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Leasing Life 2010
LL August 2010
Editor's letter: Tentative steps to full recovery
CAL&F finances new aquatic centre in Loir-et-Cher
LL July 2010
Should lessors and brokers re-tie the knot?
Lessors struggle to find SME deals
On the move
Determining value
DLL takes on energy sector
UniCredit dives into renewables
Leasing could benefit from biogas revolution
Work-Life Quiz - Peter Savage
Brussels watch: Vehicle lessors win major competition battle
Porterbrook ‘saves European company bond sales’
Bank VTB Armenia to join VTB Leasing ‘in a month’
‘Global aspiration’ for Bibby FS
Deutsche Leasing to remain steady in Spain and Portugal
Italy’s lease moratorium scheme extended
Siemens ‘to set up own bank’
FLA calls on UK government to help SMEs
PCFG ‘resilient’ in year to 31 March
Return to reality
Freight lessors resilient
Lessors to benefit from opening up of market
Possible opportunities in high-speed projects
Impact of public pool leasing played down
Future of large infra-rail projects under threat
Politics playing havoc with projects
Rumour and conjecture rife
Non roscos making their mark in UK rail finance
Fiat’s leasing arms strengthen
Hypo MD confirms sale of leasing companies
Dipping a toe in
The year for real expansion
Cautious but determined
New rules iron out tax and lessee problems
Reforms tackle Ukrainian lessor’s tax problems
Smaller funders think big
Axis Leasing reaps benefits of cycle to work scheme
Court case highlights lessors not bound by FLA rules
Auditor moves to stop fraud in vehicle dealerships
LVM reports upsurge in post-tax profits
Lease scandal case collapses for second time
Databank: July 2010
Green light for growth
Contract awards for European public sector deals
Lombard solar deal for 6,000 UK homes
SFS public sector contracts
Zenith Provecta fleet deal
HP FS global Omnicom deal
Dräger hospital deal
Azule signs with Editworks
CSI signs Psion Teklogix deal
Tallon data: July 2010
Mixed results as car values up, van prices down
Going through their partners
HFS' parthership with SGEF
Law firms target collections sector
CHP selected by ‘major Nordic bank’
Cassiopae acquires French fleet management software company
LeasePlan UK broker arm implements Leaselink platform
IF driving economic recovery
Aldermore expects profit
IT financing expected to continue at high rate in upturn
Asset finance “could help green economy”
Davenham closes to new business
Hungary faces exodus of international leasing companies
UniCredit Leasing to support SMEs with new EIB loan
ASF appoints new president
Hitachi Capital to provide 41 specialist vehicles
Econocom in talks to buy ECS Group
Bond issue and new offices keep Grenke booming
Lombard supplies finance to packaging company
Arcus Engineering chooses Volkswagen and Lex Autolease
TransLinc sings deal with Lincolnshire Council
New appointment at Leasedrive Velo rental division
Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance in £4.5m deal with UK haulier
Leasint scoops EURO119m renewable energy deal
Aldermore to expand leasing business with new hires
Hitachi Capital wins sole car leasing deal with Arriva
VR Leasing to work with EIB on SME discount
Syscap appoints executive chairman
Fitness First renews contract hire agreement
UniCredit Leasing to finance 3D projectors
GE Capital expands business development team
Avolon acquires aircraft from Air Berlin
ALD Automotive short-term leasing business boom
Leaseurope releases anti-fraud report
Leasedrive Velo wins deal with charity
Zenith Provecta wins 6,000 vehicle deal with FTSE-250 company
NetSol signs agreement with Singers Healthcare
GE Capital provides financing for Solar4Schools scheme
Absolute Invoice Finance funds Midlands printing firm
ING Lease and MAN win Polish bus contract
EFL wins recognition for ‘expertise and professionalism’
Hannover Leasing wins PV deal in Southern Italy
CAL&F finances new aquatic centre in Loir-et-Cher
New vice president at Key Equipment Finance
Close Bros expects good performance
FLA welcomes 'positive' green paper
Bibby FS acquires Aston Rothbury Factors
Spain finances €166m of new buses
Syscap sees 132% increase in tax funding demand
Deutsche Leasing appoints Ostermann as new CEO
GRENKE opens third UK office
CIT “smaller, safer” as profits recover
LL June 2010
Editor's Letter: Lessors go head to head
Mass of new infrastructure opportunities for Europe’s lessors
New rail-based opportunities across Europe
On the Move: June 2010
Behind the moves: Streamlining business
Behind the moves: Who is China’s largest lessor?
Behind the moves: Europe’s rising star
VR Leasing: key facts
New head of VR: Theophil Graband
Plans to return to profitability in 2010
Germany suffers 11% decline in new business in Q110
Behind the moves: Entering the rail market
Brussels watch: Lessors set to benefit from new EU tools to help SMEs
Daimler FS restructures German business
Leaseurope repeats pleas as new accounting model discussed
€8.5bn new business in 2009 for French SGEF
BNP Paribas posts strong Q110 results
Q1 results released for Czech leasing market
Hypo considering CEE sell-off; Bulgaria first to go
Siemens Financial Services’ profits down in Q1
Grenkeleasing expects €28m profit in 2010
In good shape
Expanding horizons
Positive signs
Lessors attracted to near-global programme
Italian arm of UniCredit Leasing focuses on growing vendor finance
Microsoft Financing arm sees ‘uptick’
Syscap builds vendor platform with Infor, IBM left out of key deal
Vendor finance ‘soft’, reports UK arm of Cat dealer Finning
Electronics dealer Eltraco in drive to grow vendor finance
Clarification: June 2010
Trailer blazing
Strong demand drives forward vendor finance
CA Leasing sees post-merger increase
Comment: Amstel launches training seminar on leasing
The Foreign Legion
GE Capital sees ‘strong increase’ in business
Reaping the rewards
UK databank: June 2010
AerCap appoints three new board members
Portsmouth administrators refuse to pay for advert screens
‘Contrasting trends’ for UK CV registrations
Euro UK Hire hit by further scandal following arrests
TPT Construction faces payment complaints
UK arm of BMW FS links positive quarter to poor loans market
BMW FS - key facts
Profits still healthy at Ford Credit UK
Tory-Lib Dem agreements spell big changes ahead for UK’s leasing industry
Mastering IT lifecycle
Legal casebook
Upwards and onwards
Key facts: Bank Leumi
GE funds seafood MBO
MAN FS scoops first B&Q deal
Lombard provides 40% of £4m cold storage deal for RBS
Stagecoach signs HP deal
Lombard and RBS IF to import and fund bottle maker
Hoyer deal
Hitachi completes fleet deal with media company
Avolon reach agreement to buy leased aircraft
Lombard seizes Akcros deal from Landsbanki retreat
Software and systems update
Contract awards for European public sector deals: June 2010
Small is best
Arval raises safety and environment concerns
Comment: Still plenty of life left in the trailer market
Car and van prices hold up but expect toughening of values, Manheim warns
Tallon data: June 2010
Ultimate Asset Finance launched
Lloyds TSB Autolease wins 850 van deal
GE-owned Broadway expand Stoke on Trent centre
St Helen’s Finance: losses widen
Cassiopae buys InfoParc
Dräger signs leasing deal with hospital operator
CSI Leasing signs deal with Psion Teklogix
Russian-Estonian rail lessor sees 71% profit jump
Italy’s leasing, factoring and consumer credit down 11.4%
Siemens FS scoops large public sector deals
Electric vehicle battery lease 'the way forward', says Glass’s
Key appointments at BVRLA
UBI Leasing signs €5m renewable energy deal
Porterbrook 'saves European company bond sales'
GE signs £4.5m deal with chemical company
Company car contract extension saves €1.5bn across EU
Bank VTB Armenia to join VTB Leasing 'in a month'
Lex Autolease has ‘successful auction debut’
‘Global aspiration’ for Bibby FS as it posts positive 2009 results
LeasePlan UK broker arm implements Leaselink platform
New broker wins office space from chamber of commerce
HP FS signs global deal with Omnicom
Deutsche Leasing to remain steady in Spain and Portugal
Rosagroleasing to finance 4,000 agricultural vehicles in 2010
Italy’s lease moratorium scheme extended
UK van registrations improve in May, trucks still dire
Microlease appoints new head of sales
FLA writes to Chancellor ahead of emergency Budget
'Scrap tax disc,' says BVRLA
Mixed results as car values hold up, van prices go down
New appointments at Fineline Media Finance
VTB Leasing releases unaudited Q1 results
Italy’s Ubi Leasing and Abf Leasing to finance €11m solar project
Azule Finance signs deal with Editworks
SMEs 'not investing in green agenda'
CHP Consulting selected by ‘major Nordic bank'
Zenith Provecta wins 200-strong fleet deal
Leasing industry reacts to emergency budget
Lombard to fund solar power scheme
Anaerobic digestion and biogas show to be held
Hypo CEO confirms 5 subsidiaries up for sale
New hires at Bluestone and Xerox
JCB Finance UK gaining ground in public sector leasing
International lessors scouting for business in Ukraine
Yorkshire Bank helps company see off Chinese competition
ECS UK takes on risk administrator
PCFG “resilient” in year to 31 March
FLA calls on UK government to help SMEs
Siemens “to set up own bank”
LL May 2010
Editor's letter: The raging fires of vendor finance
GE Cap, UniCredit, Crédit Agricole, Barclays reveal 2010 growth plans
Leasing Life hits double century
Key hires at Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring
On the move: May 2010
GE Capital back on the offensive
The real Marie Dunkley
Jenkins jumps ship
Barclays global push means management rejig
Work-Life Quiz: Nadine Holroyd
Stepping into the gap
Baldock the revolutionary
Lombard’s commitment to SMEs
Proof in the pudding: Lombard’s recent loans to SMEs
Lombard’s management: out with the old, in with the new
‘Green’ laws hit jet lessors
In brief: May 2010
Lands of hope and promise
Steady profits at UniCredit Leasing
New phase of stabilisation in Ukraine leasing market
The work never stops
Targeted management
Profile: UniCredit Leasing
Touching metal
Profile: State Securities
Picking the right people
Profile: Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance
Not over just yet
Profile: MAN Financial Services
Their time in the sun?
