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NetJets Signs $5B Deal with Embraer for 250 Praetor 500 Business Jets

NetJets signed a new deal with Embraer for up to 250 Praetor 500 jets, with the dealing including a services and support agreement. The deal is valued in excess of $5 billion, with deliveries expected to begin in 2025. read more

DLL Wins ESG Awards at Arena International Events Group’s Sustainable Finance Summit

DLL received the 2023 ‘Best ESG Initiative of the Year: Social Aspects’ and ‘Best Give Me a New Life Funding Programme’ Awards from the Arena International Events Group. The awards ceremony was held in Paris at the Arena International Events Group’s Sustainable Finance Summit. read more

AACFB’s 2023 Annual Conference Breaks Event Records

The American Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (AACFB) wrapped up its 2023 Annual Conference on May 4 in Irvine, CA, at the Irvine Marriott. Attendance at the event reached a 14-year high and broke an event record for the AACFB Women in Finance Luncheon. read more

Macquarie Approves $29.44MM Operating Lease Facility for Mining Equipment for Highfield Resources

Highfield Resources received credit approval from Macquarie Group for an equipment operating lease facility that allows the company to purchase equipment with a total value of up to €27 million ($29.44 million), with the peak exposure not expected to exceed €25 million ($27.26 million). read more

eCapital Hires DeBernardo and Meuschke as SVPs and Business Development Officers

eCapital hired Matthew DeBernardo and Bret Aaron Meuschke as its newest senior vice presidents and business development officers. DeBernardo and Meuschke will be responsible for managing factoring and asset-based lending transactions as part of the eCapital’s commercial finance division. read more

MGT Lease Company Purchases 250 Commercial EVs from Mullen Automotive

Mullen Automotive, an electric vehicle manufacturer, signed a vehicle purchase agreement with MGT Lease Company, a fleet leasing provider, which will purchase 250 all-electric commercial Class 3 cab chassis EV trucks from Mullen. read more

AAFC Launches EASE Healthcare Program in Ghana with FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital

EASE Ghana, a subsidiary of African Asset Finance Company that provides diagnostic equipment “as-a-service” to healthcare organizations, signed its first customer, agreeing to provide a Siemens CT scanner in the Accra facility of FOCOS Orthopedic Hospital in Pantang, Ghana. read more

Kroll Bond Rating Agency Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Octane Lending’s Powersports Equipment Loan ABS

Kroll Bond Rating Agency assigned preliminary rates to five classes of notes issued by Octane Receivables Trust 2023-2, a powersports equipment loan ABS transaction from Octane Lending. OCTL 2023-2 will issue five classes of notes totaling $300 million. read more

ACT Research Expects Strong Class 8 Production and Sales Will Exhaust Pent-Up Demand in 2023

Demand for Class 8 trucks has remained relatively resilient recently, but ACT Research expects a clear softening in big fleet profitability and other ancillary metrics during the rest of 2023. read more

Insight Investments Promotes Murray to COO

Insight Investments promoted Sheryn Murray to chief operating officer. She will continue to oversee Insight Investments’ lease administration, collections, cash applications, credit, human resources and marketing for its leasing brands. read more

EquipmentShare Closes $3B Revolving Credit Facility with Capital One

EquipmentShare increased its borrowing capacity from $2.1 billion to $3 billion through a senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility with Capital One and closed its debut offering of $640 million of senior secured notes. read more

Associated Bank Adds Goehring to Equipment Finance Team

Associated Bank hired Nicolas Goehring as senior vice president and portfolio manager lead, corporate banking. Goehring will be responsible for the credit risk and quality of the company’s overall equipment finance portfolio. read more

BankUnited Adds Former First Republic Bank Professionals to Form Corporate Banking Team in New York

BankUnited appointed financial executives Matthew Gallo, Daniel Mills and Laura Ackerman to form a new corporate banking team serving the New York metropolitan area. Gallo, Mills and Ackerman all previously worked for First Republic Bank. read more

American Association of Commercial Finance Brokers Elects New Members to Board of Directors

The American Association of Commercial Finance Brokers elected Kalah Sprabeary of HUB Funding Solutions to the role of vice president of its board of directors while electing Katie Baker of MC2 Finance as a director at large and re-electing Michael Hong as a director at large. read more

ELFA Now Accepting Nominations for 2023 Operations & Technology Excellence Award

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association announced it will be accepting member nominations for its 2023 Operations & Technology Excellence Award. The deadline to apply is June 19. read more

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