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Macroeconomic headwinds hindered mergers-and-acquisitions activity in the equipment finance industry last year, according to Jim Jackson, Co-CEO of The Alta Group and leader of its M&A Advisory Practice. In a recent article in the Monitor, he provides an overview of 2023 and what to expect this year. Despite some notable transactions, there was a continued … Read more

There is rising interest in Equipment-as-a-Service, but some in the equipment finance and leasing industry remain unsure about it, according to Diane Croessmann, a director at The Alta Group. In a recent article in the March/April 2024 edition of the National Equipment Finance Association’s Newsline magazine, she takes a closer look at how Equipment-as-a-Service can … Read more

Climate finance presents an unprecedented market opportunity for the equipment finance industry, as the global energy transition drives a tremendous movement of capital, significant changes in policy and the deployment of new technologies to address climate change. The combination of massive amounts of capital, rapidly changing global policies and new and untested technologies means that … Read more

For the 11th year in a row, construction equipment dominated the field of 15 equipment categories ranked in the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association’s “What’s Hot/What’s Not” Equipment Market Forecast for 2024. This year’s survey also found that equipment finance companies have become less optimistic about all types of equipment, due to rising interest rates, … Read more

The time is coming when the equipment finance industry will be transformed by generative AI applications, whose deep-learning models turn enterprise data into rich, original content. This transformation will have seismic, positive impacts on all industry processes and operations, but getting there from here will require a lot more deliberate thinking about how to do … Read more

Equipment finance companies entered 2023 with a mix of confidence and trepidation. Many companies were bullish at the end of 2022, with some reporting record business growth as end-user customers accelerated their equipment purchases before inflation increased the underlying cost of the equipment. But with inflation remaining stubbornly high and predictions of a looming recession … Read more