Articles
Professionals of The Alta Group are authors on a variety of industry topics. They also are quoted sources in the trade press and mass media.
- 16 January 2012 Source: World Leasing News The Alta Group's Shawn Halladay to Speak at NEFA Summit
- 13 December 2011
Bob Neptune
Source: Equipment Finance Advisor Municipal Leasing Remains Strong Despite Dire Forecasts - 17 November 2011
John Deane
Source: World Leasing News Lessors Show Determination to Prosper Despite Uncertainties - 07 November 2011
Shawn Halladay
Source: Leasing News Accounting Standards Up-Date - 01 November 2011 Source: World Leasing News Amembal & Associates, in Association with The Alta Group, Announce Strategic Funding Consultancy Services for Emerging Market Lessors
- 24 October 2011
Shawn Halladay
Source: Leasing News ELFA 50th Anniversary Report by Shawn Halladay - 12 October 2011
Paul Bent
Source: LJN’s Equipment Leasing Newsletter Dodd-Frank: What About Leasing? (Part 2 of 2) - 10 October 2011 Source: Leasing News Chris Walker Chicago Marathon Results—“Thank You, Industry” Hugh Swandel Raised Most Funds as Individual in Marathon
- 09 September 2011
Paul Bent
Source: LJN’s Equipment Leasing Newsletter Dodd-Frank: What About Leasing? (Part 1 of 2) - 06 September 2011 August Letter to Accounting Standards Boards Takes Issue with ‘Receivable and Residual Model’
- 05 July 2011
Paul W. Frechette
Source: Monitor Today's Vendor Finance Programs - 16 May 2011 Source: Invigors EMEA Q&A About Invigors EMEA LLP
- 06 April 2011
Brian Rogerson
Source: Asset Finance International The Rise and Fall of the Independent Lessor - 02 April 2011
Bruce Kropschot
Source: Monitor Mergers and Acquisitions in 2011: Who's Buying, Who's Not and Why? - 07 March 2011
John Seelmeyer
Source: Northern Nevada Business Weekly The Alta Group Plans Worldwide Growth - 14 February 2011 Source: Lessors.com NEFA Summit to Preview Alta’s Report on Independents
- 10 February 2011
Jonathan L. Fales
Senior Managing Director, The Alta Group Industry-Specialized Consultants: An Important Resource for Lessors - 15 December 2010 Source: The Alta Group Letter to FASB and IASB on Proposed Accounting Changes
- 01 December 2010 Source: CFO Magazine Proposed Accounting Changes Taking the 'Ease' out of 'Lease'?
- 10 November 2010 Source: The Alta Group New Foundation Study on Lease Accounting Changes
- 22 October 2010 Source: National Equipment Finance Association Alta's Swandel Named Vice President, NEFA Executive Committee
- 15 October 2010
William Bosco and Shawn Halladay
Source: ELT Magazine Lease Accounting Exposure Draft: What You Need to Know - 24 September 2010 Source: Canadian Finance & Leasing Association Alta's Derraugh, Swandel Named CFLA Members of the Year
- 28 August 2010
Shawn Halladay
Source: Kit Menkin’s Leasing News Exposure Draft on Accounting for Leases - 19 August 2010 Shawn Halladay Letter to Service Providers from Shawn Halladay on Accounting Rules
- 18 August 2010
Shawn Halladay
Source: World Leasing News Proposed Changes to FAS 13, Q&A with Shawn Halladay - 11 August 2010 Shawn Halladay, Alta Principal Lessors and the Proposed New Accounting Rules
- 04 July 2010
World Leasing News Column by Alta's Shawn Halladay
Source: World Leasing News New International Accounting Rules on the Table: What Do They Mean for You? - 04 July 2010
Patricia McConnell
Source: IASB/IASC Foundation Will the elimination of operating lease accounting improve financial reporting by lessees? - 04 June 2010 Shawn Halladay, Alta Principal Lessor Accounting for Leases (Letter to FASB)
- 27 May 2010 Marie Leone, Source: CFO.com/US Leases Headed for the Balance Sheet
- 01 May 2010
