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Editor’s Note: This article was written in October 2024, prior to the results of the U.S. presidential election and the November Fed meeting. There was great anticipation for the Federal Reserve’s September move to lower the target range for the... read more

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The economic environment that created a robust M&A market in 2021 for equipment finance companies carried into the early months of 2022, providing the promise of another banner year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which achieved a record high on... read more

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Ten years from now, funding will flow to the most efficient, most flexible and most resilient enterprises that are continuously innovating and adding value to customer solutions. It’s already happening — we see a growing appreciation for consumption-based financing solutions,... read more

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Not all that long ago, the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout the world, creating hardships for many businesses and virtually eliminating merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the equipment finance industry. While a few transactions were completed during 2020, many of... read more

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As I drafted last year’s M&A article for Monitor in February 2020, I anticipated that it would be a banner year for merger and acquisition activity in our industry. At the time, we were enjoying a strong economy driven by... read more

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2019 marked another active year of mergers and acquisitions for the equipment leasing and finance industry. The Alta Group anticipates that these trends will continue throughout 2020, as buyers look for opportunities to put capital to work and the number... read more

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Strong interest in mergers and acquisitions of equipment leasing and finance companies continues. However, after two years of very high activity, due partly to the GE Capital divestiture, the number of significant acquisitions declined slightly in 2017. Nevertheless, because a... read more

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A strengthening economy and generally favorable financial results in 2016 helped continue the very active M&A market that the leasing and finance industry has experienced in recent years. Sellers in 2016 were principally motivated by a change in the strategic... read more