Provider Profile
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From lender to advisor: Amy McIver on fund finance's next chapter
Validus' newest Principal discusses flexibility, complexity,...
Q: You've spent nearly two decades in fund finance, most recently at Macquarie. What prompted the move to an independent advisory role, and what do you want to achieve in your first year?
A: The fund finance market continues to grow quickly, with new market participants entering the space on both the lender and the borrower side. The .......
Provider Profile 25 September 2026
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Democratising structured capital solutions
Duncan McKay, partner and head of fund finance at Gibson Dunn in New York, answers SCI's questions
Q: You recently joined Gibson Dunn as the head of fund finance and a partner in New York. What attracted you to the firm at this point in your career and which opportunities do you see in leading its fund finance practice?
Provider Profile 5 December 2025
Duncan McKay: I was drawn to Gibson Dunn not only because it offered the opportunity to join an .......
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Inside EDW UK's strategy: bringing transparency to private credit
Nigel Batley, executive director of EDW UK, answers SCI's questions
Q: You were named executive director of European DataWarehouse UK in September, taking over from Markus Schaber. What made this the right time - and the right role - for you?
Provider Profile 21 November 2025
A: Honestly, I was sceptical at first - because if you think about the origins of a securitisation repository, they only exist because regulation forced them into existence. .......
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Intain doubles down on AI and tokenisation for ABF
Intain founder and ceo Siddhartha Siddhartha answers SCI's questions
Q: Earlier this year, Intain announced its partnership with KSD Capital. What’s the ultimate aim behind your marketplace platform and how has it evolved since the Wells Fargo initiative?
Provider Profile 2 October 2025
A: The end goal has always been to enable structured finance transactions to be done completely digitally – not just for the sake of doing it digitally, but in a way .......
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ORDE breaks records with RMBS debut and eyes global expansion
ORDE Financial's ceo Paul Wells, debt capital marke...
Q: What were the key factors that contributed to the success of your inaugural A$1bn RMBS issuance?
Provider Profile 16 April 2025
A: Reflecting on our inaugural A$1bn RMBS transaction, ORDE Series 2024-1 – recognised as the largest inaugural non-bank RMBS issuance in Australian history – the success of the deal was the result of a deliberate, long-term strategy focused on building scalable, transparent and trusted .......
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Blackstone eyes EU infra financing gap as next trillion-dollar opportunity
BXCI to grow its ABF efforts, leverage insurance and retail...
Private credit has become the heart of Blackstone’s investment strategy, driving its expansion across Europe and globally. In 2024, the firm originated a record US$10bn in direct lending deals across the region. Its CLO division, based in Dublin and London, is another key element of the firm’s global credit business. As Blackstone looks ahead, its credit and insurance division .......
Provider Profile 7 April 2025
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Challenger firm
Having recently joined law firm Dentons, partner Toby Gray a...
Q: Tell us about your recent move to Dentons and your targets within this new practice?
Provider Profile 20 February 2024
TG: I joined Dentons in October 2023 (SCI 6 October 2023). After nearly 28 years at Linklaters, I was ready for a new challenge. Dentons was an attractive option for me, as it is what I like to refer to as a ‘challenger’ .......
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Embracing 'enablement'
Begum Gursoy, global technical head, debt capital markets an...
Q: Sustainalytics supports investors develop and implement responsible investment strategies, including by providing second-party opinions (SPOs) on whether a green, social or sustainability bond framework is aligned to market expectations. Could you outline the steps involved in assigning an SPO to an ESG securitisation?
Provider Profile 10 July 2023
A: The overarching function of an SPO provider is to have a holistic view of the .......
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Confidence and convenience
Brian Bejile, founder and ceo of Octaura Holdings, answers SCI's questions
Q: After launching the platform last year, Octaura reported the completion of its first fully electronic syndicated loan trade last month (SCI 2 February). What has Octaura been working on since then?
Provider Profile 1 March 2023
A: Since we launched last June, we have covered a lot of ground. We have spent a lot of time recruiting and bringing people into the ranks, .......
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Independent considerations
Daniel Drummer, cfo of German digital lender auxmoney, answers SCI's questions
Q: auxmoney re-opened the European securitisation market with its third social bond issuance, Fortuna Consumer Loan ABS 2023-1. How does this latest deal compare to auxmoney’s first two ABS transactions?
Provider Profile 28 February 2023
A: This is our third and largest securitisation at €350m, which directly follows our first securitisation in September 2021 at €250m and our second in May 2022 at €225m. Overall, .......
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Unlimited mandate
Robert Bradbury, head of structured credit execution and adv...
