James Jackson from The Alta Group explores the equipment finance M&A market for 2023 and provides an outlook for the year ahead. With banks sitting on the sidelines for the second year in a row, acquisition opportunities abound for non-bank institutions.... read more

Mar/Apr 2024

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The equipment finance industry can lead customers, clients and other equipment finance companies toward an electrified, emissions free and sustainable future. Monitor sat down with six industry professionals to discuss how we can achieve these goals while advancing profitability.... read more

Jan/Feb 2024

Gen Z is approaching generative AI in a different way than other generations. In an interview with Deb Reuben, Marti Grimminck shares how Gen Z engages with emerging technology and how leaders can harness the perspectives of this younger generation to shape the future of their companies.... read more

Nov/Dec 2023

Michelle Speranza, CLFP, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer at LEAF Commercial Capital joined Monitor’s Editor-in-Chief, Rita Garwood, to welcome the fifth annual Women in Equipment Finance issue. ... read more

Nov/Dec 2023

Monitor caught up with Alfredo Espino, managing director at FGI Equipment Finance, to discuss opportunities, obstacles and frequently asked questions about financing equipment in the Mexican market.... read more

Sept/Oct 2023

As summer winds down and we enter the home stretch of 2023, we celebrate the up-and-coming companies in equipment finance with our annual Monitor 101+ issue.... read more

Monitor 101+ 2023

In what has already been a big year for Monitor, I’m excited to bring you the annual Monitor 100. As the home of our flagship ranking report, the Monitor 100 issue is always a special event for us each year, but it seems particularly important as we celebrate our 50th anniversary.... read more

Monitor 100 2023

Members of Monitor’s senior staff reminisce about their individual journeys with Monitor and the publication’s evolution from tabloid newspaper to multi-media company. ... read more

Monitor 50th Anniversary 2023

Rita E. Garwood, Editor-in-Chief at Monitor, shares a heartfelt opening letter to the Monitor 50th Anniversary issue. Whether you attended Converge, participated in an interview or simply engaged with our special content, we appreciate you and look forward to serving the equipment finance industry for the next 50 years.... read more

Monitor 50th Anniversary 2023

When the equipment leasing industry was created, leasing was the go-to product. But as time went on, the industry morphed into a subset of secured lending. Paul Bent explores the cycles of the industry and says as market conditions shift, the old roots of yesteryear may be giving rise to a new generation of lessors.... read more

50th Anniversary 2023

Merger and acquisition activity has come to a veritable standstill in early 2023 after a sluggish 2022. Brent Ferrin of Houlihan Lokey discusses how the market will evolve throughout the rest of the year and how businesses are taking a more long-term approach. ... read more

Mar/Apr 2023

Jim Jackson provides an overview of M&A activity in the equipment finance industry from 2022 as well as an assessment of the current market. While independents continue to be an attractive acquisition target for banks, several challenges block the return of more robust acquisition activity. ... read more

Mar/Apr 2023

Bankruptcy filing statistics are important, but they only scratch the surface when it comes to assessing overall trends in the world of distressed businesses. Gregg Morin identifies some of the other metrics that matter and delves into what they’ve shown about 2022 so far.... read more

M&A activity in the equipment leasing industry has stalled somewhat in 2022, especially when compared with the robust activity of 2021, with a looming recession, less access to capital and more stringent diligence processes creating new challenges for sellers and buyers. ... read more

Sept/Oct 2022