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Recent Articles

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
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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
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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
Regulatory Compliance

It’s Time to Prepare for CFPB Section 1071 Requiring Extensive Data Collection from Small Business Credit Applicants

(The following is an analysis of the potential impact of an impending federal rule that will establish requirements for finance companies to collect and report certain kinds of data from small business credit applicants. It’s based on comments made by Paul Bent, Senior Managing Director of The Alta Group, during an interview that Equipment Finance … Read more

Alta’s 2023 Insights on Where We Are, What’s Ahead and What to Do

Where Are We Today? Even while anticipating a recession in 2023 and knowing that America’s pandemic support programs were expiring, many equipment finance companies were bullish in late 2022, reporting strong business growth, although with some trepidation about the year to come. Fortunately, the pandemic downturn didn’t plunge our industry into recession, largely because there … Read more