolving in the Middle East?

ADAM CRAIG

Adam analyses why asset-backed finance is growing in the Middle East, with a series of different reasons driving growth throughout the region.

Insurance capital and the future of securitisation

OLIVER KRONAT

Oliver examines the reasons behind the rise of insurance capital in the securitisation market, and the impact of future regulatory change.

What is driving change in the FinTech and specialty finance market?

JESÚS QUESADA & SOOJEAN CHOI

The FinTech and specialty finance market is undergoing a significant evolution, with asset-backed finance enabling businesses to secure funding more efficiently and at greater scale, say Jesús and Soojean.

Mitigating fraud risk in structured finance transactions

MAGGIE ZHAO & SIMEON RADCLIFF

New commercial and contractually agreed arrangements must be considered to help protect financiers against the risk of losses that could arise from fraud, argue Maggie and Simeon.

How can structured finance help fund economic challenges of an aging population?

CHRIS WALSH & FADZAI MANDAZA

With government financing under increased pressure, structured finance is well-placed to help fund the significant infrastructure gap to support Europe's ageing population through stable, predictable revenue streams, argue Chris and Fadzai.

The increasing convergence of structured and fund finance

JAMES WATKINS & MAGGIE ZHAO

Structured finance techniques are increasingly being adopted in the fund financing industry, with the use of asset-backed financing providing opportunities for new investors, greater scale, and more efficient use of capital.

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