SG Equipment Finance tops UK public sector lease table
Databank: May 2010
Britain’s largest telecoms leasing scam back in court
Lessors to come together over alleged fruit fraud saga
New dawn of co-operation
Profile: Caskflow UK Ltd
Microsoft Financing yet to replace Nigel Jenkins
Brokers: Round-up
Sales-aid success
Profile: Kennet Equipment Leasing
Going for gold
Upwards and onwards
Profile: Giles Turner, managing director, SG Equipment Finance UK
Fleet lessors begin issuing downtime management policies to win business
Tallon data: May 2010
All change
Basement talk: May 2010
LPM MD completes 100km charity cycle
Glass’s: “outbreaks of optimism” in used CV sector
Azule’s export finance achieves £50m turnover
GE funds seafood MBO
Close Aviation Finance migrates onto CHP’s ALFA system
Leasing needed in German healthcare, says VR Medico
BNP Paribas posts strong Q1 results
Grenke reports continuing prof
Fraikin appoints new CEO
VUB Leasing reports losses for 2009
Banca Agrileasing appoints new chairman, posts results
Fresh departures at Key
SGEF: €8.5 billion new business in 2009
BMW FS holding up parent, Q1 results reveal
CIT to form new financial service provider with Lenovo
Q1 results released for Czech leasing market
Black Horse’s Chris Sutton is new FLA chairman
Hypo considering CEE sell-off, Bulgaria first
Syscap launches finance programme in Europe
VWFS migrates to SAP-compliant system from WCG
Grenkeleasing expects €28m profit in 2010
EBRD kick-starts Albanian leasing
New appointment at LeasePlan UK
Manheim: used van prices 4.2 percent up in April
Europe’s factoring turnover stable in 2009
Siemens Financial Services' profits down in Q1
NHS Supply Chain touts leasing benefits
Nick Feasey to head up Lenovo Financial Services
Parex Bank reportedly sells leasing arm for $100
MAN FS scoops first B&Q deal
“Contrasting trends” for UK CV registrations
Moody’s: Italian leasing ABS still deteriorating
Inchcape tests electric vehicles
New head at LeasePlan France
GE Capital to acquire French RBS Factor
Lombard provides 40 percent of £4m cold storage deal for RBS
Booming sales of convertibles at Manheim and BCA
Hitachi loses syndications head
Another deal for MAN FS with Hoyer
McNamara takes over at Close Asset Finance
Dowden-Yates departs equigroup
Changes at helm of FLA
Cranmer Lawrence boasts strong business with NHS
Vervaet joins Bynx
VTB shareholder 'calls for investigation' into leasing arm
Leaseurope repeats pleas as new lease accounting model discussed
Stagecoach signs hire purchase deal
Daimler FS restructures German business
UniTrust to lead Chinese market by 2011
Leasing upturn but industry still suffering, says FLA
Santander and Zenith Provecta launch fleet solution
Avolon reach agreement to buy leased aircraft
Glasgow dairy signs sale-and-leaseback deal with SGEF
Romanian leasing down in Q1
First Bruntingthorpe CV sale for Manheim
Vans pull Europe’s CV registrations up
New appointments at IDS
Slovak transport leasing shows signs of recovery
Nordea Finance aims high in Baltic states
Exclusive: IBJ to stop lending in the UK
NAB rail big hitter joins Close Leasing
LL April 2010
Editor's Letter: Something rich and strange
Europe’s biggest lessors begin ambitious drive across Europe
Brussels Watch
Financial results
Share and share alike
The dragon with potential
On the move
News in brief
Work-Life quiz: Ana Bártolo
Exotic dreams
Rules to live by
Investec Asset Finance ripe for further growth following latest acquisitions
Brimming with confidence
Aldermore buys into professions market
Chancellor falls short
More of the same, please
Five Arrows Leasing Group Limited
Close Asset Finance subsidiaries help hold up parent bank
Tallon data: materials handling equipment
Soc Gen subsidiary launches services arm
Chris Labrey, UK sales director, ECS UK
Lloyds plans to expand presence in leasing and HP
Not just a leasing company
Brokers welcome
Profile - Black Arrow Finance
Armada Finance
Azule finance finds renewed vigour in IT and export finance market
Revamping distribution
Back in business
Outsourcing boosted by arrival of new players
Not much light at the end of the (poly) tunnel
Basement Talk
Going to the root of the problem
Databank
Reasons to be cheerful
Appeal court overturns ownership decision
‘Industry rules’ may not apply
Rising stars - UK asset finance
Demand on the rise
Lloyds coach finance deal wins rugby contract
TeliaSonera to continue S&L
Leasing crash at Hypo continues to haunt BayernLB
Lease volumes fall at Anglo Irish
Lombard to “significantly” increase SME lending
Davenham AF still profitable despite group’s troubles
Sardaleasing wins deal to supply 128 buses
UniCredit Leasing Austria appoints new CEO
Swiss leasing down 20 percent last year
GRENKE expands international business
Close appoints MH manager
Bibby victorious at CRS tournament
Board changes at Northgate
Romania: repo asset prices down 75 percent
Field Solutions announces management changes
Ryder builds fleet with DBC Foodservice
Consortium “preparing bid for HSBC Rail”
More changes at top of Hitachi Capital
FLA calls on new government to help SME investment
Used truck market on recovery path, says Broadway
Leaseurope: Europe’s leasing 28 percent down in 2009
Van values up nearly 15 per cent for 2010
Equiqroup hires Steve Robinson
Venture Finance sees increase in new client numbers
Lombard wins 350-van deal contract with WDC
Centro Leasing gives up bank status
Sardaleasing increases market share in core market
Crédit Agricole Leasing and Eurofactor merge
Nigel Jenkins leaves Microsoft Financing
Premier Leasing signs record deal, hires Tim Jones
Record month for Volkswagen FS
UK lease broker launches fund
Star Capital in HSBC Rail bid
BCA: used van prices still rising
IBM Global Financing working to attract Sun business partners
Priestman steps down from Lombard
Hitachi Cap supplies hybrid LCVs to Liverpool council
ALD Automotive wins sole supply fleet deal
Broadway: used van and truck finance deals on the rise
IBM Global Financing Q1 results released
Offers reportedly made for HSBC Rail
Directors behind Global EPP to appear in court
Management reshuffle at BA&SF
Lombard scoops large deal with Nationwide Maintenance
Siemens FS: £2.4 billion still “frozen” in UK industry
VR Leasing expects return to profitability in 2010
Norton Folgate expands into wider finance provision
Volume and profit up for BFL Leasing
Europe’s CV registrations 8.8% up in March
CIT releases Q1 results
CO2 cuts no longer a priority for private companies, says TSL
IBM Global Financing touts upgrade benefits
New president for Italian leasing association
VR Medico announces first quarter results
UniCredit Leasing posts €117 million net profit
Downward trend continues in Baltic leasing
Strong Q1 2010 for Daimler Financial Services
RBS reportedly puts aviation unit sale on hold
LL March 2010
People moves and (alleged) fruity fraudsters
ING Lease to focus on UK broker model in Germany
Tripling business in three years
Signs of life
In Brief
Latest moves from around Europe
Work - life quiz
Leasing low-carbon energy now feasible, says FLA
Positive signs in mid-ticket
Italian mini-renaissance
French lessors raise serious concerns over latest capital requirement directive
Handelsbanken Finans sued over interest rate hikes
Ready, set, go
Databank
Good news and bad news
Serious crime squad comes to rescue of swindled lessors
What price a good reputation?
Investec buys Universal and Leasedirect
Comment: The ever-changing world of leasing scams
Survival of the fittest
Leasing case against ‘poor payer’Paramount advances law of forfeiture
Opportunities in AF for Birmingham firm
The Dutch masters
Lessors launch bids to buy General Capital
Grenke grows in UK and Luxembourg
BA&SF under pressure over high-risk deals
ING Lease and Aldermore sign deal with Syscap
Looking for trouble
Comment: Sonia Jordan, Salans
Pressing concerns
Lombard order book continues to grow
Ryder signs UK’s first electric HGV lease deal
In brief 2
Machine tools
BFL Leasing signs VF deal with comTeam
Trumpf sees continued success with SG partnership
NetSol signs lucrative contract in China
Europe’s CV registrations fall 12% in January
In Brief 3
Largest firm takes shape
Basement talk
Lessors victims of alleged £30 million scam
BVRLA: Budget should extend tax benefits to lessors
Chinese oil giant sets up leasing JV
Container lessor TAL sees income stream recover
New trade association for UK remarketing industry
Team restructuring at VW Fleet Services UK
GE’s TIP boosts fleet maintenance services
CIT expects loss of $900 million in Q4 2009
BBVA Leasing to finance fire trucks
Italian lessor wins massive real estate leasing deal
HSBC global leasing remains strong
BA ready to lease aircrafts from other operators
Lex Autolease signs 1500-vehicle, £35 million deal
Banco Sabadell launches new product for Spanish SMEs
De Lage Landen - €112 million profit for 2009
Intesa’s VUB Bank acquires 100% of Slovak lessor
Romanian lessors to face bankruptcy if decline continues
Austrian leasing business drops 23 percent in 2009
SMMT: mixed results for CV registrations
Private banking sector ramps up exotic asset finance
Hill & Smith reports hike in lease repayments
Czech vehicle leasing business down in 2009
Channon steps down from 1pm after £220k interim loss
Slovak lessors see 45 percent volume drop
Exclusive: Aldermore buys Heritable book
Yorkshire Bank signs string of mid-ticket deals
Revealed: names of leasing companies in farm scam
Update: Shire auditor resigns as tough year closes
BoA: making headway in China
Spain’s leasing halved, but glimmers of hope
New investor acquires Total Asset Finance, wants more
Enterprise almost doubles lease obligations
GE fleet survey: UK economy set for upturn
Deutsche Leasing posts €8.3 bn new business
Finnish leasing shows signs of recovery
SGEF wins slice of Microsoft’s vendor programme
Italian leasing 33 percent down in 2009
Portuguese leasing falls 30 percent in H1 2009
Germany’s VR Factorem sees customer increase
Ultimate Finance’s factoring business expands
Polish leasing down, sees increase in Q4
Angel Trains maintains healthy profits
French leasing: “unprecedented” contraction in 2009
Manheim strengthens CV team
Italy’s Ubi Leasing increases market share
CHP Consulting joins German leasing association
WCG wins major deals in Austria
NACFB launches Commercial Finance Expo event
SG hires new risk manager
Grenkeleasing and NRW Bank sign partnership
JCB Finance posts £5.4 million profit
2010 Budget: leasing industry expresses disappointment
Raiffeisen merger to bolster CEE leasing business
Portuguese government to support SMEs
GE Capital: SMEs struggle with materials costs, fuel prices
New IT system opens door to Euro business for HSBC
New funding for 1pm and St Helen’s
GE Capital buys RBS Factoring
EU van registrations see first increase in 2 years
Venture Finance provides £250k factoring package
BPLG extends major vendor agreement with CNH
LL February 2010
Leasing gets militant
DLL, Soc Gen and BPLG win stakes in Microsoft Financing battle
Lessors under greater ratings scrutiny
Life in the industry yet
The best of the best
On the move
Work - Life Quiz: Basil Bannayi
In brief
FLA takes on DEFRA over EU green laws
Mid-ticket thriving for some
Paradise lost
German connection provides prop
Police told to watch their coppers
Peter Hunt analyses market statistics for the year to 30 November 2009
Progress being made in ‘difficult’ times
More savings to be made in remarketing
Brokers left in cold as axe falls on secondary rental income
New means of survival for brokers
CCA breakthrough for lessors
Ex-BoS staff find new homes at brokers
Uncertainty over Davenham future
Smartfundit.com directors face disqualification
Close expands as Barley plans departure
In brief 2
In remembrance: Ray Hewitt
A year for CV leasing?
