Agricultural equipment manufacturer AGCO said it is launching a new retail finance program through AGCO Finance, a joint venture with Rabobank Group, for its customers in Central Europe. read more

OCT 2, 2013 - 6:15 am

The Financial Times reported that big companies in the UK are shifting towards expansion, with expectations for hiring and investment rising to highest level in three years. read more

SEP 30, 2013 - 7:15 am

Aircraft lessor Avolon Aerospace Leasing announced that Emerald Aviation Finance priced a total of $636.2 million of fixed rate asset back notes, the proceeds of which will be used by Emerald to acquire a fleet of 20 aircraft from Avolon. read more

SEP 27, 2013 - 6:05 am

Reuters reported that private equity firm TPG Capital has agreed to sell its China leasing business UT Capital Group to Haitong International for $715 million. read more

SEP 26, 2013 - 6:20 am

The Leasing Foundation said it has agreed to collaborate with business law firm DWF on the development of a Diversity Scorecard for the leasing and asset finance industry. read more

SEP 6, 2013 - 6:20 am

The Wall Street Journal reported that regulators in the U.S. and UK want to know if senior executives at up to a dozen banks participated in alleged LIBOR manipulation. read more

AUG 30, 2013 - 6:05 am

According to a market research report, in 2012 the business turnover of China’s financial leasing was $253 billion, up from $152 billion a year earlier. The report notes the scale of the leasing industry in China will exceed $1.63 trillion in 2020. read more

AUG 26, 2013 - 6:30 am

The Manufactures Alliance for Productivity and Innovation reported that Chinese export growth of manufacturers, which went from a very high 19% in Q1/13 before decelerating to 3% in Q2/13, raises a number of intriguing questions. read more

AUG 21, 2013 - 6:05 am

Pacific Basin Shipping announced it has finalized terms of a post-delivery export credit agency financing with regard to two handymax vessels. The $51 million facility was arranged with JBIC with Citibank Japan as co-financing lender. read more

AUG 19, 2013 - 6:20 am

Reuters is reporting that Britain’s Lloyds Banking Group is preparing to exit the Australian market, seeking to sell a leasing unit with a book value of $3.6 billion. read more

AUG 2, 2013 - 6:10 am

Wells Fargo acquired Commerzbank’s Hypothekenbank Frankfurt UK commercial real estate portfolio. The transaction includes $6.05 billion of high-quality institutional assets throughout the UK. read more

JUL 17, 2013 - 6:05 am

Bloomberg reported that Citigroup named Ashish Bajaj to head its Asia-Pacific commercial bank as it seeks more revenue from small and medium-sized companies in the region. read more

JUL 16, 2013 - 7:00 am

The Leasing Foundation said it has appointed Andrew Denton (CHP Consulting) as its first CEO, Mary McNamara (Close Brothers) as chair of governors and professor Peter Thomas as COO. read more

JUL 3, 2013 - 6:05 am

The Leasing Foundation said Dr. Tim Gibson, currently head of Learning Services, MoJ Shared Services at the HM Government Ministry of Justice will act as adviser on e-learning to the Leasing Foundation. read more

JUN 25, 2013 - 6:25 am

CHP Consulting, supplier of ALFA Systems, and Societe Generale Equipment Finance have announced the successful implementation of a web-based point-of-sale system in the UK. read more

JUN 25, 2013 - 6:00 am