This month, Leasing Life takes a panoramic view of the
uncertainty and turbulence that has settled over European leasing
markets, as the effects of a savage year in finance trickle into
the veins of the asset finance industry.
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Reports on the fortunes of banking subsidiaries have taken
centre stage, as the leasing arms of Fortis, ABN AMRO, ING, HBOS,
Lloyds TSB, RBS, BNP Paribas and the Icelandic banks look for ways
through the crisis.
The fate of captives, independents, fleets and brokers are also
addressed, in twelve pages of news and comment that seek to put
together a comprehensive picture of the industry’s options at the
close of third quarter 2008.
Amstel Lease ditches months of preparations for Fortis
Lease merger
Robert Peterson, director of strategy and innovation at Amstel
Lease, the subsidiary of Dutch bank ABN AMRO, could not disguise
his feelings of disappointment at Leaseurope’s event last month…
read more–>
ING Lease launches ambitious expansion plans as competition
hits rocks
As Fortis Lease staff were asked to leave the Netherlands offices
of Fortis Bank, the parent from which they were severed by the
unexpected BNP purchase, it was not hard to imagine the reaction
from perennial Dutch lessor ING Lease…
read more–>
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Uncertainty over future of HBOS leasing
arms
Structured asset finance has long been the preserve of HBOS, but as
it prepares for its integration within Lloyds TSB there is
uncertainty over whether this is still the case…
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The path to the
super-fleet
Lex and Lloyds TSB Autolease are different in many ways. How will
they fare once they eventually merge?…
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Fire sale still on ice
The leasing arms of Icelandic banks have been hit by
administrations, possible sales and much more. Brian Rogerson
reports on the latest developments…
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Fortis Lease and BPLG begin merger
talks
Following BNP Paribas’ €14.5 billion acquisition of Fortis’
operations in Belgium and Luxembourg, BNP Paribas Lease Group
(BPLG) and Fortis Lease are taking steps to combine their
structures….
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Grassroots
reaction
Following last month’s round of government bailouts and banking
nationalisations, Leasing Life, in conjunction with
Invigors, examines how this is impacting on the daily activities of
the European asset finance industry…. read
more–>
German lessors face tough
times
In the first half of
2008, the German leasing market achieved growth of more than 10
percent. Today, however, following intensification of the
international financial crisis, leasing companies are largely
cautious and it has become an established fact that the crisis has
affected even German lessors… read
more–>
Better positioning is now
needed
The credit
squeeze is a diverse and complex matter. What is clear is that it
is having a significant impact on the global leasing sector, with
the word squeeze already being replaced with “global recession” by
many commentators. But in the leasing environment this doesn’t
necessarily have to translate into doom and gloom… read
more–>
I had a dream, or was it a
nightmare?
The Icelandic banks had collapsed owing depositors, charities and
local authorities billions of pounds… read more–>
Opportunities and
challenges
To get reactions from all corners of the European equipment leasing
market, Leasing Life spoke to lessors in the Nordics, the
CEE, the UK and elsewhere… read
more–>
