Mike Scolaro is Group Head of Asset Based Lending at BMO Commercial Finance, a position he has held for over 17 years. He’s an asset-based lending legend, and in 2024 Barry had the honor of presiding over his induction into the SFNet Hall of Fame. He recently announced his imminent retirement from BMO and Barry thought it be a great time to get some unfiltered remarks from someone who is famous for being unfiltered in the first place. They discuss the many changes to the asset-based lending i...
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Mike Scolaro is Group Head of Asset Based Lending at BMO Commercial Finance, a position he has held for over 17 years. He’s an asset-based lending legend, and in 2024 Barry had the honor of presiding over his induction into the SFNet Hall of Fame. He recently announced his imminent retirement from BMO and Barry thought it be a great time to get some unfiltered remarks from someone who is famous for being unfiltered in the first place. They discuss the many changes to the asset-based lending i...
Leveraged Debt Markets and ABL in the First Half of 2023
In The Know
43 minutes
2 years ago
Leveraged Debt Markets and ABL in the First Half of 2023
In this episode, host Barry Bobrow is joined by his friends Maria Dikeos and CJ Doherty of Refinitiv for a timely and detailed discussion of leveraged debt markets for the first half of 2023. As Maria and CJ point out, deal flow has been negatively impacted by the slowing economy and higher interest rates. Broadly syndicated volume is down significantly in 2023 vs 2022. However, the market is still active and is showing recent signs of strength on numerous transactions. They also discuss the ...
In The Know
Mike Scolaro is Group Head of Asset Based Lending at BMO Commercial Finance, a position he has held for over 17 years. He’s an asset-based lending legend, and in 2024 Barry had the honor of presiding over his induction into the SFNet Hall of Fame. He recently announced his imminent retirement from BMO and Barry thought it be a great time to get some unfiltered remarks from someone who is famous for being unfiltered in the first place. They discuss the many changes to the asset-based lending i...
