Women in Fund Finance

Thank you everyone who attended the WFF Americas: Board Ready Bootcamp: An Intro to Board Service, sponsored by KPMG US. A big thank you to our speakers: Erin Balog (Susan Angele (Senior Advisor, Board Leadership Center at KPMG US), Tina Chang (Founder and CEO Pioneering Collective), Angela Brock-Kyle, NACD.DC (Recognized Independent Director and Trustee (CFE), Preferred governance commentator and consultant, Kathleen Franklin (Board Director, Bank OZK, Sony Global Ethics & Compliance Strategy Leader at Sony), Dee Dee Sklar (Global Co-Chair at Women in Fund Finance, Nuveen Churchill PCAP Board Coller Capital, Senior Advisor) and Julie Zuraw (President and CEO of the Thirty Percent Coalition) for an insightful and inspiring workshop. #WFF 

Women in Fund Finance is excited to introduce our stellar moderator and panelists for Liquidity Solutions: Moderated by: Dee Dee Sklar (Co-Global Chair, Women Fund Finance, Nuveen Churchill PCAP Board Member, Coller Capital, Senior Advisor); Deborah Montaperto, CFP®, CDFA® (Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, Partner of The Polk Wealth Management Group); Edward Goldstein (Partner, CIO of Coller Credit Secondaries at Coller Capital); Jeff Maier (Senior Managing Director - Private Equity Finance at Citizens Private Bank); Sara Casey (Director – AB NAV Lending at AB Private Credit Investors)  

WFF Americas Learning and Career Forum is only 2 weeks away!  Women in Fund Finance is excited to introduce our stellar moderator and panelists for Lending to Real Assets: Moderated by Sarah Elliott (Global Executive – Fund Sponsors, Strategic Investors and Alternative Assets at NAB); Bree Mitchell (Director, Client Management & Execution – Funds NAB); Cassie Winn (Executive Director, Investor Relations at J.P. Morgan Asset Management); Esther Yoon Kyung Cho (Director, Infrastructure & COO Core Infrastructure at KKR); Jennifer Gray (Sr. MD, Deputy GC and CCO at ECP (Energy Capital Partners)); Jenny Hong (Senior Vice President - Real Assets at Macquarie Asset Management). 

📣  Women in Fund Finance is excited to introduce our stellar moderator and panelists for Creative Capital Solutions – How Funds Fund Themselves: Moderated by Annie Wallis (Partner at Sidley Austin LLP); Jillien Flores (Executive Vice President, Managing Director, Head of Global Government Affairs at MFA); Kevin Alexander (Partner - Alternative Credit at Ares Management Corporation); Rebecca Tabb (General Counsel - Funds at Mubadala Capital); Stephen Ardizzoni (Managing Director – Asset-Based Lending at Marathon Asset Management).  

Women in Fund Finance is excited to introduce our keynote speaker: Jane Hanson.  Stay tuned as we continue to highlight great panels!  

📣 We have something exciting to share!     The agenda for Women in Fund Finance Americas: Learning and Career Forum Program is finally here!  Our first half-day forum will be held in person at the Mayer Brown. A big thank you to event sponsors, AllianceBernstein, BMO, NAB, Mayer Brown, Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management, Paul Hastings, Sidley Austin LLP and TriState Capital Bank, for their contributions to WFF and for making this event possible.    Our inaugural WFF Learning and Career Forum is an invitation-only event for our 2024 WFF sponsors and select GPs.  The Forum will offer rich content on various topics in the fund and subscription finance space, career advancement insights and panels for both junior and senior women and will conclude with exceptional networking opportunities    Event Details  🗓Date: Wednesday, November 20th, 2024  🕕Time: 1:15 PM - 7:00 PM (Door opens at 1:00; Program will start promptly at 1:15 PM)  📍Location: Mayer Brown NYC (1221 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, NY 10020)    Check out the agenda here 👇  https://lnkd.in/dvAFVnek

Thank you everyone who attended the WFF Americas: LA Fireside Chat (Once Upon a Farm), sponsored by Apollo Global Management, Inc., City National Bank, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, MUFG and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. A big thank you to our moderator and panelists, Melody Zaghi (Senior Vice President at LaSalle Investment Management), Polina Chebotareva (Managing Partner at Cambridge Companies SPG) and Filipp Chebotarev (COO/Partner at Cambridge Companies SPG) for an insightful panel into How Once Upon a Farm started and Cambridge Company's involvement in its growth. #WFF #Americas

Thank you everyone who attended the WFF Americas: Charlotte Panel and Networking Event, sponsored by Barings, Dechert LLP and KBRA A big thank you to our moderator and panelists, Lindsay Trapp (Partner (Rated Funds/Complex Credit Funds), Global Finance Group at Dechert LLP),  John Hogan (Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Ratings Legal at KBRA), Lesley Goldwasser (Managing Partner at GreensLedge), Luke Foster (Managing Director and Head of US Funds Legal at Barings) and Samantha Rapaport (Vice President - Investor Relations at Churchill Asset Management) for an insightful panel on structured products in fundraising and fund finance.    #WFF #Americas   

The ‘WFF Macro Economic Round-Up’ is a series of macro-economic roundups. In this ‘WFF Autumn Macro Economic Round-Up’, the European WFF Committee has reached out to market leaders to share their views on certain current affairs which are bound to have an impact on the macro-economic in the near future, and by way of default, which will also shape the fund finance market as we head into the fourth quarter of 2024. Due to the looming US elections due in November of this year, this ‘Macro Economic Round-Up’ has focused on the US market and how the outcome of events there could influence the global economy. The European WFF Committee would like to thank all of the contributors for taking the time to participate in this publication. https://lnkd.in/dX-6vX7C

WFF America NYC's Wine'd Down Wednesday was a blast 🍷 A biggest thank you to everyone who joined us for an evening of community and a great conversation If you missed this Wine'd Down Wednesday, stay in the loop by subscribing to the WFF mailing list for the latest event updates. 📩