Alta advisors to speak at ELFA Convention

What challenges are you wrestling with as we approach the end of 2024? We’d welcome the opportunity to discuss them with you at the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s 63rd ELFA Annual Convention in Austin later this month. Contact us to set up an appointment Alta advisors to speak at ELFA Convention Two leaders from The … Read more

Defending EF in banks requires asking the right questions

In the first two quarters of 2024, we saw several instances of banks retreating from equipment finance lines of business, a response that had been widely anticipated as a result of the pressures midsize banks have faced in the wake of the spring 2023 bank failures and today’s high-interest-rate environment. As Alta Senior Managing Director … Read more

Championing Equipment Finance within Banks

The Monitor 100 rankings published last month revealed what we predicted in our 2024 Insights report: banks have significantly pulled back their role in equipment finance as a result of the fallout of the bank failures of spring 2023. But as Alta’s Rick Remiker notes, the equipment finance business line holds important long-term value for banks and is worth defending.

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Alta Latin America CEO to share climate finance perspective at ELFA Legal Forum

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., May 1, 2024—Rafael Castillo-Triana, CEO of The Alta Group’s Latin American Region, will shed light on the market-entry opportunity presented by climate finance at the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) 2024 Legal Forum taking place May 5-7 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Castillo-Triana, along with Alta Director Patricia Voorhees and Ian Robertson, executive director … Read more

M&A Outlook: Opportunities Increase for Non-Bank Institutions

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

Matching Equipment-as-a-Service Offerings to Market Needs

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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