Members of SFNet’s Supply Chain Finance Committee, including Bryan Ballowe, managing partner, TradeCap Partners; Tony Brown, principal, The Trade Advisory; Alan Eliasof, CEO, Prestige Capital; Bob Grbic, founder and president, Bearbrook Corporate Advisors LLC and Megan Slovak, SVP, underwriting manager, Rosenthal Capital Group, sat down for a discussion about global trade tensions, tariff wars, factoring innovation, and supply chain risk.
    This discussion was written in anticipation of SFNet’s upcoming Supply Chain Finance Conference which will be held September 8 at Greenberg Traurig in New York City. The event will offer a more in-depth look at supply chain finance. For more information and to register, please click here.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025, permanently extends key provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act while introducing new measures affecting secured lenders and their borrowers. The legislation passed the Senate 51-50 with Vice President Vance casting the tie-breaking vote on July 1, followed by House approval on July 3.

ORIX Corporation USA (“ORIX USA”) and Hilco Global, a diversified global financial services firm headquartered outside of Chicago, IL, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) under which ORIX USA will acquire a majority equity ownership of Hilco Global. The proposed transaction will accelerate ORIX USA’s growth by adding Hilco Global’s extensive valuation expertise, advisory platform, and asset-based lending investment capabilities to complement and expand ORIX USA’s middle-market focused credit platform.

Gordon Brothers, the global asset experts, has acquired SOLIC Capital Advisors (SOLIC), a premier financial advisory and investment banking firm with deep experience in realizing value recovery in complex situations.

Marius Silvasan, CEO, eCapital, discusses market position, recent acquisitions, industry trends, and the role of AI and technology in non-bank lending.

The secured finance industry already knows the distinction between these two lending strategies. But these terms are often used interchangeably in public commentary, pitch materials, and industry conferences. If you are a capital allocator trying to capture the strengths of asset-based lending, or a regulator trying to understand what should be considered an asset-backed strategy, you have your work cut out for you.

eCapital Corp. (“eCapital” or “the Company”), a technology-enabled leader in specialty finance for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across North America and the U.K., today announced a renewal and upsizing of its subsidiaries’ asset-based lending (ABL) facility. The renewed facility has a three-year term and maximum commitments increased from $987 million to $1.38 billion.