ING Lease back in the yachting business
Green’ furnace funding request presents underwriting dilemma
Contract awards for European public sector deals
Cranes
Video conferencing comes to vendor finance
UK broker new European partner for bioscience company
Bibby launches into materials handling following new partnership with Cesab
How to retain staff
Tips on start-up technology
Eastern focus
Basement talk
Estonia leasing down 70%
Italy’s SMEs choose moratorium scheme
DLL wins Microsoft Financing deal in 3 EU countries
Used van values still increasing, says BCA
Revealed: Harrods at the centre of major leasing scam
Syscap reports hike in IT vendor JVs
Italian lessor to cut 100 jobs
3 Step IT acquires BPLG’s Nordic business
Scania FS hit by bad debt expenses in 2009
French factoring down 3.6% in 2009
Daimler’s captive in global agreement with Allianz
Venture Finance provides £11.5m funding package
PACCAR Financial Services in Q4 upturn
BPLG to cut jobs following Fortis integration
Gidge said to have departed Syscap
Slow start for Britain’s CV registrations
Lithuanian leasing worsens losses for Danske Bank
Leaseurope worried about lease accounting discussions
LeasePlan posts lower profit, sees recovery
Grenke grows in UK and Luxembourg
Volvo Financial Services sees signs of recovery
VR Leasing posts 3.4 percent volume drop
BoS confirms end of leasing business in Ireland
New hires at Associated Commercial Finance
New appointment at Vantis, but losses in 2009
ING Lease and Aldermore sign deal with Syscap
General Capital collapses into administration (Free)
Lombard funds further lasers
Telematics leasing on the rise
HPI teams up with FLA to build CrushWatch tool
Manheim: used van prices still increasing
Lloyds milks the HP market
Banqsoft signs contract with DnB NOR Finans
UK leasing man gains recognition for work with CSG
IDS releases new version of ProFinia
New man at helm of Germany’s BDL
Bulgaria: 16 percent of lease book goes bad
BNP Paribas: big-ticket leasing fuels return to health
Lessors launch bids to buy General Capital
Management changes at Leasedrive Velo
EBRD gives $25m to UniCredit Leasing Ukraine
Arval to provide CH for Renault and Nissan dealers
Close Asset Finance reports £13m profit
Daimler FS hit by bad debt, expects better 2010
NetSol wins deal with Chinese finance company
Barclays leasing connected to parent’s drop in assets
Polish leasing ‘on the way to recovery’ despite contraction
Assilea: Italian lessees ask for payment holiday
WCG launches new version of CALMS
BPLG scoops major SAP deals in UK and India
HP FS posts profit increase in first quarter
New head for Deutsche Leasing supervisory board
HSBC: £2 billion rail sale looming
Derek Soper joins Grant Thornton
Badran joins BoA’s jet finance
NACFB announces new funders
Investec AF at centre of Cru saga
EIB delivers record lending volume
New finance boss at Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions
LL January 2010
Editor's Letter
Asset-based leasing: New world order
Green finance: back in business
Best recruiters will thrive in spite of the market
Risk in 2010: reconciling national and local priorities
IT remains a sure bet
Italian yacht leasing shows promise for next 12 months
Lessor accounting to come under the spotlight
Prospects vary in recession-hit CEE
Break-up of Hypo Group Alpe Adria due to bad debt
More public sector leasing on cards for 2010
Rail finance: More non-roscos tipped to enter market
Expansion and anti-fraud systems on way
Diversification should be at heart of lessors’ strategy for the coming year
Recession likely to continue for lessors in 2010
Materials handling: Hunt for market share intensifies
Vendor finance: Shift towards panel of funders
Return to positive demand in helicopter finance
2010 predictions: New Year joy for SMEs?
Out with the old...
A good year for fraud
On the move
Behind the move: In search of
Work-Life Quiz: Mihaela Petricean, Managing Director, Intesa Sanpaolo Leasing Romania
SG Equipment Finance in €30m hospital deal
Banca Agrileasing in major renewable energy plant deal
In brief
A day to remember
Lack of across-the-board finance highlighted
Walking a tightrope
New horizons
Peter Hunt analyses market statistics for the year to 31 October 2009
Tough times for all
Siemens Financial Services: what is happening?
Organic waste treatment process pointing to market opportunity
In brief
Action needed over scams
Advancing the law on lease assignment
fraud - basement talk
A year of change
In brief 2
A merger of equals
And the winners are...
Volvo wins contract hire deal with Hills Group
BVRLA boosts broker code
Sardaleasing to get €150m from EIB
GrenkeLeasing sees hike in profit margin
Bombardier Transportation signs Swedish deal
KBC: Polish vehicle leasing to grow by up to 15%
Close Brothers acquires GMAC invoice financing book
Aston Barclay launches new fortnightly van sale
Absolute Invoice Finance joins forces with Aldermore
Siemens Financial Services appoints new CEO
GE Capital UK to support local charity
De Lage Landen launches clean technology financing business
GE Capital provides £15m to vehicle rental company
UK police forces' £132m leasing bill sparks procurement row
Forex worries and new regulations suppress Hungarian recovery
Smartfundit’s administrators preparing director disqualification report (Free)
Banca Agrileasing's BCCLease to focus on vendor finance (Free)
Keith Sangwin leaves Barclays Asset & Sales Finance (Free)
UK commercial vehicle registrations 36% down in 2009 (Free)
Daimler and BMW reduced US leasing business in 2009 (Free)
Lombard extends deal with Retail Motor Industry Federation (Free)
BMW Financial Services launches €800m bond (Free)
Chinese investment in ‘green’ asset finance growing significantly (Free)
UniCredit optimistic for CEE growth (Free)
Isuzu wins deal with ALD (Free)
2010 will be a “growing year for tech” (Free)
Davenham Group looking for a buyer (Free)
IBM GF expands China operations (Free)
UniCredit CEO Max Moi joins Leaseurope board
NACFB offers brokers chance to sell insurance (Free)
3 Step IT appoints COO (Free)
Cassiopae in Tunisian joint venture with OXIA
Siemens Financial Services wins contract to develop wind farms off UK coast
UK business insolvencies slowing down (Free)
CIT appoints interim CEO (Free)
Betteley moves to Jaguar Financial Services (Free)
Italy’s B2F and Westcon sign vendor agreement (Free)
Raiffeisen Leasing gets €60 million from EIB (Free)
BOS staff jump ship to brokerage (Free)
Moody’s says Italian leasing market continues to deteriorate (Free)
Leaseurope: Europe’s leasing 36 percent down in H1 2009 (Free)
Oak signs fifth medical vendor deal (Free)
Barley to step down from Close (Free)
WestWon Capital makes new hires (Free)
HSBC Vehicle Finance to shut down (Free)
BPLG wins Microsoft Financing deal (Free)
UK used van prices still up in December 2009 (Free)
UK haulier orders 25 Scania tractors (Free)
CV registration drop eases across Europe (Free)
FGA Capital chooses White Clarke Group (Free)
Russia's Rosagroleasing to supply 2,500 tractors (Free)
Caja Rural offers “preferred finance” to professionals (Free)
Deutsche and Lloyds to keep Porterbrook (Free)
SFS: NHS should release “frozen capital” (Free)
Axa develops new end of lease insurance products (Free)
US leasing drops one third in 2009 (Free)
Oxby joins new Santander from Lombard (Free)
Agrileasing gets €300 million from EIB (Free)
In house operating lease provision benefits Trumpf
Lombard scoops major van deal (Free)
Leasing Life 2009
LL December 2009
Editor's Letter: A little further towards regulation
Making the right choice
Time for a makeover
Low-emission zone good news for TransLinc
Green light for innovative solar electric power plant
New brand of execs
Branching out
Where have they all gone?
On the move
Work-Life Quiz: Chris Smith
Comment: Why block discounting should not be in the doldrums
Levelling the playing field?
News Digest
Results
Bank-owned lessors in battle to win share of lucrative Microsoft Financing portfolio
Taken to account
Lease accounting to raise debts by 58%
Lessors hit by law firm collapse
Shire Leasing might be drawn into likely landmark test case
In brief
UK Databank
Healthy returns at SG Equipment Finance
Bank of England fails to kickstart UK leasing
New obligations for brokers
One to watch: Key Finance
Back to square one
Could a broker-lessor JV model work?
In remembrance: Vic Lock
A dream still worth having
The scale of jet financing
Happened at last
Much in demand
Used assets: plant & machinery
In brief
Are frameworks the answer?
Survival strategies for vehicle finance
Nissan opens ‘second-life’ battery market
Microlease ramps-up VF deal with Agilent
‘Really understand your customer’
Managing the block
In brief
Back in business
Ready for 2010
With a firm destination in mind
Commerzbank acquisitions add up to €1.05bn loss in Q3
FLA gives new directions on correct selling
Hypo Group faces sale or bailout after another crippling year
Deutsche Leasing: new business down 8%
Lombard axes over 100 jobs in Ireland
One in two Italian firms to request payment holiday scheme
Italy’s new leasing business 35% down in 2009
“Banks are still not lending” – Centric Commercial Finance survey finds
Lombard offers £0.8m to green lighting firm
New sales director at Truck rental company BRS
2010: a 'big year' for materials handling at BPLG
Lombard Vehicle Management wins LCV deals
Manheim opens new UK remarketing centre
Pre-Budget Report must include leasing-friendly incentives – FLA
Daimler FS appoints new chairman
Aston Barclay rebrands auction sites
French leasing continues to fall
Iceland Foods orders 70 Volvo trucks
Hypo Group Alpe Adria nationalised
Lombard and NatWest provide £2.5 million EFG loan
SGEF to finance medical equipment in Spanish hospital
Banca Agrileasing in renewable energy deal
CIT emerges from lightning bankruptcy
Inchcape Financial Services to stop writing new business – exclusive
Siemens Financial Services: profit and return down significantly
BES Leasing's Portuguese parent invests in Algerian lessor
Swedish association joins Leaseurope
Fraikin to supply City Link with 236 new trailers
PCFG: “we can look forward to 2010 with confidence”
AssetCo scoops lucrative services deals
New sales manager for used CVs at Renault Trucks
Leasing Life Awards: UniCredit Leasing wins top prize
Van registrations stabilising, trucks suffer, says SMMT
MAN seeks controlling stake in truck lessor
PBR 2009: mixed industry reactions
Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance provides £825k asset finance to carpet maker
2010 is all about SMEs making savings on technology – Microsoft
DLL subsidiary teams up with Renault for electric vehicle technology
“Modest” spending in IT next year, says IDC
NetSol to form company in Beijing, expects China will provide 25% of total revenue
RBS asset finance manager jailed for £70,000 gambling swindle
Poland’s Bank Millennium aims to grow leasing business by 30% in 2010
German Supplement: Records might still be broken
German Supplement: German leasing in 2010: consolidation and acquisition
German Supplement: Renting is the future
German Supplement: Banking channel growing in strength
German Supplement: Room for growth
German Supplement: More risk controls, but more access to funds
German Supplement: What German lessors plan to do in 2010
German Supplement: Welcome arrival: Unicredit Leasing GmbH
German Supplement: CHP Consulting to open Frankfurt office
LL November 2009
Editor's letter: Do we need innovation at a time like this?
