As one of the lead sponsors of the inaugural WFF US: Tee Time Golf Outing on Thursday, July 20, we are looking forward to seeing many of our friends at the Dyker Beach Golf Course in Brooklyn. The event will take place from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Other lead sponsors are Assured Guaranty and TriState Capital.
The FFA will host the 2023 European FFA Cocktail Reception, a premier networking event bringing together industry professionals from across Europe, on September 14 from 7:00-11:30 p.m. at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London. Tickets are £125.00.
Be sure to save the date – Thursday, November 16 – for the FFA Fall Soiree in New York – an opportunity to come together in a relaxed and vibrant setting. The event will be held at City Winery NYC, beginning at 6 p.m.
Stay tuned for the official invitation with detailed information, including RSVP instructions.
Fitch Ratings is seeing strong demand for subscription finance ratings following publication of its new rating methodology, and so the company is adding staff to support this initiative.
Today we release the twelfth – and penultimate – installment of our Sovereign Immunity Series. In this part, we discuss and provide a high-level overview of how sovereign immunity is viewed specifically through the lens of fund finance transactions in the states of Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.
While the Cayman Islands’ current inclusion on the FATF “Grey List” and the EU “Black List” for AML purposes is not of material relevance to transactions in the fund finance world, the Cayman Islands recently received some very positive news when FATF confirmed at its June meeting that the Cayman Islands has now met all 63 of its recommended actions regarding the jurisdiction’s AML framework.
Dee Dee has worked with Coller over many years as a client relationship and said she is very pleased to take on this new role. With a career spanning asset management and banking, Dee Dee most recently worked as Vice Chair, Subscription Finance for Wells Fargo after serving as Global Head of the Funds Subscription Finance business. Dee Dee is the Global Chair of Women in Fund Finance and holds business development roles for the Fund Finance Association. She has numerous Board and Advisor positions across the fund finance industry.