Amanda M. Grossman and Steven D. Grossman
Source: The CPA Journal Capitalizing Lease Payments - 30 March 2010
Alan Leesmith
Source: Leaseurope Leasing has a Future Despite these Challenging Times - 10 March 2010
Shawn Halladay
Source: Monitor Jan/Feb 2010 Issue Ready for the Next Step? How About a Return to the Basics - 10 March 2010
Hugh Swandel
Source: Monitor Nov/Dec 2009 Issue Looking for a Funding Partner: What You should Know About Your Company Before Finding a New Funding Source - 24 February 2010 Murray Derraugh, Source: Jan/Feb 2010 ABF Journal When the Floodgates Burst: How Business Resumption Planning Can Help Your Company
- 29 January 2010
Joe St. Henry, World Leasing Yearbook
World Leasing Yearbook 2010 Technology Trends - 20 January 2010 Selling in Today’s Funding Climate
- 20 January 2010 Succeeding in an Uncertain Funding Environment: New Thinking Needed in 2010
- 20 January 2010 When Funding is Tight, ‘What’s the Deal” Takes on New Meaning
- 20 January 2010 When Will the Nightmare End for So Many in the Industry?
- 22 December 2009 Bruce Kropschot, The Monitor, October 2009 The New Normal: Making the Best of Difficult Market Conditions
- 29 October 2009 Alta Provides Services in EverBank Acquisition of Tygris
- 30 September 2009 Shawn Halladay and Michael Fleming, The Alta Group Lease Accounting Changes: Business Transforming or Simply an Adjustment?
- 29 May 2009 ELT Cover Story: Halladay Discusses New Lease Accounting Paradigm
- 14 May 2009 LeasingLife May 2009 Captives must carefully consider routes to market: LeasingLife commentary by Richards
- 24 April 2009 Alta Articles on China, Emerging Markets Appear in Spring 2009 Journal of Equipment Lease Financing
- 17 March 2009 Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation Foundation Study by Alta Spotlights Hispanic Latin America
- 16 December 2008 Manufacturing Business Technology Quotes Fales on Need for Earlier Use of Customer Financing in Sales
- 10 December 2008 Alta Principals Headline Monitor 35th Anniversary Issue
- 10 December 2008 Leasing News Halladay Leasing News Article on Banks and Leasing
- 25 November 2008 Alta Reports on Conferences in Rome, Ramallah, Amman
- 25 November 2008 VI Latin American Leasing Conference Summary
- 02 October 2008 Fales Discusses Chinese Leasing Market in CFO China
- 01 October 2008 Report: I Latin American Legal Forum on Leasing
- 01 October 2008 Mexico, Brazil Reports by Alta Now Available through Foundation
- 03 September 2008 Fortifying Against Today's Higher Risk Environment: Joe Boland Story in World Leasing News
- 02 September 2008 Filters for Todayʼs Higher Risk Environment: Business Credit Article by Joe Boland
- 15 August 2008 M&As in Times of Financial Uncertainty: Kropschot Article in World Leasing News
- 15 August 2008 Linking Accounting and Economics: Halladay Column in World Leasing News
- 05 August 2008 New Foundation Studies by Alta Shine Light on Brazil, Mexico
- 12 June 2008 Shawn Halladay LJN's Equipment Leasing Newsletter
- 05 June 2008 SNL Specialty Finance M&A June 2008 Advisor Kropschot Merges with Alta Group: SNL Specialty Finance M&A Article
- 16 May 2008 Derek Soper Derek Soper article: Getting the credit application right is more important than ever
- 01 May 2008 Leasing News. Author: Paul Bent Paul Bent Article: Mediation for Lenders and Lessors
- 22 April 2008 Farm Equipment, April/May 2008 Putting Equipment Financing to Work for You: Alta's Fales Quoted in Article
- 07 February 2008 New European Forum for Captives Featured in LeasingLife Article by Alta's Derek Soper
- 01 February 2008 Kit Menkin Leasing News Story: Is 'The Perfect Storm' Happening Again?