Europe's number one
Lifetime Achievement Award
Personality of the Year
Functional Leader of the Year
UK Law Firm Asset Finance Provider of the Year
European Vendor Partnership of the Year
2010 “could bring stability” – Romanian lessors
Captive Finance Provider of the Year
SME Champion of the Year
Quartz Finance to enter aviation and marine markets
German Lessor of the Year
European Lessor of the Year
Dell: CIT bankruptcy has had “no impact”
US ELFA: mixed results for October
Bosnian SMEs to get €90 million from EIB
Ubi Leasing new business drops 31 percent
Used van values higher than 2006, says Manheim
The Leasing Life Awards: The Nominees
The Leasing Life Awards: Editor's introduction
Basement Talk
European push
BNP Paribas Lease Group appoints new head of key accounts
VT predicts more public sector fleet outsourcing in 2010
More businesses aggrieved at excessive loan arrangement fees than margins
Commercial fleets make headlines
All change on the IEP
European lessors positive about 2010 – survey
New framework in UK for leasing CVs
GE Capital completes UK restructure
NetSol signs contract with BMW Financial Services
One to watch: Vision Asset Finance
Comment: impact of latest lease accounting changes on leasing companies
Expansion on all fronts
New head of sales at Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance
Social disease or business bonanza?
Specialist proton therapy manufacturer launches leasing solution
Turbulent times at Hitachi Capital
UK Databank
Can a Canadian lessor inject new life into UK market?
Bulgaria: leasing defaults soaring
Revealed: Northern Ireland’s embattled brokers
The future for brokers
Leaseurope 2009: Leasing Life diary
Leaseurope: return to normal in 2012
Mid ticket blues
In brief
The lull before the storm
Work-Life Quiz: Robert Peterson
Barry Hutchings says
Italy’s specialised credit market drops in H1 2009
Fresh hope for leasing
Veteran refuses to leave leasing
10,000 SMEs join moratorium with Italy's Intesa
Hitachi Capital Business Finance MD exits
NetSol Technologies reduces losses from previous quarter
On the move
Return of the securitisation
TransLinc continues to deliver on £1.7m contract
Is leasing losing ground?
UniCredit uses EIB money to build Bulgarian wind park
ING Lease named broker funder of the year
GE Capital provides Jaguar Land Rover with £170m facility
LeasePlan appoints BCA as UK remarketing partner
Syscap secures extra £75 million
Exclusive: Lombard to sell jet finance to world’s rich and famous
Czech leasing down 50%
Microlease to boost turnover 50% with Agilent agreement
Plant owners should use more asset finance, says JCB Finance
Top European lessors vie for Microsoft vendor contracts
Lombard U-turn saves Lancashire Tea
Estonian leasing sees growth at last
Europe’s CV registrations down almost 31% in October
De Lage Landen and PrintFleet announce European partnership
Daimler FS posts lower profits, increases penetration rate
ELFA appoints new chairman and board of directors
ING Lease sees profit fall in Q3, hit by higher losses in UK and Germany
ALD Automotive in Chinese joint-venture
Intesa to finance metro system through leasing-project finance
PCFG confident of a strong trading result
UniCredit Leasing to get €300 million from EIB
New boss at Toyota Financial Services UK
JCB lauded for vehicle security
Ex-State Securities’ Andrew Bullard joins Cashflow UK
Norwegian Postal Service to lease 907 new trailers from Kögel
ABN AMRO’s Venture Finance provides £150k facility for manufacturer
Ukraine starts up car rental association
GE Capital to finance €50 million in German motor home industry
Lombard wins major data centre deal
In remembrance: Vic Lock, founder of Leasing Life
Strong Q3 results at BNP Paribas Lease Group
Nordea’s Estonian leasing arm reports strong Q3 results
Boom in CV sales at Manheim Auctions
Outright purchase gains ground in Middle East
Commlinks launches scheme to sell ex-lease telecoms equipment
Cargobull Finance wins fleet deal with Kent-based haulier
Home Delivery Network orders 158 MAN trucks
SG Equipment Finance: 19% decline in new business
Lessors commit to broker model, says BVRLA
Hungarian lessors see new business fall by 66% in Q3
FLA calls for government support for SME leasing
VF agreements under threat as CIT Group files bankruptcy
Manheim in first offsite auction with GE Capital
Italian lessees' defaults at record high, says rating agency
Pinsent's leasing guru joins Stephenson Harwood
Angel Trains-Alstom Thameslink bid suffers early rejection
Voluntary liquidation at Genesis Capital Limited
US ELFA: 31% yearly fall, but 27% monthly rise in new business
Experian data shows significant improvement in payment times
GrenkeLeasing: Q3 results “in line” with expectations
UK business confidence slightly up, says KPMG
PACCAR FS remains profitable despite market conditions
LL October 2009
Volvo FS posts Q3 operating loss, sees signs of stabilisation
Boom lift maker uses leasing to break into UK rental market
Shifting boxes
Dutch oil tech group to buy out Stable Leasing
Legal recruiters: asset finance work set for slow growth
MAN signs up SAP
CHP in new product upgrade
Baltic impairments cause 99 percent profit drop for SEB
New market opportunities
Europe’s CV registrations down 35.6 percent in nine months
Fixed interest agreements give Cat Financial a tough third quarter
IDS expands automated workflow capabilities
Oak Leasing makes vendor push for middle-ticket sector
NetSol wins contract with UK finance house
Deutsche Leasing support for Engel pays off
Contract awards for European public sector deals
Leasedirect funds £900,000 of equipment for vet hospital
KGAL extends photovoltaic partnership
September write-offs dash profit hopes for 1pm
Iveco Capital in largest ever Stralis order
Angel Trains scoops further contracts
Leasedirect places £1.3 million deal
Businesses to return to IT leasing and financing – IDC
IBM Global Financing launches ‘smart financing toolkit’
GE Capital: Q3 sees profit fall 87%, revenues fall 30%
Lloyds TSB Autolease and LVM sign CH deals
The Alta Group appoints François-Xavier Meurville to French office
Lombard signs euro finance deal for environmental survey plane
Former Weatherbys MD starts new business for Close
Ryder supplies 187 vehicles for Hovis Armada
The right brief
Spanish leasing association launches ex-lease service
Innovative solar power plant to be financed through leasing
Money to be made in LPGs?
Used van prices rise again, says BCA
Syscap: Bank of England’s total spend to support leasing totals £0
Cash crisis sparks tranching of IEP fundraising
Russian IT integrator CROC strenghtens finance partnerships
Eurohold poised for Romanian acquisition
German lessor HVB Leasing becomes UniCredit Leasing
Law firm profile: Wragge & Co
Law firm profile: Blake Lapthorn
Law firm profile: Bermans
Law firm profile: Simmons & Simmons
Law firm profile: HBJ Gateley Wareing
Italease shareholders approve capital increase
Law firm profile: Berwin Leighton Paisner
Peek to leave CIT after overseeing Q4 restructuring progress
Law firm profile: DWF
Daimler FS extends contract with CGI to 2017
Polish lease volume down by a third year-on-year
Law firm profile: Stephenson Harwood
Bawag: Austrian leasing to drop 24% by year end
Law firm profile: Shoosmiths
Law firm profile: Watson, Farley & Williams
Charity Christmas Lunch to be held on December 16 – mark the date
Law firm profile: Salans
The Alta Group opens German office, appoints Michael Vander to the team
Law firm profile: LesterAldridge LLP
Revealed: Hitachi Capital faces wave of redundancies
Law firm profile: DentonWildeSapte
Law firm profile: Addleshaw Goddard
Law firms vie for place on Angel Trains panel
Law firm profile: Morton Fraser Solicitors
CNH and KAMAZ to establish JV in Russia
Law Firm Profile: Norton Rose
Asset finance in clean energy down in Q3, but expected to rise
Current and future trends in the asset finance industry
BPLG launches Alcatel-Lucent Financial Services with telecoms manufacturer
Paying attention to the law
Westebbe celebrates career in German leasing
Death by a thousand cuts
One to watch: HBJ Gateley Wareing
Ruling against Close in lead case over quality
Captives continue to ride high
Head of finance at Bank of America retires
UK Databank - October
Influential Lombard figure retires
Where did it all go wrong?
Romanian operating lessors seek own association
Mitigating losses
Czech bankruptcies continue to climb
Down in the dumps
Spring to bring further business failures for Latvian haulage
Lending to SMEs
Daimler FS starts JV in United Arab Emirates
In brief - October
UniCredit Leasing tops 2008 Leaseurope ranking of European lessors
Settling in
PCFG: half-year results will be “in line” with market expectations
On the move
UK van registrations drop, trucks have temporary boost
CHP launches new software upgrade
LL September 2009
Trying to keep strong
One to watch
Staying positive
On the move - September
Field hires IP rights
NetSol in China expansion
White Clarke enters Turkey
Eyes on the prize
Fraud buster
Optare dives into the leasing business
600 Group boosts sales ad scheme
Asset funding takes off for subsidiary of Japanese company
Commercial finance: the key to future growth?
HP $73m Swedish deal
Pay-per-use model offers flexibility
Contract awards for European public sector deals
The great asset sale continues
IT replacement cycles left unchanged
The Entrepreneur
The sleeping giant
UK Databank
Broker comment: 98% good news
Keeping it to themselves
One to watch: Microlease
Bank of England misses the mark
RVI could still be a good option
Lombard’s profits tumble
On the acquisition trail
Marriage of Porsche and VW back on?
Negative development continues in the Czech market with leasing down more than 50%
Germany’s funding gap
Grounds for potential
Brussels Watch: The great asset census
Editor's Letter: Are you cushioned against bad debt?
