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Recent Articles
Global Advisors Can Offer Expert Insights On Nearshoring Strategy
One of the lessons learned during the pandemic was that the U.S. had fallen into excessive reliance on supply chains based in East Asia, particularly China. This realization drew attention to the need to relocate the sources of production and supply-chain components closer to home. Thus, nearshoring emerged as a trend that continues to boost … Read more
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
Sustainability – Can We Really Solve for People, Planet & Profit?
One of the recurring themes we get asked about currently in different contexts is the perhaps somewhat cynical question, do customers of the asset finance world really care about sustainability? The underlying question is often actually more in the direction of, are customers willing to pay some form of premium for a sustainable finance offering? … 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