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Recent Articles
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.
How to defend the bank-based equipment finance business line
The ripple effects of the 2023 bank failures continue, with a tight lending market that prompted many banks to focus on preserving capital and pull back from equipment finance, according to Rick Remiker, a vice chairman with The Alta Group.
Essential Intelligence for a Changing Industry
From the global energy transition to the advent of artificial intelligence, today’s equipment finance leaders must chart a path forward amid a rapidly changing world. The Alta Group’s global team of highly experienced advisors stays at the forefront of the issues that will drive this industry’s future.
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