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2026 Top Women in Specialty Finance
The 2026 summer issue of ABFJ pairs hard market data with the people shaping what comes next. We dig into the forces blurring the line between private credit and asset-based finance—falling direct lending volumes, structured chip leases, and new regulatory scrutiny of bank-nonbank exposure—and ask what they mean for the second half of the year. Then we turn to our 2026 Top Women in Specialty Finance list: 48 honorees whose profiles, read together, trace a real generational shift in the industry, backed by an anonymous survey of the honorees themselves on what’s changed and what hasn’t.
Recent Issues
2025 Power Players Issue
2025 Leaders and Legends
2024 Dealmakers
2024 Industry Icons Issue
ABF Journal’s 2024 Turnaround Management Directory
The 2024 Best Companies in Specialty Finance
Top Women in Specialty Finance + Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The 2023 Deals of the Year Issue
2023 Industry Icons Issue
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Our signature editions (Print + Flipbook + Web Edition) are on the desks and website browsers of leading decision makers across specialty finance genres and as many as 14,000 industry participants. With additional circulation at major industry conferences throughout the year, there is no brand visibility comparison for middle market specialty finance sector participants.
With signature publications and digital access on the website, ABF Journal delivers the deals, dealmakers, data, and insights that power specialty finance.
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