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Recent Articles

How to Build a Successful Strategy Around Climate Equipment Finance
Global efforts to reduce fossil-fuels emissions are driving massive investment in new technologies. Equipment leasing and finance professionals who want to capitalize on this opportunity will need to evolve with this fledgling industry as it becomes a bigger part of the overall equipment investment market. But as with any emerging industry, this new domain will … Read more

Customer-focused Solutions Have Always Driven Innovation in Equipment Finance
The equipment leasing and finance industry expanded in recent decades from the need to provide businesses with a better way to pay for and manage the growing amount of technologically sophisticated equipment needed to keep pace with their competition. Paul Bent, Senior Managing Director for The Alta Group, looks back on the industry’s early days … Read more

Business Assessment Practice Brings on a Seasoned Leader
Business Assessment Practice Brings on a Seasoned Leader Gary LoMonaco, a director who has worked with The Alta Group since 2021, now leads the consultancy’s Business Assessment Practice, which can help clients with pre-acquisition due diligence, ongoing operational assessments, lender due diligence and other efforts. LoMonaco brings considerable experience in credit, due diligence and business operations … Read more

Strong Industry Performance Makes Independents Attractive for Acquisition
Economic uncertainty and rising interest rates may hamper mergers and acquisitions in the equipment finance industry this year, according to James (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 activity in 2022, as well as an assessment … Read more

Bringing Business Intelligence to the Global Equipment Financing Ecosystem
The Alta Group’s European and LAR regions are planning 2023 conferences and welcome new ideas for topics and speakers. This year’s conferences are planned for Nov. 15-16 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Nov. 8-10 in Miami, Florida. Since its founding in 1992, The Alta Group has sponsored a series of industry gatherings to advance … Read more

Climate Equipment Finance Is New Market Entry Opportunity in Equipment Finance
How big the climate equipment finance market can grow is a key question right now, according to Patricia Voorhees from The Alta Group. In a recent article in the Monitor magazine, she explores the market’s evolution and examines immediate opportunities, deal structuring, and the resources lessors will need to participate. With investment in this area … Read more