Quarterly European lessor results
Still in business
Fraikin scoops deal with CPL Distribution
Italy’s Centro Leasing profits down by 60 percent
Smartfundit.com accused of misleading investors
PCFG raises £1.35 million
Nordic countries face improved outlook – Nordea
EIB lends €140 million to support Romanian leasing
Lithuania’s factoring business 38 percent down
UniCredit Leasing tops Bulgaria’s leasing market
Irish leasing market in tatters as First Finance goes to the wall
Leasing arm keeps Touax afloat
1pm reports strong annual results
E.ON takes delivery of 77 Fiat vans
Benchmark Distribution takes delivery of 50 Citroen vans
1,000 firms request mortgage and leasing moratorium with Intesa
Slovakia’s leasing market 43 percent down in H109
CV registrations continue to fall, says SMMT
Angel Trains scoops another contract
Estonia's leasing market plummets 75 percent in July
BBVA signs agreement with Spanish small-business association
Daimler FS selects Sword Apak’s wholesale finance solution
Banca Italease to hold extraordinary meeting
Lombard exits broker market
Romania’s leasing market down 74 percent in H109
Change of ownership structure at CA Leasing Italia
3 Step IT enters France, turnover up 19%
Iveco Capital to supply 164 Stralis tractors to logistics firm
International Advisory Associates relaunches
Hitachi Capital the latest to cut loose brokers
New trade association launched: The Captives Forum
Volkswagen Leasing to launch €475m securitisation
Lease brokers hit less hard than other commercial finance introducers
Moody’s confirms UniCredit Leasing rating
Hungarian Leasing Association to create code of ethics
Used van prices increase by 6%, says Manheim
SBS: Lombard and Barclays ready to push for recovering marine market
LBBW mulling sale of leasing operations
Poland’s new leasing business down 38% in H1 09
KGAL extends agreement with photovoltaic company
Ex-Global customer pursued by Universal over 74 month lease
Leasedirect finds £900,000 for vet hospital
Peter Haynes launches new recruitment firm
Europe’s CV registrations drop 34% in eight months
IDS appoints new executive chairman
Latvia’s DnB Nord Lizings faces insolvency proceedings
CBI: UK could step out of recession by end of 2009
CHP Consulting launches new version of ALFA software
Business software firm Infor launches financing programme with Syscap
Lombard funds new survey aircraft
UK business failures at lowest rate since September 2008 – Experian
Bank of Cyprus Group completes €689.4m securitisation of leasing receivables
Polish IT firm Argus to expand leasing offering
44% of fleet users to maintain utilisation rate in 2010
Inchcape adds Toyota FS to funding panel
Hitachi and Kaupthing in jet seizure battle
Norton Folgate looks to take business to the high seas
Assilea presents new “handbook” on yacht leasing
Moody’s downgrades Spain’s Lico Leasing
Syscap: Government missing out on opportunity to boost SME funding
Steiermarkische Bank launches new leasing company in Macedonia
Payment performance of UK firms improves, says Experian
VUB Leasing posts €5m loss in first half of 2009
De Lage Landen teams up with farming equipment manufacturer Kuhn
Davenham posts annual loss but sees “steady” demand
Strong LCV demand and values up in August, says BCA
Microlease acquires competitor
ING to shed Czech and Slovak jobs
Russian government to sell stake in Rosagroleasing
Jobs to be cut at Lex Autolease
ELFA reports further business decline for August
Fresh telecoms leasing scam hits British GPs
LL August 2009
UK business investment sinks in Q2 09
Banca Italease posts €160 million net loss in H1 09
Net profit drops, credit portfolio increases for DLL
UK leasing declining three times quicker than Europe
LeasePlan reports strong profit for H1 2009
BMW to start car finance operations in China
US ELFA sees new business volume fall 35% in July
FLA: operating leasing up, total asset finance down
Agrileasing reports €8.5 million gross profit in H1 09
Angel scoops major east coast lease deal
CSI Leasing UK signs partnership with DBAM
Penske Truck Leasing to resell used CVs on eBay
Russian lessor Europlan reports sharp fall in new business
Chinese construction machinery leasing boom
Carl Zeiss launches pay-as-you-go leasing scheme
Banco Sabadell and EIB to support Spanish SMEs
LLighting company launches low energy lease scheme
Online CV sales rocket at Manheim Auctions
UK business confidence turns positive, GDP to rise – ICAEW
De Lage Landen buys up CIT's clinical lease book
Parex looking to sell leasing units - reports
Czech leasing down 54% over year
EU Commission approves LeasePlan acquisition
UK CV registrations still weak, says SMMT
Textainer “pleased” with half-year results
Russia’s KAMAZ acquires 100% stake in leasing JV
UBI Leasing and MPS Leasing join moratorium for SMEs
HP Financial Services sees financing volumes grow 12%
Square 1 saves client £450,000 through LPG van lease
DLL partners with Tech Data to offer inventory finance
Fraikin to supply 48 new vans to Lyreco
HP Financial Services finances $73m Swedish deal
Lombard finances £130k of environmentally-friendly vehicles
The Alta Group helps lessor secure $8m loan for expansion in Mexico
Shetland TV debtors to pay Five Arrows £60k
Syscap signs partnership with American CAD provider
Hungarian leasing “set to rebound” despite fall in business
Daimler FS posts lower earnings in Q2 2009
German and French economies return to growth
New insolvency figures: Q2 sees UK no better off
Iveco Capital increases market share despite economic downturn
KBC provides £3m ABL facility to The Fresh Olive Company
White Clarke Group expands into Turkey
Schmitz Cargobull builds up used trailer leasing operation
Translinc signs 51-vehicle contract hire deal with Sunderland
Italy’s lessors join moratorium to support SMEs
AnaCap to buy Cattles Invoice Finance
Positive outlook for UK used commercial vehicles, says Glass’s
HBOS leasing legacy hobbles Lloyds’ balance sheet
Grenkeleasing places €100m bond, secures refinancing into 2010
Volkswagen FS division reports operating profit in H1 2009
BNP Paribas sees revenue slide in Q2, announces Fortis integration plan
Lloyds Banking Group backs Microlease with €10 million
SG Equipment Finance: strong second quarter in the UK offset by other regions
PACCAR FS reports lower business, pre-tax income of $15.6 million
PwC administrators appointed to Aberdeen drill lessor
The Alta Group appoints Paul Piggott to EMEA team
Syscap enters videoconferencing market with Imago deal
Italian SMEs given 12-month moratorium on leasing loans
Volvo FS reports wider losses as repossessions and delinquencies rise
AIB u-turn: reassessing broker closure plan?
Repossessions on the rise as Scania FS reports operating losses in H1
Sony FS reports 24.3% revenue growth
Latest results of major bank-owned lessors
Heart ripped out of Irish lease banking sector
A look at the UK’s State Securities sheds light on the state of subprime asset finance
Transport and construction equipment finance: two sectors in the doldrums
Analysis: Bank-owned lessors
Tough decisions
Mega opportunity?
Why an operator can reduce lessor tax burdens
The changing world of big ticket
Ruffler-Base merger creates dream team
German SME lender Albis buys German bank
Country reports - Turkey
Country reports - Italy
Ghost of its former self
Cover story - On the block
Peter Hunt analyses market statistics for the year to 31 May 2009
Major bank lessors in black at year-end 2008
Straight from the horse’s mouth
The truth behind double financings
One to watch – Medialease
The keys to the treasure chest
What Wyse meant to CHG
Barclays and BoS among victims
Fresh BVRLA, FLA rule changes raise eyebrows
Clarke in trouble despite IVA support from Shire Leasing
Electric Dreams
Demand grinding to a halt
Public sector still open for business
Close: £600k sale and leaseback
Fraikin delivers 21 DAF trucks
GE TIP chosen by Asda
Successful month for Lombard
Contract awards for European public sector deals
Growth of the in-house leasing programme
Opportunities abound for lessors in the trade supply channel
SocGen and BNP scoop major VF deal
CSG renews JV with telecoms giant Mitel Networks
Troubled assets: an insider’s view
Lease reclassification could spark litigation in Poland
Adding out-source to the party
DLL upgrades mobile technology
Cassiopae teams up with Capgemini
Sword Apak signs pan-Europe deal
On the move
The Leasing Life Awards
Growth in a decline
Building bridges
The march continues
Extinguishing the flames
LL July 2009
EIB and Intesa Sanpaolo to support leasing investments of Italian SMEs
European IT replacement cycles remain stable – Siemens Financial Services
White Clarke opens Vienna office, plans further European expansion
S&P downgrades Clydesdale
Ex-lease truck sales 80% up at Ukraine’s Euro Leasing
GrenkeLeasing reports €13.1 million profit in first half of 2009
FLA speaks out against Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme
Italian government and banks discuss moratorium on leasing loans
Europe’s CV registrations drop 37% in six months
Invigors launching Italian operation
CEE leasing expects boost from Russian recovery
SEB creates SPV to handle bad leasing debts
BCA in new remarketing deal with Siemens
Terex expands product range in Italy
French leasing association reports 20% fall in new equipment finance
Romania’s Impuls Leasing sees new finance fall 60%
NetSol develops Beijing operations to meet captive finance demand
GE Capital sees profits tumble by 80 percent in Q2 09
Andrew Bullard steps down after 12 years at State
Cat Financial: 60% decrease in new retail financing in Q2
CIT rejects $2bn loan from GE Capital, loses Microsoft vendor finance deal
Russian Bank for Development develops SME leasing programme further
US leasing association voices concern over lease accounting changes
GE Capital UK reorganising again, new structure will focus on four customer groups
Vet equipment provider starts new lease scheme
Hireco benefits from trailer market crash
Bus manufacturer Optare launches new finance venture
German KfW Bank to offer loans to leasing companies
CV production in Europe drops by over 50% in Q1 2009
Italease buyout fails again, delisting is delayed
Barclays Marine Finance sells £600k of yacht finance at Prosser event
Lease software provider Cassiopae teams up with Capgemini
FLA and FSB respond to lease accounting proposals
Italy’s Liscor launches new risk product
Syscap secures £50m credit line for professional services firms
New director general for Italy’s Banca Agrileasing
Telco specialist Nimans launches dealer leasing service
New lender enters the UK leasing market
Romanian leasing industry in meltdown
VW Financial Services enters Norwegian market
CHG-Meridian buys Wyse Leasing
Wyse Leasing and ShoreTel launch ShoreTel Financial Services in the UK
Poland sees leasing volumes drop heavily despite robust GDP
Volvo makes record sale to Indian truck lessor
IFLA looking for new UK member
Barclays finds hopeful outlook in business confidence survey
CSOB reports loss in Slovakia
UniCredit Leasing offers year's grace to stricken Romanian clients
UK CV registrations down 41% in June, says SMMT
NetSol Technologies wins contract with Dutch finance company
Fraikin secures contract hire deal with SCA Recycling
Banco Popolare bid on Banca Italease falls short
De Lage Landen signs JV with Dutch CV dealer Truckland
IBM GF expands cloud offering with virtualisation partner
China to approve 10 more financial leasing companies over next two years
Murky Business
The darker side of leasing
The leasing crime of the century?
Multiple financing scam
The stuff of nightmares
Lombard and RBS defrauded out of £2m by pub con men
ING Lease UK wins in giant alleged fraud case
Caution needed
The supplier controversy
The Austrian hotline
Crossing the line
More Global controversy
Shire-brokered leases linked to fresh fraud allegations
Fortis Lease UK: shuts jet and yacht business, loses Isobel McEwan
Avaya Financial Services launches deferred payment plan
Siemens FS: year-on-year results up, quarter-on-quarter results down
Rating agencies upgrade Banca Italease ratings
RBS restructure looms as EU competition chief sets new rules
SFO still investigating Boston
Government investigators close in on Lifestyle leases
Mid ticket to nowhere
One year on – leasing arms of British banks move to Santander model
The painful goodbye
Reading the future
Belgian lessors see double-digit growth
Banks offer payment holidays to boost Italian SME market
EFG Eurobank gets go-ahead to distribute funds in Serbia
Editor's Letter: Why lessor and supplier don’t get on
The Leasing Life Awards 2009: a night you cannot afford to miss
Trouble brewing for lessors over lease accounting debate
Fresh scrutiny of lessors
Offer both short-term rental and contract hire?
