S11EP3: Autumn Budget - As Bad As We Thought?; Zilch Expands Consumer Loan Securitisation Facility to £150mn; BlackRock Bets on Private Credit with HPS Approach

03/11/2024 40 min

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Episode Synopsis

Welcome back to the Firm Analyst! We have a range of stories to cover this week, including:
the Labour government's autumn budget and what this means for SMEs, the PE industry and the economy at large;

Zilch's use of a securitisation facility to fund its Buy Now Pay Later operations and why this funding technique remains popular in the financial markets; and

what BlackRock's approach to HPS - an alternative lending giant - tells us about the growing importance of private credit in the global economy.

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