All articles by Verdict Staff
Verdict Staff
The Credit Crisis – Your Opinion
The Credit Crisis – Your Opinion With finance companies facing the consequences of the so-called “credit crisis” caused by sub-prime mortgages in the USA, implementation of Basel II is also gathering pace and growth forecasts are softening across a number of European markets That’s why, in conjunction with consulting group Invigors LLP, Leasing Life aims to create an authoritative, up-to-date perspective on how finance companies across Europe are responding to these challenges
Still shining
In 2006, leasing business grew by some 7.9 per cent compared to 7.3 per cent for investment growth
Over the first hurdle
Over the first hurdle Many European bank lessors are implementing the highest standard to measure credit risk
Cisco Capital finances wireless technology for NHS
Cisco Capital finances wireless technology for NHS Cisco Capital, the financial services arm of networking equipment supplier Cisco, has provided a lease facility to Kings Collage Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for the installation of campus-wide wireless infrastructure
Exclusive sales research
Exclusive sales research Did you know it is six times harder for a lessor to make a profit out of a new customer than it is to do so for an existing customer? Two research agencies, Mercuri International Group and Interimus Limited, have surveyed staff in hundreds of leasing businesses across Europe, including Merrill Lynch, ABN AMRO and Fortis
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Vehicles: Growth at Leaseplan despite flat markets
Vehicles: Growth at Leaseplan despite flat markets LeasePlan Corporation, the Netherlands-based international fleet management and leasing company, recorded a net profit of 126.3m and a lease contract portfolio growth of 3.6 per cent to 13.7bn for the first half of 2007 LeasePlan, which is a joint venture between Volkswagon Group (50 per cent), the Middle Eastern investment entities Olayan Group (25 per cent) and the Mubadala Development Company (25 per cent), now operates in 29 countries after expanding to three new countries this year
Vendor Finance: Changing with the times
Vendor Finance: Changing with the times In the first of five profiles of vendor finance businesses, Bank of America reveals it is no longer just about IT
Taking the strain
In the first part of our special report on leasing arms of banks, we report on challenges they face. A decade ago the leasing arms of European banks were in a state of flux
Film Finance: Still one to watch
Film finance market is still a good market to be in, despite a tightening of credit markets
CV sales hopes for 2008 look East
The future of commercial vehicle finance in Europe looks tough, but will be held up by developing markets in the CEE, according to consensus of opinion at the Hanover Commercial Vehicle Show Stephan Schaller, CEO of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, talked of a delivery increase of 30 percent in Eastern Europe, and sales in Russia that topped 2007s figures by 87 percent.