In the next episode of SFNet presents In the Know, host Barry Bobrow talks with David Silverman CFA, Senior Director-Corporates at Fitch Ratings. David covers a diverse set of retailers within sectors, including specialty apparel and hard lines. David and his work have been widely quoted in various trade publications, including Women’s Wear Daily. He began his career as an analyst at Deutsche Bank, asset management, covering retail sector equities across the firm’s mid and large cap mutual funds has extensive experience in building and scaling market-leading ABL businesses, having held senior positions at Bank of America and ABN AMRO across London, Dublin, and New York.
During this informative podcast, David and Barry discuss details surrounding the retail market and perpetually changing way consumers purchase products. This podcast evolves in to how e-commerce and online shopping have forever changed the retail market. Additionally, the retail market inherently has much uncertainty with the rapid implementation of AI tools to track and target consumers and the impact of recent tariffs.
Barry Bobrow is a managing director and head of originations and credit markets for Regions Business Capital. Barry is a widely respected thought leader in middle-market leveraged finance and asset-based lending. He joined Regions Business Capital in November 2022, bringing 37 years of banking experience, most of it as a debt capital markets professional, primarily in leveraged lending and supply chain finance. Barry has managed highly successful loan syndication teams at several large banks. He has been deeply involved in the asset-based lending market for many years and has served in various leadership positions with the Secured Finance Network (SFNet). Barry is the creator and Chairman of the Asset-Based Capital Conference (ABCC), an SFNet sponsored conference focusing on the middle-market leveraged and asset-based markets, now in its 15th year. In 2021, Barry was inducted into the SFNet Hall of Fame. Barry is also a past board member of the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA). Barry has a BA in Economics and an MBA in Finance, both from the University of Michigan. He holds series 79, 63, and 24 security licenses.
