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Griffin Completes Purchase and Leaseback of Four Widebody Aircraft to British Airways

Griffin Global Asset Management completed the purchase and leaseback of two new Boeing 787-10 aircraft and two new A350-1000 aircraft on long-term lease to British Airways. read more

Easy Ice Acquires Leasing Division of Derby Ice, Furthering National Expansion

Easy Ice, a national provider of commercial ice machine subscriptions, completed its most recent acquisition of the leasing division of Derby Ice Company in Lufkin, TX. read more

Udvar-Hazy to Speak at Deutsche Bank Aircraft Finance & Leasing Conference

Steven F. Udvar-Házy, executive chairman of Air Lease, will be presenting at the Deutsche Bank 13th Annual Aircraft Finance & Leasing Conference in New York City. read more

IDC Forecasts Worldwide Quantum Computing Market to Grow to $7.6B in 2027

IDC published its second forecast for the worldwide quantum computing market, projecting customer spend for quantum computing to grow from $1.1 billion in 2022 to $7.6 billion in 2027. read more

Ascentium Vet, Wilkoff Relaunches Hembstead Capital Advisory Firm

Evan Wilkoff relaunched Hembstead Capital, a strategic advisory firm based in Charlotte, NC providing capital markets, financing expertise, and consulting services to the specialty finance industry. read more

Grant Thornton Survey: M&A Professionals Predict Deal Volume Increase

A new Grant Thornton survey of merger and acquisition professionals found that after a lengthy period of respite, M&A activity is expected to rebound in the second half of this year. read more

XS Financial Retires urban-gro Convertible Note for $2.3MM

XS Financial and urban-gro mutually agreed that XSF would retire the urban-gro’s convertible note for $2.3 million. read more

Old National Promotes Rubio to Chicago Community Lending Market Executive

Old National promoted Monica Rubio to community lending market executive, vice president, for Northwest Indiana and the Southwest suburbs of Chicago. read more

ACT: Used Class 8 Retail Sales Falter in July

Class 8 retail sales faltered for the first time in three months in July, declining 7.8% month over month, according to the ACT Research. read more

North America Robot Orders Drop for Second Quarter

A slow economy and high interest rates led to the purchase of 37% fewer robots in April through June of 2023, year over year, according to the Association for Advancing Automation. read more

IDC: Worldwide Hardcopy Peripherals Shipments Decreased 11.7% Y.Y in Q2/23

Worldwide shipments of hardcopy peripherals declined 11.7% year over year to 19.5 million units in Q2/23, according to IDC. read more

Agriculture Equipment Market to Reach $434.1B Globally by 2032

The global agriculture equipment market was valued at $ 236.6 million in 2020 and is projected to reach $434.2 million by 2032, according to Allied Market Research.  read more

XS Financial Proposes Repurchase and Cancellation of Unsecured Convertible Notes

XS Financial, an equipment finance company serving the cannabis industry in the U.S., proposed to repurchase and cancel certain of its unsecured convertible notes that were originally issued on Oct. 28, 2021, and Oct. 10, 2022. read more

Aircraft Shipments and Billings Rose in First Half of 2023

According to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, in the first six months of the year, aircraft deliveries were up across all segments compared with the same period in 2022. In addition, there was an increase in the overall value of aircraft shipments. read more

Houlihan Lokey Places Refinancing Transaction for Rail Equipment Leasing and Maintenance

Houlihan Lokey served as exclusive placement agent on a second lien term loan for Rail Equipment Leasing and Maintenance (RELAM), which was acquired by affiliates of Paceline Equity Partners. The refinancing transaction closed on Aug. 4. read more

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