Q: A&M’s structured credit offering is a core component of the firm’s portfolio advisory group, which acts for both the buy-side and the sell-side in respect of portfolio and credit opportunities across asset classes, including core lending books, non-performing loans, aviation, shipping and specialty lending, as well as all structured finance opportunities relating to these segments. What does your .......
Provider Profile 23 November 2022
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Staying on track
Stefan Rolf, global head of securitisation and private debt at IQ-EQ, answers SCI's questions
Q: Your role was established when you joined IQ-EQ in July (SCI 19 July). Why has the new position been created and what does it entail?
Provider Profile 3 October 2022
A: In a nutshell, the new role will see me further developing IQ-EQ’s securitisation and private debt offering worldwide – building out our client base in this space and expanding upon the existing .......
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Digital revolution?
Claira co-founder, Eric Chang, and co-founder and advisor, Joe Squeri, answer SCI's questions
Q: Claira, the document intelligence fintech, recently announced its collaboration with Citi to help boost digital transformation within securitisation and develop next-generation data analysis solutions for CLOs (SCI 29 June). Tell us more about your vision for the company.
Provider Profile 19 July 2022
JS: The digitisation of structured credit documents has been something I’ve been trying to solve my entire career, and I’ve .......
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Doing the right things
Mark Davies, md, BCMGlobal Mortgage Services, answers SCI's questions
Q: How and when did BCMGlobal become involved in the securitisation market?
A: BCMGlobal services £3.2bn of securitised loans, totalling 23,000 borrowers, across circa 25 portfolios and 10 securitisation programmes. We act as a standby servicer for £7.1bn of securitised loans for 17 clients across 47 transactions. Our loan portfolios are domiciled and secured in the UK and Ireland.Provider Profile 9 June 2022
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Growing presence
Mia Drennan, president, founder and co-chair of GLAS, answers SCI's questions
Q: What is your strategic vision for GLAS and its continued expansion and growth in the US?
Provider Profile 10 March 2022
A: GLAS was founded in 2011 and we expanded into the US in 2016. Once we secured the necessary regulatory licenses and approvals to operate in the US, we began serving clients on a cross-border basis across the UK, Europe, Australia and the .......
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Enhanced value
Securent president Justin Vedder and SitusAMC ceo Michael Franco answer SCI's questions
Q: Securent is a newly formed SitusAMC entity that provides comprehensive risk management and insurance programmes for MBS and mortgage stakeholders (SCI 18 November). Tell us about your vision for the company.
Provider Profile 3 December 2021
JV: Securent is designed for mortgage lenders, investors, RMBS issuers, warehouse lenders and other market participants. Securent takes a proactive and preventive approach to managing loan risk and .......
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Servicing expansion
SitusAMC executive md and head of Europe Lisa Williams and d...
Q: Alfonso, tell us a bit about your new role at SitusAMC?
Provider Profile 14 September 2021
AP: I joined SitusAMC this past July to lead the expansion of the firm’s servicing business beyond commercial real estate to include corporate direct debt, infrastructure and social housing loans (SCI 13 August). I’ve spent the last 15 years of my career servicing debt at some of .......
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Pretium steps out
New hires signal new products and added depth to old ones
The three key hires that specialist mortgage and real estate investment manager Pretium announced earlier this month signal its intention to widen its footprint in the US residential mortgage space by adding depth in existing product ranges but also adding new instruments to the roster.
Sarah Kong joins the resi credit trading team as head of mortgage whole loan trading from .......
Provider Profile 20 August 2021
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Social vision
Edward Baker, capital markets director at Prodigy Finance, e...
Q: Prodigy Finance earlier this month issued a first-of-its-kind ABS backed by international private student loans (SCI 7 July). Tell us more about Prodigy Finance CM2021-1?
A: The US$288m issuance is Prodigy’s inaugural ABS and comes under Prodigy’s new social bond framework, marking a double debut in the fixed income market for the lender.The senior tranche of .......
Provider Profile 28 July 2021
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Credit engagement
Raj Shourie, from Lockton's political and credit risks divis...
Q: Your role means that you will be responsible for leading the engagement with financial institutions internationally out of London, for both credit mitigation and country risk protection. Tell us more about what that will entail.
Provider Profile 22 July 2021
A: I’ll be responsible for originating business dialogue with banks and funds, targeting new users of credit and political risk insurance and existing users .......
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Financing football
James Paul, head of sport at Blackstar Capital, discusses ho...
Q: Which sports are you seeing structured financing in?
A: In Europe, football is the most mature sport commercially and hence attracts most of the opportunities for structured debt financing. That isn’t to say that there aren’t things done in other sports, particularly on the equity side, but it’s certainly much more opportunistic.The impact of the pandemic has .......
Provider Profile 14 June 2021