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Caterpillar Reports Flat Growth in August North American Machine Sales

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Element Fleet Management Appoints Tobin Chairman

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Madison Capital Opens WA Office, Hires New VP of Business Development

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Iberia Corporate Asset Finance Chooses Ivory’s SuperTRUMP

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Crestmark Closes $10.3MM in Lease Transactions in First Half of September

SEP 21, 2017 - 6:44 am

Growth in Freight Logistics to Boost the Railcar Leasing Market

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Webster Joins LeaseAccelerator as VP of Professional Services

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Tiger Group Will Auction Off Equipment from S&S Screw Machine Company

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Recent Articles

Throw Out the Script: How to Win Over Gatekeepers & Achieve Results

Linda P. Kester

July/August 2017

Back when Bill Cosby was a highly regarded comedian, I went to see him and five other top speakers at a motivational event in Philadelphia. Cosby walked on stage holding a book, pulled out his reading glasses and began to... read more

Limited Benefit Method: An Alternative to the Multiple Investment Sinking Fund Yield

Ray James

July/August 2017

Have you ever employed the Multiple Investment Sinking Fund (MISF) yield in analyzing your lease transactions? Did you find it useful? Some people prefer using it because it is an established industry standard, while others believe it has pitfalls. For... read more

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Recent Opinion

Planning a Financial Structure that Anticipates Change

Patrick Gaskins, Vice President of Financial Services, AmeriQuest Transportation Services

September 2017

It is important to have flexibility in the way you finance assets in order to implement an effective financial structure. Patrick Gaskins explains the different factors to consider and why it’s important to make plans based on what is occurring and not what might occur.

The Importance of Quality Assurance

Scott Thacker, CEO, Ivory Consulting

August 2017

Ivory Consulting’s CEO Scott Thacker provides advice and counsel to equipment lessors and lenders on the best ways to improve customer satisfaction and profitability using modeling and pricing techniques. His colleague David Holmgren contributed to this article.

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