Consolidation on the agenda
Alpine lessors feel the pinch
Peter Hunt analyses market statistics for the year to 30 April 2009
Quality not quantity
Where fortunes can be made
More VAT hassle in transport leasing deals
Liberty Leasing: one to watch
On the move
Basement Talk
LL June 2009
On the move
Basement Talk
The terrific trio
The ones to watch
Technology to the rescue
ING Lease launches anti-fraud system
CFC Solutions launches new contract manager
NetSol’s revenues down 45%
Can mobile phones increase efficiency?
Bankruptcies spark potential new rights for lessees
Leasing survives tax disadvantage
Coping with the deluge
The direct sell in EU markets
Lombard six months into e.on deal
Raiffeisen racks up healthy volumes with NACCO
Credit scoring behind Parfip’s business growth with Risc Group
Nucletron signs up DLL in exclusive worldwide deal
Toshiba Tec starts leasing its own equipment
Low interest rates hit Cat FS
Major manufacturer reports lenders refusing to offer finance
TSB Autolease funds 100 vans
TransLinc in major van deal
€200m tender in Turin
Lombard secures record deal
Dexia Bail and LeasePlan: two lessors battle for deals
Demand for used assets on the up among North African buyers
Hot off the press
Fight for survival in intermodal leasing markets
IT lessors remain upbeat despite 28% collapse in the market year-on-year
Catering: safe assets with lots of room for financing
The Entrepreneur
Corporate jet leasing market could pick up
Regenesis prepares AIM delist
JCB clarifies plant benefits
Machinery leasing 44% down
NACFB calls for dialogue
Lombard, Barclays among lessors duped by on-the-run conman
If it’s too good to be true...
Pressure on as new clawback and commission rules bite
SME Eurofinance: one to watch
Can lessors be liable for misrepresentation?
How healthy is JCB Finance?
Sharp income hike at CIT in 2007
Databank UK
Up for sale
Past the worst
Unlocking the jigsaw
Fortune favours the fleet of foot
Scandinavia on the rocks
Lessors’ financial results reveal extent of turmoil in the industry
French lessors rise above the storm
Leasing in Bulgaria runs out of steam
With short-term rentals rising, are lessors missing out?
Too little, too late?
Strong growth from Siemens
SG Equipment Finance slows
BNP Paribas revenues fall
CA Leasing ‘resilience’
Financing arms of great rivals HP and IBM see sharp volume drops
Ofcom, BERR and trading standards investigate Shire Leasing-brokered deals
LL advisory board reformed
Money to be invested
Top 10 newswire stories of the past month
Editor's letter: What does the future hold?
The pleasure in leasing
European lessors attend joint FLA Leaseurope conference in London
German equipment investment down by 16.2 % in Q1 2009
Slovakia reports drastic fall in new leasing contracts
EBRD to distribute €50m to Polish SMEs
Intesa Sanpaolo offers SME customers chance to defer leasing payments
LeasePlan aims to raise €1.5bn through online retail bank
Manheim to remarket ING Car Lease France’s cars and LCVs
Europe’s CV registrations down by 42.4% in April
IBM Global Financing making $2bn worth of finance available to Europe
Estonian arrears up 15% over April
Energy provider e.on invests £150m in public sector street lights
Fraikin to supply Braces Bakery with 14 commercial vehicles
Allen & Overy beefs up asset finance practice with restructure move
Lex Autolease: New name for integrated fleet lessor announced
Canon France in vendor partnership with Crédit Agricole Leasing
PE group AnaCap raises €575m to invest in European financial services
EIB makes €180m available for lending and leasing in Greece
Regenesis shareholders approve AIM delisting, reappoint chairman
European CV manufacturers ask for crisis-relief measures
Italy's Assilea sets standard clauses for real estate leasing contracts
Smartfundit.com goes into administration
Walker Morris appoints new asset finance associate
Syscap launches school carbon offsetting programme
Close Leasing completes £600k sale and leaseback deal with manufacturer
Siemens Project Ventures buys 25% stake in German renewable energy financing co.
Used CV sector is holding up well but recession still bites, says Glass’s
De Lage Landen goes live with tailored Sword Apak system in Spain
GE’s Tip Trailer Services to supply refrigerated trailers for ASDA
Reports that Franfinance is for sale are
De Lage Landen launches 0% financing scheme with Samsung in the UK
UK CV registrations down by 50% in May, says SMMT
Hannover invests in new solar projects
British Army takes delivery of hybrid vehicles to cut CO2 emissions
RBS announces “non-core” business units at Lombard
Syscap: UK schools making more use of sale and leaseback
Financial services industry is retreating from risk – Economist Intelligence Unit
Leasing is key to beating the recession, says FLA’s Sklaroff
Contract hire agreement for Peugeot vans cuts costs and emissions at Carillion
Moldovan lessors see equipment finance triple in 2008
NetSol Technologies expands presence in China's leasing market
Used van values recovering, says British Car Auctions
CSI Leasing establishes new German service business.
Amstel Lease rolls out new Aia ITP Document Platform
Shoosmiths appoints Chris McClure as new asset finance partner
UniCredit Leasing and Cisco Bulgaria announce financing partnership
Software provider Infor announces interest-free financing
Hitachi Data Systems looking to launch leasing facility for channel
Advanced Vehicle Leasing sees increased demand for cars, while vans go down
MPS Leasing & Factoring to offer SME firms chance to defer leasing payments
Global truck market shrinks by 2.9% in 2008, says Research and Markets
Romanian vehicle market could grow by 50%
Greece's second rank gain ground as banking consolidation looms
Invigors to develop specialist interim management business for European lessors
Lombard signs £12 million deal with the AA for recovery vehicles
European Central Bank says EU banks face more losses ahead
FLA welcomes UK government call for evidence on SME access to finance
President of CNH Capital appointed CFO at parent company CNH Global
Lombard finances £0.5 million Heidelberg press
Manheim Auctions’ Haydock centre offers 1,400 vans in two months
Leasing still tops Italian commercial real estate financing, but new business down
Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne merger to create France's largest lessor
Law firm Norton Rose joins forces with Deacons Australia
60% of UK SMEs carry poor credit rating, says Graydon UK
European CV registrations drop for 13th consecutive month
Private & Commercial Finance reports solid results, 22% growth
Contract hire company Gulliver’s orders 18 tankers to service new contracts
Allied Irish Bank makes €100 million available for green asset finance
Turkish leasing industry is “rapidly melting away”
Composter bought out through £1.3m assumption of asset finance facility
Italy’s Banca Agrileasing to support SME firms expanding in Tunisia
VB Leasing profits collapse in Slovakia on back of road freight slump
Minsk Transport Bank to lend €10 million from EBRD
Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions still profitable
Carillion trials new biofuelled CV with British Army
Lombard signs £3 million Scottish coach deal
BPLG announces European partnership with software maker Autodesk
Cattles completes forensic review, dismisses executives
Autodesk selects Syscap for UK finance programme
KPMG: 42% of UK plc confident about the future
UK finance broker admits £25 million leasing fraud in court
Grenke sacrifices volume, achieves 19.5% margin
Michael Jackson doctor being sued by lessors including Siemens FS
Albis Leasing acquires 48.8% stake in Gallinat
Domino’s Pizza buys equipment leasing business from Dresdner Kleinwort Leasing
Slovakian Raiffeisen subsidiary sees profits plunge, predicts difficult quarter ahead
Northgate agrees on refinancing terms with lenders
Swedbank to increase internet services to clients with leasing contracts
LL May 2009
Bonuses are not just a thorny
Review of leasing arms after merger of Sun and Oracle
Shire under pressure as banks reassign leases
Lessors hit by Mid East slump in demand
Leaked memos reveal GE Capital is targeting 10% growth in 2010
The year of the captive?
Companies should not abandon old business values
Hungarian leasing in free fall as recession takes firm hold on country
Leasing in Spain continues to be a tough ride for many in the sector
More opportunities available
Outside the comfort zone
Lessors keeping clear of Central and Eastern Europe
Ukraine still a good market for cash
New thinking needed for success
New Global EPP-style case emerges
Peter Hunt analyses market statistics for the year to 28 February 2009
UK lessors’ 2008 profits mainly healthy
Tough choices for new Lloyds boss
FLA: Business down, arrears up
Budget discriminates against UK lessors, say industry experts
Debtors’ paradise
Deutsche Leasing: one to watch
Due diligence and dodgy deals
‘Recession-free’ farm leasing the place to be for UK lease broker
A renewable future
It won’t just be the recession
Registrations to tumble as recession bites
Outsourcing in IT needed to stay ahead of the game
The Entrepreneur
Container lessors encounter turbulence
Under construction
Flurry of deals as economy shows first signs of recovery
LeasePlan scoops up Lex deal
In brief
Direct or indirect?
International players fill void left by collapsed finance lessors
Digital cinema vendor secures €100m funding
Deutsche Leasing to keep KBA funding lines fully open
KTM vendor finance arm looks to UK
New Avaya product covers distributors’ costs upfront
Bibby giving caterers some credit
Vision Commercial Kitchens settles for Admiral Leasing
Vendor finance ‘marriage’ less than perfect for most lessors
CNH dealer network has eccentricities all of its own
Captives’ future under spotlight
Commerzbank’s potential KGAL sale on ice amid tax scandal
Hill to climb
In brief
Reasonable test no longer applies in international leases, Court of Appeal rules
When can capital allowances be claimed?
