All articles by Brian Cantwell
Brian Cantwell
Accounting rules could incentivise lessees to seek services over leases
Representatives from the International Accounting Standards Board and PwC met to discuss how lease accounting changes will affect lessees, highlighting possible behavioural changes. Brian Cantwell reports
Hitachi chairman warns on Brexit
In a letter to the Daily Mirror, Hitachi chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi said a Brexit would force a rethink of the manufacturers operations and jobs in the UK, and that this view was shared by international investors such as the parent manufacturers of leasing businesses Siemens, GE, and Microsoft.
Captives forum mourn passing of co-founder Bret Thomas
Bret Thomas, executive vice president of global operations, worldwide financial services division at John Deere & Company, and co-founder of industry body The Captives Forum, has passed away aged 57 after a three year battle with cancer.
Hitachi moves into soft asset funding
Hitachi Capital Business Finance has added soft asset finance to its product range in the UK.
Star Asset Finance appoints Swift as chief executive
Star Asset Finance has appointed Steve Swift, current managing director of Kennet Equipment Leasing, as Star Asset Finance group chief executive officer
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Brokers prepare for minimum set of standards from UK funders
Brokers are set to receive a minimum set of standards expected from a raft of UK funders at the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) commercial finance exposition in Birmingham on the 15th June.
Henry Howard Finance agrees £51m facility with British Business Bank
Independent lender Henry Howard Finance has agreed a £51m (67.07m) asset finance facility under the British Business Bank’s ‘Enable Funding’ programme.
BBB: 58% increase in UK SME equity investment in 2015
The British Business Bank (BBB) has said there was £3.5bn of investment into UK smaller businesses by private equity sources in 2015, as global investors sought a home for cash liquidity, including the UKs leasing and asset finance businesses.
Editor’s Letter – new kids on the block
The growing number of entrants in the UK leasing market is having an effect on competition, pricing and market behaviour
UK brokers split on Brexit
The UK broker community is split almost 50/50 over membership of the European Union (EU), according to a Brexit poll of over 150 UK commercial finance brokers operating in the bridging, development finance, asset finance and mortgage markets.