All articles by Sotiris Kanaris
Sotiris Kanaris
Innervision places over £100m of leases in 2014
London-based lease portfolio management consultants Innervision’s clients lease portfolio expanded by over £100m (134.7m) last year.
FCA promises further review of P2P in 2016
UK consumer regulatory body the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has promised a full review of crowdfunding and P2P lending in 2016, after revealing UK business loans in 2014 (£749m: 988.48) surpassed consumer loans (£547m) for the first time.
ELFA president to retire at end of 2015
William G Sutton, the president and chief executive officer of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), has announced that he will retire at the end of the year.
Aldermore, Bibby sales staff join Ultimate Finance
Three ex-Aldermore staff and a former Bibby Financial Services employee have joined a UK leasing company, Ultimate Finance Group.
Eurozone crisis tops brokers biggest threat to recovery list
Brokers see the Eurozone recession as the biggest threat to UKs economic recovery, a United Trust Bank (UTB) survey has found.
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UK: Ex-Aldermore risk director joins Shire Leasing
Shire Leasing appointed Malcolm Workman as its new head of risk.
ELFA: US new business volume up $12.4bn in December 2014
Cumulative new business volume in the US equipment finance sector grew by 8% in 2014, an Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) report found.
Close Brothers loan book hits £5.5bn
Close Brothers loan book grew by 4% to £5.5bn in the final five months of 2014.
60% of brokers expect 2015 interest rate rise
60% of brokers expect that the Bank of England (BoE) will raise interest rates in the second half of the year, according to a United Trust Bank survey.
Pre-tax profit up by 25% at 1PM
Alternative Investment Market (AIM)listed 1pm saw its pre-tax profit escalate to £0.76m (0.99m) in the first half of its financial year, a 25% increase year-on-year.