All articles by Brian Cantwell
Brian Cantwell
Former UK regulator chair warns on capital ratios and peer to peer lending
Adair Turner, chair of the UK’s former regulator the Financial Services Authority, has encouraged banks to hold higher capital ratios and warned about the risks of peer to peer lending.
Bank of Ireland made 5.3bn of loans to Irish SMEs last year
Bank of Ireland claims it has nearly 50% of the Irish SME lending market with 5.3bn in loans.
Ramsden becomes permanent group risk director at Bibby
Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has made interim group risk director Ian Ramsden’s position permanent
New leases in Estonia near 1bn in 2015
The total value of new leasing agreements concluded on the Estonian leasing market during 2015 grew by 9% year over year to 942m, according to Latvian news reports.
United Trust Bank appoints Ayres as chief financial officer
United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Jonathan Ayres as chief financial officer, who has joined UTB from English private bank C. Hoare & Co
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GE Capital completes sale of US aircraft leasing portfolio
GE Capital has sold its corporate aircraft financing portfolio, valued at about $2.5bn, to Global Jet Capital, a business backed by private equity firms GSO Capital Partners, the Carlyle Group and AE Industrial Partners.
Editor’s letter – Is strong competition in the UK driving bad practice?
Editor Brian Cantwell considers the risks of heightened competition, and surveys the impact of a Brexit vote on pipeline leasing business
Forget the daily grind, its time to think about modern slavery
Sally Butt, partner at law firm Addleshaw Goddard, investigates the Modern Slavery Act’s effect on the supply chain in asset finance
Analysis: what does IFRS 16 mean for leasing?
Brian Cantwell surveys some of the responses to the IASB’s lease accounting standard
Close Brothers Asset Finance acquires UK broker Finance for Industry
Close Brothers Asset Finance has bought Finance for Industry, a finance broker for the engineering, print, plastics and machinery sectors.