Bishopsfield Capital Partners in the Press
Bishopsfield Capital Partners is led by a management team with over two decades of experience in lending, structuring, and arranging funding solutions. The London-based boutique is known for its astute decision-making — and for delivering on its promises. It has attracted a loyal client base and has a steady flow of repeat business. Bishopsfield encourages staff to think like entrepreneurs, putting clients first and focusing on quality service. It works with financial institutions, large and medium-sized corporations, and institutional investors across Western Europe, providing monitoring, surveillance and advisory services. Read more…
A new lending platform will provide medium-sized companies access to loans from institutional investors. The platform, which is called Aymz, is initially intended for borrowers active in the real estate sector. Other sectors will be added later… ABN AMRO holds a 51% interest in Aymz, with Bishopsfield Capital Partners holding the remaining 49%. “We present the lending opportunities to three of our approximately thirty clients,” said Steve Curry, partner at Bishopsfield Capital Partners. “If the number of loans expands, we will involve more parties.”
Conventional wisdom states that investors gain comfort from additional ratings and that therefore extra ratings on a security would go hand-in-hand with lower coupon payments. However, based on the conclusions of a study undertaken alongside Frank Fabozzi and Dennis Vink, Bishopsfield Capital Partners partner and co-founder Mike Nawas has come to the opposite conclusion. “The evidence shows that investors actually demand greater compensation for additional ratings,” he says.
“The capital that you have to hold against Mortgage Backed Securities is very high and the returns are low, so people are looking for yield pickup [via mortgages]… Because of the long fixed term, it helps pension funds and insurance companies with their asset liability management.” Arjan van Bussel
…A key principle of Bishopsfield’s standard rests on avoiding the preponderance of data. Although the firm states that the availability of data is at a strong level, the ability to use that data remains an issue. Therefore, its proposals attempt to provide investors with guidance in terms of creating a robust framework for using their data.”
“The market has made significant strides towards matching institutional investors looking for longer-dated investment assets with borrowers seeking term finance”, said Iain Barbour of Bishopsfield Capital Partners and author of the report. “These institutional investors continue to adapt their ‘product’ to embrace loan-like features whilst borrowers recognise that institutional investors now offer competitive long-term funding solutions.”
“The problem is that when the economy recovers, borrowers may find that banks have reached their exposure limits and will be looking to deleverage further in line with Basle III” Arjan van Bussel
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Financial Times October 15th, 2015 |
Dutch pension funds turn mortgage lenders |
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ABS investors plead for regulatory harmony |
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International Financial Law Review September 1st, 2014 |
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Partnerships Bulletin June 1st, 2014 |
Monitoring the investment decision |
Project Finance International May 1st, 2014 |
Monitoring the needs of a project |
Global Capital April 24th, 2014 |
Bishopsfield Capital hires Fox to expand infra debt offering |
Partnerships Bulletin April 17th, 2014 |
Infra market ‘moving towards’ institutional investors |
Project Finance International January 15th, 2014 |
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Infrastructure Journal January 9th, 2014 |
BCP acquires monitoring adviser contracts from Trifinium |
Euromoney January 3rd, 2014 |
Financing European SMEs – Netherlands: Tight funding for a minority |
Financial Times December 4th, 2013 |
Infrastructure bonds grab investor attention |
IP Real Estate October 1st, 2013 |
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Private Placement Letter August 21st, 2013 |
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IP Real Estate May 23rd, 2013 |
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PropertyEU May 21st, 2013 |
Bishopsfield sounds Solvency II warning |
Investment Europe April 27th, 2013 |
European stock exchange bond platforms offer SME finance as banks pull back |
Nu Zakelijk April 20th, 2013 |
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Euromoney February 1st, 2013 |
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IFR January 9th, 2012 |
ABS news |
Euroweek January 6th, 2012 |
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Asset Securitization Report December 1st, 2011 |
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Real Estate Finance and Investment November 28th, 2011 |
Whole biz structures offer potential OpCo-PropCo alternative |
Total Securitization November 28th, 2011 |
Whole biz structures offer potential OpCo-PropCo alternative |
Property EU November 22nd, 2011 |
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IFR October 1st, 2011 |
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Financial Times September 30th, 2011 |
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Euroweek September 30th, 2011 |
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OECD Journal, Financial Market Trends September 10th, 2011 |
Outlook for the securitisation market |
Credit March 4th, 2011 |
Borrowers look to private placements as substitute for bank lending |
The Treasurer March 1st, 2011 |
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The Banker February 18th, 2011 |
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Total Securitization December 2nd, 2010 |
Bishopsfield study questions bankruptcy remoteness |
Structured Finance News November 9th, 2010 |
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Het Financieele Dagblad November 1st, 2010 |
Gestructureerde lening terug |
Euroweek September 28th, 2010 |
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Investment Week July 5th, 2010 |
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Structured Credit Investor June 16th, 2010 |
Surveys show positive signs, but growth could be stifled |
Dow Jones Newswires June 16th, 2010 |
European ABS investors growing more positive |
Financial Times June 15th, 2010 |
Investors bypass rating agencies |
De Telegraaf May 1st, 2010 |
Verkoop van pakketten leningen weer uit slop |
IFR April 26th, 2010 |
Vesteda prices first European CMBS of 2010 |
Financial Times April 21st, 2010 |
Vesteda raising marks revival of CMBS |
Het Financieele Dagblad April 20th, 2010 |
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Financial Times February 23rd, 2010 |
View of the Day – by Mike Nawas |
Euroweek February 19th, 2010 |
Time running out for bank financing, says Bishopsfield |
Financial Times February 11th, 2010 |
Post-crisis wrangle over best way to measure value |
Het Financieele Dagblad January 26th, 2010 |
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