Hitachi Capital UK breaks cross-border mould
No longer in denial
The Magician
GE Capital’s metamorphosis
Basement talk
On the move
IBM GF financing dynamic infrastructure
FLA & Grant Thornton hold bad debt event
Close buys Tokyo Leasing's UK book
Grenkeleasing reports solid Q1 results
MAN Finance reports €7 million pre-tax loss
Avaya Germany restructures leasing business
Denton Wilde Sapte promotes new partner
Invigors to open German office
Italease shareholders approve 2008 results
EurotaxGlass: CV sales still weak at auctions
Cattles considers sale of invoice finance arm
Scania profits plunge in Q109
BNP Paribas sees financing revenue fall
Volvo FS reports wider losses in Q109
Siemens: 50% firms expect more use of finance
€200m tower to be financed through leasing
Bibby to exhibit at IMHX
JCB says Budget will benefit mixed hire firms
100-strong CV deal for Lloyds TSB Autolease
Call for leasing to save ferry service
Textainer reports for Q1: still hungry to acquire
Hungarian leasing in freefall
More opportunities available
UniCredit and EBRD to support CEE firms
Regenesis Group to delist from AIM
SMMT: April CV registrations 45% down
B2F signs agreement with Italian IT distributor
Lombard funds recording studio
Czech leasing down by 29%
Level of fraud in Latvia levelling out
ABC to market more Islamic products
Countrywide’s leasing arm signs 100th contract
German investor acquires 50% of LeasePlan
BMW FS trying to secure banking license
NACFB calls for talks with funders
Lex expands its LCV services
TransLinc provides 72 Citroën LCVs on CH
CA Leasing shows “strong resilience”
Shire Leasing instructs DLA Piper to defend itself
EMC Global Financial Services teams up with storage distributor Magirus
BVRLA appoints new chairman and representatives at its AGM
GE Capital announces senior leadership team in UK
UK reseller Teneo launches own in-house leasing service
EIB to lend €440 million to SMEs throughout CEE region
BLP strengthens asset finance presence with Richard Hughes
European railway association opposes introduction of “megatrucks”
IT lessor CSI Leasing announces partnership with Aruba Networks
Bulgaria running on empty as defaults up 500%
3 Step IT turnover continues to grow in first quarter
Textainer confirms hunt for 3-4 new fleet acquisitions
EIB provides Dexia with €150 million for renewable energy projects
Q1 FLA figures reveal plant and machinery down 44%
Cattles in talks with debt providers to stabilise financial position
LL April 2009
Smoother waters despite government lethargy
Rash of departures of top staff means end of leasing old guard
Ads and services row halts lease payments
Leasing arms of ING and BNP Paribas see profits tumble
Saab Contract Hire division closed
Leasing in China to double
News Digest
Finding the right restructure
Less follow-the-leader, more working together needed
France holds up against downturn
Banca Italease restructured
Russian lessor appointed minister of state
Oak spreads its branches
General Capital facing an ‘uncertain’ future
News in brief
Pelham Olive appoints dream team
Ex-HBOS team hope to make killing alone
Lessor enters the ring
Alternative strategy keeps Davenham going
UK lessors report a mixed bag
The rough and the not so smooth
Riding the roller coaster
Syscap in talks with RBS
Keep buys back Norton Folgate for tiny sum
Waiting for the rent
Plant remains a good option in troubled times
Future of Angel Trains increasingly uncertain
Fighting on all fronts
Agricultural finance: a broker’s view
Conflict of views over software leasing future
Barclays still funding yachts despite market contraction
The Entrepreneur
Renewed energy
Used assets analysis
Deal making continues
A great time to lend in the yacht market
The rise of captive finance companies
Opportunities abound as electric commercial vehicle leasing lifts off
German firm to lease routers
Vendor finance takes off in Europe for manufacturer Axis-Shield
Broker signs partnership with Canning Conveyor
CVS mulls sale and leaseback
Eqstra’s vendor finance arm sees sales plummet 40% year-on-year
Upturn in leasing activity helps System Lift AG
Embattled captives can still help vendors in the bad times
Leasing best equipment acquisition option, says TSG
Financing arms of Daimler, Peugeot and Renault in doubt
Banking and SME focus for A&L
No time like the present
Tax-based leasing gets tougher
Eyebrows raised as Osborne outlines Tory tax plans
Lombard Ireland seeks D&M redress
Capital markets not on hold for equipment finance
Public sector not jumping on the leasing bandwagon
Caution needed for Japanese lessors
The hard sell
Signs of life bring relief for CV lessors
Volumes still strong – but for how long?
IT equipment suffering
Sponsored article: Euro Auctions
Back to basics
Green shoots
Captives have mixed responses to crunch
Basement talk
On the move
The sales solutions
Recruitment Q & A
Austrian lessors achieve double-digit growth
Market statistics analysis
BVRLA: gov’t plan should include used vehicles
Grenkeleasing new business down by 10%
IBM GF partner offers “free IT”
CSR award for Daimler FS
German firm to lease routers
Raiffeisen's Romanian business down 27 percent
TfL to shake down Europe for trams to lease
Leases in dispute following Global Telecoms and golf fallout
European Asset Finance Business Confidence Survey - Your Opinion
Turkish law “will create difficulties”
LeasePlan launches leasing in Mexico
St Helen's to continue expansion
ALD announces global fleet partnership
CV registrations 42% down in March
KTM launches finance division
CC rules Roscos restrict choice
ECS sets up UK channel business
Paul Larkins steps down as CEO of Key EF
Green leaves top job at GE Capital UK
Administrators sell assets of 1car1
Robinson Toms launches new site
Piraeus finances Athenian waste fleet
FLA seeks capital allowance extension for SMEs
UK plc using recession to ‘leapfrog’ competitors
Lombard refunds lessee as ad scandal widens
UniCredit to finance renewables in SE Europe
Volvo signs a salty deal worth £750,000
Lessors more pessimistic about future – survey
Avaya FS launches channel cash flow solution
Motor dealer finance 21% down, says FLA
Fleet sale kicks off new site for Wilsons
Bombardier train leasing deal for Lloyds TSB
Cisco and UniCredit team-up in Romania
UAE construction slump halves lease rates
NetSol signs JV with Saudi group
Ubi Leasing to support Northern Italy’s SMEs
Big bus registrations up, risks in the sector
Océ sees 60% rise in demand for refurbished kit
Lex and Automotive supply 35 vans to Hewer FM
Estonia set for debt struggle in Q2
Business2Finance signs 1,000 contracts
“We are past the worst” - CBI
Lloyds TSB Autolease picks up fleet award
Smartfundit.com sees demand increase
LeasePlan alliance to promote electric cars
Cisco Capital offers new channel finance scheme
Polish lessor negotiating €70m EU funding
Polish BudBank to sell off state shipyards
Budget discriminates against leasing
FLA: Budget not enough for leasing sector
ACEA supports pan-EU scrappage schemes
Textainer acquires Amficon container fleet
Johnson Reed launches new vendor scheme
Hungarian equipment finance plunges in Q1
Syscap signs up ex-Genesis Capital sales team
New heavy equipment lessor in the Middle East
Europe’s CV registrations fall 35% in Q1
Latvian leasing market back to 2004 levels
HSH Nordbank results “better than budgeted”
Daimler FS posts €167 million loss in Q1
FLA: New business falls 30% in UK
Ocado grows fleet with Hitachi Capital
Russian citizenry supports aid for farms
Romanian leasing industry continues to drop
ING Lease results marked by “sharp fall”
IT equipment
Volumes still strong - but for how long?
Signs of life bring relief for CV lessors
Contract Awards
LL March 2009
Toyota FS seeks loans from Japan
Availability of credit hits UK firms, says CBI
Daimler FS to offer leasing in China
Romanian leasing market fell 2.6% in 2008
Mercedes-Benz Bank offers €2.5bn to UK captive
Siemens: 71% have invested in green equipment
Allianz Leasing anticipates 10% growth in 2009
Czech arm of UniCredit Leasing hit by crunch
Hitachi Data Systems invests more in leasing
DnB Nord joins Tallinn and Vilnius stock exchanges
Yacht builder Ferretti raises €30-40m for leasing
BVRLA joins Leaseurope
BT Leasing understood to have dropped GE
Banca Italease considers delisting
Lots on its mind
Market statistics analysis
All change in Italian leasing as market plummets 21%
Basement talk
Careers
On the move
Credit man comes to town
Growing in the bad times
Our operations man in the East
Worldwide launch for new White Clarke product
‘Recession-driven’ increase in sign-ups, reports epyx
Field Solutions launches front-end products
More state control in agri leasing as Europlan booms
Contraction in CEE’s strongest regions
Nordea’s Estonian arm 32% up
Leasing markets on the rise
BPLG reports large decline in finance business
French arm of BMW bucks recession with impressive 2008-end results
Volumes quadruple at Parfip
Behind the figures
Disappeared: Orion, Cheshire, Trident, 5 Diamond
How the government can ensure asset finance lending does not collapse
UK leasing industry financial updates
Tough decisions might not include cutbacks
Private & Commercial withdraws from sales aid
So who is the customer – the broker or the bank?
Smartfundit.com ‘aggressively’ seeking M&A
Arbuthnot says yacht leasing market is good place to be
NHS in talks over commercial vehicle tender
£100m of new business up for grabs in new government deal
Exclusive benefits teams with legal services provider
Lessor wins in Gwent fraud battle of innocents
From the rumour mill
Canadian lessor eyes high-risk business
Rescue plan of Potential Finance fails as administrators take over
Banks’ merger triggers leasing restructuring
Downturn sparks leasing sector consolidation
Consolidation vital for vehicle finance arms
SMEs throw lifeline to lease brokers and lessors
Sale and leaseback limited by tax restrictions
Making a return
In the eye of the storm
Bibby focuses on SMEs
Revenues at Sony FS plummet 24%
Recession-hit Atlas Copco to hike vendor finance usage
Hitachi, BNP see shift towards bespoke leasing
Telecoms market tightens purse strings
The bad end of troubled times
Contract awards for European public sector deals
BNP Paribas Lease Group in insurance joint venture
Siemens FS in innovative public sector leasing deal
LVM signs double-whammy vehicle finance contracts
Renewables still booming as Deutsche and Crédit Agricole sign green deals
HSH Nordbank plans to halve asset base by 2012
Riding out the perfect storm
Mike Dix to step down as BNP Paribas Leasing Group UK sees business hike
Credit Suisse awards Park management contract
KEF in Europe-wide restructuring
New broker policy at Investec
Lombard makes broker arm cuts
SFS closes Italian arm after restructure
KBC Lease UK ditches brokers and targets vendor finance
The bursting bubble
BP confirms talks on Italease delisting
CV registrations cut by half in February
BVRLA launches new website
Bus registrations hold out, coaches drop
Russian lessor to support farmers
CeBIT – demand for IT software leasing to increase
Daimler to pay $700m in back taxes for US leasing
Crédit Agricole Leasing and Eurofactor to merge?
Ex-Bank of Scotland team create new leasing co
Deutsche Leasing predicts €4.5bn NBV in H1 2009
DfT decision not to lease trains is 'one off'
Italease’s BP first Italian bank to seek gov't help
Lombard signs £2m coach deal
EU SMEs more pessimistic, says Eurofactor
DLL solid with €235 million profit
Brussels approves Hungarian lease guarantees
German banks' refinancing tightens lending
Chinese leasing grows by half
Italease to be bought out?
