Värde Partners’ Missy Dolski on asset-based finance and opportunities in the ABF middle market
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Missy Dolski, Partner & Global Head, Asset-Based Finance, Värde Partners
July 2026
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In this exclusive interview, Missy discusses how the opportunity set in asset-based finance (ABF) has evolved over the years, the segments of the market offering the greatest opportunities, the attractiveness of the ABF middle market and shares her views on what best-practice in ABF underwriting discipline looks like.
Watch the full interview where we ask Missy:
Värde has been active in ABF for many years. How have you seen the opportunity set change as the market has evolved?
ABF covers a wide range of collateral types. Which segments of the market do you have the most conviction in and are there any segments you are currently avoiding?
What does the ABF middle market landscape look like today, and what makes it attractive for investors?
How would you describe what best practice in underwriting discipline looks like in ABF?
“Data science” is a term widely used across the industry, but what does that look like in practice and how much variance is there in access to and quality of data between lenders?
Missy Dolski, Partner & Global Head, Asset-Based Finance, Värde Partners
Missy is a Partner and Global Head of Asset-Based Finance. She oversees Värde’s Asset-Based Finance strategy, focused on middle-market opportunities across commercial and consumer asset classes as well as fund finance. Prior to leading this strategy on a global basis, Missy launched the firm’s Fund Finance platform, leading that team as well as Värde’s Capital Markets team, where she was responsible for the debt advisory and financing execution needs of the firm’s investing in both public and private debt markets. Missy joined Värde in 2017 and was named Partner in 2025. She is also a member of the firm’s Investment Committee.
Prior to joining Värde, Missy was a Director at Wells Fargo Securities in the Commercial Real Estate Capital Markets & Finance group where she focused on capital markets financing for a variety of non-bank lender clients. Throughout her career, Missy held multiple roles at Wells Fargo within its structured finance, principal investing and corporate credit divisions in New York, London and San Francisco.
She graduated from the Carlson School of Management (University of Minnesota) with a BS in Business Administration and received an MBA with distinction from London Business School.
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