In the 53rd episode of the ABF Journal Podcast, Scott Winicour, CEO of Gibraltar Business Capital, shares his perspective on building and maintaining a strong internal identity through a dedicated focus on company culture. Winicour dives into leadership lessons about culture before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of using the interview process to find employees who are the right cultural fit and ways ABL leaders can improve along their own culture journeys.

In the 52nd episode of the ABF Journal Podcast. Jordan Suppan, managing director of Leste Credit, stopped by to discuss direct real estate lending, specifically outlining why preferred equity and smaller transactions are becoming more popular in the space, what current rates of return in the market are looking like in 2021 and a lot more.

In the 51st episode of the ABF Journal Podcast, Ted Koenig, President & CEO of Monroe Capital, makes his second appearance on the show as he discusses how the private markets have provided more stability than the public markets during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as other trends and factors influencing activity in alternative asset classes.

In the 50th episode of the ABF Journal Podcast, Cheryl Carner, senior managing director and head of originations at SLR Credit Solutions, explained how SLR is approaching the rampant demand for growth financing in the current environment, specifically detailing the company’s approach to structuring this type of financing and partnering with businesses to help them succeed.

In the 49th episode of the ABF Journal Podcast, Richard Cabrera, executive vice president and head of middle market banking at Umpqua Bank, took some time to break down the findings of the bank’s recently released 2021 Business Barometer, including the growing optimism among middle market businesses, an expected rise in M&A activity and challenges in commercial real estate, staffing and the supply chain. https://www.abfjournal.com/dailynews/umpqua-bank-survey-shows-surging-optimism-transformational-shifts-in-middle-market/

In the 48th episode of the ABF Journal Podcast, Glenn McMahon, managing director of the consumer retail practice at Portage Point Partners, and Tom Park, managing director at Portage Point Partners, join the show to explain how “experiential retail” can bolster the long-term prospects of physical stores. They also discuss what lenders should know about these kinds of offerings and what they mean for the commercial real estate sector before diving into a more board look at the retail space.

In the 47th episode of the ABF Journal Podcast, Cassandra Rivilla-Lutterkort, executive director of the origination team at Pemberton, discussed the rise of direct lending in the UK and how this financing type has become particularly popular in the region. During the episode, Rivilla-Lutterkort extrapolated on a recent report from Pemberton to explain how direct lending has developed in the UK and Europe, how the industry fared in 2020 and why the market will be “buoyant” in the next few years.

In the 46th episode of the ABF Journal Podcast, Michael Mikhail, CEO and founder of Stratton Equities, broke down the differences between soft money and hard money loans, looked at how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the commercial real estate market and provided advice for real estate investors in the current market.

In the 45th episode of the ABF Journal Podcast, Eric Kinney, senior vice president of risk and Bank Secrecy Act officer for Oxygen, outlined some of the fraudulent behaviors perpetuated across the financial services industry in relation to the Paycheck Protection Program and how those practices are being investigated. In addition, Kinney spoke about fraud in the financial services sector more generally, including how the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in the ability to protect against and detect fraud and how cyber risk is evolving in line with a rise in digital lending platforms.

In the 45th episode of the ABF Journal Podcast, Eric Kinney, senior vice president of risk and Bank Secrecy Act officer for Oxygen, outlined some of the fraudulent behaviors perpetuated across the financial services industry in relation to the Paycheck Protection Program and how those practices are being investigated. In addition, Kinney spoke about fraud in the financial services sector more generally, including how the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in the ability to protect against and detect fraud and how cyber risk is evolving in line with a rise in digital lending platforms.