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EPISODE · Mar 6, 2026 · 19 MIN

No Worse Off #21: Asset-Backed Finance under stress

from The Freshfields Podcast · host Freshfields

In our latest episode of “No Worse Off,” host Emma Gateaud is joined by Mus van Hien, Head of Private Markets Capital Solutions at M&G Investments, and Freshfields partner Andy Heathcote, from our structured finance practice. Together, they explore Asset-Backed Finance and how it is used , as well as how distress and enforcement can play out in such structures. They examine the recent fraud cases of First Brands and Tricolor and also bring their experience of investor protections and talk through enforcement issues in such structures. Stay tuned for more insights into the world of restructuring and thank you for listening to "No Worse Off".  

In our latest episode of “No Worse Off,” host Emma Gateaud is joined by Mus van Hien, Head of Private Markets Capital Solutions at M&G Investments, and Freshfields partner Andy Heathcote, from our structured finance practice. Together, they explore Asset-Backed Finance and how it is used , as well as how distress and enforcement can play out in such structures. They examine the recent fraud cases of First Brands and Tricolor and also bring their experience of investor protections and talk through enforcement issues in such structures. Stay tuned for more insights into the world of restructuring and thank you for listening to "No Worse Off".

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