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A Fund as a Primary Factor or Re-factor

Thursday, January 22, 2009
While commercial banks have long been the primary source of factoring finance, there are structures that make it possible for a private fund to stand in those shoes instead, as a primary factor or, more likely as a re-factor..

A SQUARE :: 22Jan09 A Fund as a Primary Factor or Re-factor
Category Factoring/Re-factoring
Faculty Alexandra Poe
Expertise Factoring/Re-factoring
Author Sona Blessing
Faculty Name
"Factors, on the other hand, may see re-factoring as a way of leveraging their infrastructure - i.e. by retaining responsibility for servicing the additional receivables financed by the re-factor. Re-factoring derives value from the same sources as factoring, but the re-factor bears a more complex relationship ..."
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