- 31 January 2008 Stephen Taub and Marie Leone Beware of the Stimulus Plan Boomerang: Alta's Deane Quoted in Jan. 31 CFO
- 22 January 2008 Marie Leone Fed Cut Won't Spark Capex Spending: Alta's Fleming Quoted in Jan. 22 CFO
- 14 December 2007 Paul Bent, The Alta Group Investing in Alternative Energy Equipment and Projects
- 11 December 2007 Mike Fleming Opportunity in Capital Markets Uncertainty
- 10 December 2007 Mike Fleming How Outsourcing Can Be Part of Your Growth Strategy
- 13 November 2007
Rafael Castillo-Triana, for gtnews.com
Latin America Experiencing
Outstanding Leasing Growth - 11 October 2007 Alan Frankel Healthcare Equipment Finance Checkup, an ELT Feature Article
- 26 September 2007 Alta LAR 100 Report Identifies Latin American Leasing Trends, Top Companies [English]
- 13 September 2007 John Deane The Case for Expert Testimony
- 25 July 2007 Alan Leesmith/The Alta Group Interest in Australia Grows
- 01 June 2007 Paul Bent NorVergence Reverberations: Mass Mediation?
- 01 May 2007 Alta's Joe Nachbin Discusses Due Diligence in Monitor Story
- 01 April 2007 Susan L. Hodges Ears to the Ground, Eyes on the Horizon (Article quoting Alta's Joe Nachbin)
- 28 February 2007 Alan Frankel Healthcare Equipment Leasing
- 01 February 2007 Joseph Boland and Rafael Castillo-Triana Examining Country-Risk Analysis Beyond "Sovereign" Risk
- 01 November 2006 Patricia Pickett IT Equipment Financing on the Increase: Study
- 30 September 2006 Alan Frankel The Healthcare IT Market
- 01 September 2006 John Deane The Importance of Hands-On Knowledge
- 25 July 2006 Derek Soper The Future of Leasing
- 25 July 2006 Derek Soper China : Asia
- 21 July 2006 Michael Fleming ABC, 123, First, Second, Third
- 30 June 2006 Courtesy of Leasing World China Immersion
- 23 June 2006 A New Lease on China
- 01 May 2006 Jonathan Fales Dismantling the 'Great Wall' of Risk: Part 2 of China Series
- 01 April 2006 Jonathan Fales Dismantling the 'Great Wall' of Risk: Part 1 of China Series
- 01 February 2006 Jonathan Fales Identifying Factors for Success in the Chinese Leasing Market
- 05 September 2005 Jon Fales Buying Equipment Options
- 30 August 2005 Derek Soper Leasing Opportunities in China
- 21 April 2005 Jonathan Fales Finance - A New Lease on Life for Mold Makers (Mold Making Technology Conference Highlights)
- 01 April 2005 Shawn Halladay CFO Hot Buttons-The Key to Closing More Deals
- 15 February 2005 Paul Bent The Mediation Solution
- 02 February 2005 Jonathan Fales Considering China? Dealing With Obstacles Today Could Pay Big Dividends Tomorrow
- 01 September 2004 Paul Bent Mediation Provides a Different Way to Address Defaults
- 01 July 2004 Paul Bent Transaction Gone Bad? You CAN Avoid the Courtroom
- 01 June 2004 Lynda Jackson Meeting the Challenge... Growing Leaders From Within
- 21 March 2004 Forecasting Quality-An Executive Guide to Company Evaluation
- 01 January 2002 John Deane The Perfect Storm: Why Successful Lease Financing Companies Have Exited the Marketplace