In the latest installment of GlobalCapital's SRT podcast series, host George Smith was joined by Georgi Stoev and Thomas Lupbrand from the European Investment Fund.
The guests explored the unique role of the EIF in the SRT market, as well as reflecting on their careers to date. The pair discuss how the EIF has been instrumental in expanding the SRT market into new jurisdictions, by leveraging preexisting relationships with issuers.
Georgi and Thomas also explain how, in a time of abundant liquidity, taking a more junior position in the capital structure helps the EIF achieve maximum impact for its money and produces several times more lending than its initial investment.
Finally they discuss how they got into structured finance, what appeals about working at the EIF and the importance maintaining a long term view.