Top of the Ops: NAV faith

In this episode The Drawdown team discusses the chances of defaults for NAV facilities raised against a PE buyout fund. Given the chasm between perceptions of market participants and market observers on the risk of these facilities, could the truth lie somewhere in the middle?Following on from our recent cover story Anatomy of default, we speak to Samantha Hutchinson, partner at King & Spalding, about the risk of default for NAV facilities, why these transactions are coming under increased regulatory and press scrutiny and whether the fund finance industry requires greater transparency.