On the Bubble: The Year in Review and What’s in Store for 2022

Hugh Larratt-Smith speaks with representatives from all corners of the asset-based lending industry to look back at how the market fared in 2021 and how it will develop in 2022.

April 5, 2022 Hugh Larratt-Smith Ian Koplin

Emerging With Liquidity: ABL Leaders Share Their Perspectives on 2021’s Second Half

The COVID-19 pandemic is historically unprecedented, but its effects on the financial world are not wholly unique. Hugh Larratt-Smith uses the turn of the 20th century as a historical parallel and speaks with several prominent members of the asset-based lending community to get their thoughts on how the market will develop during the second half of 2021 as the pandemic (hopefully) recedes.

June 17, 2021 ABN AMRO Commercial Finance UK | BHC Funds | Burnley Capital | Clements Capital | Dan O’Rourke | Encina Business Credit | Federal Reserve Bank | George Psomas | Gibraltar Business Capital | Hugh Larratt-Smith | J.W. Clements | Jeremy Harrison | Kathleen Lepak | Michael Haddad | Nate Land | People's United Bank | Rob McMahon | Robert Grbic | Tony Vassallo | Trimingham | White Oak Commercial Finance Ian Koplin

Broken Leveraged Loans: The Coming Feast For Asset-Based Lenders

Institutional investors, under pressure to deploy funds, have resorted to taking on even more risk. Hugh Larratt-Smith examines the proliferation of covenant-lite loans in the market and their implications for the industry. 

April 9, 2020 Hugh Larratt-Smith | leveraged loans | Trimingham Kevin Finegan

THE IMPACT OF THE TARIFF WAR ON ASSET BASED LENDERS

No one wins a trade war. Hugh Larratt-Smith examines the current take-no-prisoners tariff battle between China and the U.S. and analyzes the impact on asset-based lenders.

November 19, 2019 Hugh Larratt-Smith nadine

Lending to Technology Companies: Collateral versus Cashflow?

As the U.S. changed from a manufacturing to a service-based economy, ABL lenders faced a growing array of challenges, including lending to software companies and coping with rapid hardware obsolescence. Hugh C. Larratt-Smith speaks with key lenders in this industry and learns how lending to technology has changed in the last 40 years.

September 4, 2018 Chris Taylor | Five Crowns Capital Credit Partners | Garry Graber | Hodgson RussRuss | Hugh Larratt-Smith | Jeffrey Wacker | John Brignola | John Leonard | Karthik Vasudevan | LBC Credit Partners | TD Bank | Tech company lending | Tiger Group | Trimingham | Wells Fargo Capital Finance Amanda Koprowski

Innovative Financing: From Mellon & Sons to Alternative Lenders’ Impact on ABL Today

In the face of continuing bank regulation, alternative lending companies are launching to fill in the gaps. ABF Journal contributor Hugh Larratt-Smith examines the types of loans these lenders are providing and shows how ABL lenders can benefit by teaming up with these new players.

September 13, 2017 BDCA | Benefit Street Partners | Capital Z | CIT Northbridge Credit | Dan Karas | Darren Latimer | Deerpath | Garret Black | Great Rock Capital | Hugh Larratt-Smith | Jeff Knopping | Kirkland & Ellis | Partha Kar | Pitchbook | Steven Chait | Stonegate Capital Holdings | Super G Capital | TBK Bank | Thomas Mellon | Wells Fargo Capital Finance ABF Journal