Web upgrade for Parfip Lease
Funding loss for 1pm
Babcock’s leasing equity ring-fenced from collapse
“Going concern” at General Capital, could delist
Finance broker Norton Folgate sold off
Italy’s Leasint sees increase in profit
Arval reports “above-market performance”
VW FS profits down 2%
Leasing dream team joins Pelham Olive's outfit
Lombard Ireland seeks redress from stricken D&M
Syscap rejects Anacap “boost” claims
1car1 goes into administration
FLA seeks guarantees
Pre-tax profit rises 22% at UniCredit Leasing
All change in Europe’s M&A in 2008
New accounting standard could hurt lessors
Cattles to cost RBS £500m
Impact Handling parent cuts staff
Fruit machines under lease in EU schools
$50m sale and leaseback deal for HP
Croft considers sale and leaseback for haulage
LPM Outsourcing wins deal with Triple Point
IDC: finance gap widening in channel
SPT saves £1.5m on leasing contract
Turkish leasing tax cuts planned
HSBC Rail sells European locomotive fleet
Davenham posts loss, will focus on asset finance
CV registrations 38.7% down in Europe
Former Italease heads found guilty in fraud trial
Commerzbank considering sale of KGAL
LeasePlan's 2008 results show hit from crisis
General Capital suspended from AIM
Netsol combines UK and US business
Estonia’s Nordea Liising grows by 16%
Italease: €1.1bn loss in 2008
Russia appoints leasing CEO as minister
The right fit
LL February 2009
Market statistics analysis
Emerging Europe
CV leasing in Serbia remains steady despite crash of portfolio growth
UK leasing industry financial updates
Südleasing signs up to Oracle’s e-Lease
NetSol launches electricity lease product
DealTrack123 being enhanced after success with brokers
Work - Life quiz: Patrick Jelly, Pitney Bowes Global Financial Services
Basement Talk
Interview: Mark Chitty, AGCO Finance
Unexpected options for credit analysts
On the move
The final countdown
Tough watch
Financial turmoil sees UniCredit Leasing making fresh commitment to SMEs
Italian leasing arm of GE bolstered by giant swap deal
News briefs
Oberbank’s expanded leasing arm up 31%
€1.8bn to Russian state company amid crisis in farming
Long-term rental hit hard
French see good growth
Business potential for lessors as France embraces Islamic finance
SGEF has global link for cover
Rising up
Changes for the better
Case study: Italian town signs groundbreaking £6m real estate leasing deal
Glimmers of light
From riches to rags
Mixed fortunes
Armada Finance see chance to build during recession
Tories planning to scrap CAs
Five Arrows profits up 30%
Smartfundit to integrate Alfa
Nationwide expansion Capital profits RBS
Giants muscle in on sale-and-leaseback boom
General Capital delays results
Annodata signs own financing deals
Universal Leasing buyout part of €150m fundraising drive
LBBW-Bayern merger could mean all change
Commerzbank increases influence in German leasing
Porsche’s majority buy of Volkswagen sparks questions over leasing arms
Banca Italease concludes second in series of securitisations since last November
Serbian regulator about turns on its reserves policies for lessors as downturn continues
Boat show reflects buoyancy of UK yacht finance market
Lessors beginning to lose out in ongoing battle for office reprographics business
CV captives stake claim to emerging markets as credit crunch sees domestic work dry up
Factory demand for material handling goods expected to buck trend and remain steady
Barclays provides €39m for wind farm
Yorkshire Bank backing for North Wales pellet facility
Lombard - Cuddy deal
Ocado sidelines panel funders for cheaper Islamic finance
Contract awards for European public sector deals
Lombard seals unusual deals
Agrileasing secures $10.5m ship deal
Surviving the recession and realising the opportunities
New management at helm of Iveco Capital
CEO ‘disappointed’ over wider CIT losses
New business soars at Deutsche Leasing and Grenke
Government fund to boost credit
Market up 3% despite funding shortage
IBM Global Financing bucks recession trend
New leadership unveiled at UniCredit Leasing following restructuring of operations
Merger of leasing arms of Fortis and BNP Paribas on ice
De Lage Landen to cut workforce by 3% as recession bites hard
Oldfield to replace Town at helm of HBOS-Lloyds asset finance
Editor's Letter - The arrival of the expected
TLS lauches new van rental website
Asset finance used by 40% of Welsh businesses
Parex Bank considering sale of leasing arm
Parfip Lease: 45% growth in 2008
Latvian vehicle leasing to pick up, says SEB Leasing
Bank bailout offers little to print lessors
Renewable energy finance in good health
Lex to be sold?
Lloyds to acquire new comms system
KEF appoints new European vice president
BVRLA says “further measures” needed
Grenkeleasing profits 3.2% up in 2008
RBS offers £3 billion to UK SMEs
Leasing down 7.7% in 2008, says Leaseurope
11% decline in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Europlan doubles leasing revenue
Availability of finance in UK is worsening, says CBI survey
RBS considering sale of aircraft leasing arm
IBM GF lays out strategy for 21st century infrastructure
UK van registrations cut by half in January
Russian government boosts investment in agriculture
Touax revenues increase by 20%
Henry Howard adopts Field Solutions’ newest product
Municipal leasing considered for Birmingham
Crédit Agricole provides €200m for solar project
FLA: 33% of UK SMEs turning to asset finance
Deutsche Bank completes €70m green refinancing
Bulgarian leasing market blooms
Specialist Islamic finance partners relocate to Dubai
Baltic lessors show steady 2008 growth
Italy’s top lessors report decline; MPS still grows despite turmoil
Italian leasing market down by 21%
VW Bank gets €2bn guarantees from gov’t
Lombard signs 2 CV fleet deals
D&D Leasing opens in UK
Bibby steps up vendor finance for freezers
Arbuthnot backs new motor finance provider
Czech leasing down 27%
New MD for HBOS’ Lex
Shire Leasing purchases 18,000 sq ft office
Banca Italease to delist from Milan exchange?
ECS Group appoints new group president
3 Step IT: 26% growth in 2008
Lombard to reduce broker offering
HSH Nordbank to scrap container leasing
CV registrations drop 35.6% in Europe
Assilea signs agreement with employers' confederation
Northgate expects significant drop
Operating leases cause Latvian misery
LL January 2009
The look ahead
BNP Paribas joins with Siemens Financial Services to up SAP coverage in Italy
Captives offering new inducements
New dawn for Siemens FS
LL charity lunch raises £4K for Cancer Journey
Lessors to get little from Global EPP
FLA signs up credit agency in battle against fraud
Smartfundit wins venture capital deal as volume levels grow
Albury rides downturn as it posts record results
Recruitment drive as CSG takes fast lane
UK leasing industry financial updates
NetApp FS expects marginal penetration growth in 2009
Caution favours the bold
Banca Italease has ambitious growth plans post VR fallout
Italians benefit from €250m cash injection
News in brief
Need for vigilance
Top of the class
Hungarian leasing business volumes expected to drop 20%
Slovakia pins hopes on euro entry
Financial globetrotter
Taking control
On the move
Slovakia sees 12.4% increase for Q3
Peter Hunt analyses UK market statistics for the year to 31 October 2008
Editor's Letter: A year (best not) remembered
BNP Paribas Lease Group cuts Europe-wide broker business
Railpool survives Nordbank cost-cutting
Siemens to close Bellevue and Motor Contracts
Uncertainty over future of Barclays and Iveco joint venture, say industry sources
CIT in capital raising drive
Quarterly results
Caught in a crunch
Germany and Spain riding high
Vans off course
New players in container leasing market
Cruising speed
Fraikin scoops deal extension with Harrow council worth £3.6m
Cramo wins £15m Swedish Kiruna mine deal
HSBC signs HP agreements with T&T
LeasePlan Italia wins tender by offering discount
Contract awards for European public sector deals
Siemens FS to finance customers of Duplo
Leasing Life 2008
LL December 2008
Impuls Leasing lowers target for 2008
CA Leasing starts operation in Italy
Crédit Agricole and Intesa in M&A deals
Editor's Letter - EBITDA, or something else?
Market statistics analysis
Romania’s BCR Leasing up 20%
Hungarian market still clinging to growth at the end of third-quarter 2008
Databank
There is no time like the present
CHP implements ALFA in SMBC Leasing
Banking turmoil fails to suppress TietoEnator
Licence Links automates crucial CV licence checks
Oyster Bay Systems releases new system to combat cybercrime
Basement Talk
On the Move
Keeping stock
Spreading the load
Lessors need to claw back another 100 basis points
Bundling and transparency are keys for future success
Beat the crunch by flexibility in structuring, says DLL
A strategy of acquisition could be the best way forward
A night to remember
A cushion for Down Under?
The Latin connection
CV leasing part of aid package in Spain
GE to integrate Interbanca
More defaults in Italy
Caja España in dentist association
Profits increase for MPS Leasing
Former management of troubled Banca Italease face fraud trial
Lessors close branches as credit crunch starts to bite
Russian leasing firms turn to security service to check clients
Sponsored case study: Sword Apak has big plans for the future
Van registrations down 50% in November
Head of Italease’s parent company steps down
CHP, Sword Apak and White Clarke making headway
A hard day’s work
Troubled money
Taking stock
Prices of IT equipment about to plummet as secondary market begins to dry up
Making the most of IT
Government plans extra £1bn of support for SMEs
Arguments over new VAT rate may delay payments
Confusion over capital allowances ironed out under new rules in soft budget for lessors
Richard Piers Ashworth Bull
LeasePlan to combine both UK-based broker arms in major restructuring move
In response to the article ‘The path to the super fleet’, in the November issue of Leasing Life
Passing the cost of changes to customers
Pressing need for MI reports
Is brokerland broken?
Scale of Leicester-based Global EPP scandal emerges as manufacturer accused
Northgate renews funding lines as RVs drop
Capital Solutions Group is riding high as business volumes grow
Under siege
Deals signed in recent months by the international law firm Linklaters
Vauxhall wins lease contract for 523 vans
Iveco’s leasing arm beats off Scania in price war
Hitachi Capital scoops National Grid deal
Fraikin beats off competitors to win government agency deal
DLL and Cargobull sign deal with Polish food giant
Offshore firm Hilti starts tool financing deals in UK
Lessors respond to global economic crisis
Lenders offload more RV risk onto insurers in response to credit crunch
CIT applies for bank status to drive funds as key European staff members depart
Scale depends on future of credit crunch, warns Amstel
De Lage Landen planning further consolidation of business lines
Grenkeleasing UK announces a new approach with focus on ‘good’ brokers
Barclays closes broker-introduced asset finance
Preparing for the bad times
Captives’ credit crunch
3 Step IT posts 32% growth
smartfundit.com secures £3.5m VC funding
Leaseurope appoints new board of directors
Raiffeisen named top bank in CEE again
Ubi Banca denies merger speculation with Italease
Lombard finances broadcasting truck
Hypo Alpe Adria requesting state aid
BMW halts new business at Alphabet and Alphera
Crippling markets see Universal Leasing wind down European asset finance arm
MPS to get €250m for SME investment
Competition forces ING Lease to close German forfeiting business
Siemens FS focuses efforts on project finance
Contract awards for European public sector deals
VW requests loan guarantees from German gov’t
Crisis makes for good times in container leasing
2008 holds sting in the tail for Belarusian lessors
Northgate's profit cut by half
HSH Nordbank pick up multiple awards
SEB Leasing signs €77m factoring deal
SG Equipment Finance gets €100m for Czech SMEs
ING Lease Poland CEO expects tough year ahead
HSH Nordbank closing leasing operations
Competition Commission proposes longer train franchises
Italease fully incorporates Leasimpresa and Italeasing
Latvian bank looking to buy leasing portfolios in Belarus and Russia
Romanian bank to get €100m for SME investments
BNP Paribas to cut broker links in UK
Polish lessor hungers for cranes
Belarusian leasing companies likely to receive more funding
Spanish broker goes international
Estonian farmers finding payments difficult
EU clears Porterbrook acquisition
VR Leasing ends talks with Italease
GM plans sale and leaseback of UK property
LL November 2008
Babcock Brown loses aircraft, founder
CIT in possible sale talks as downturn hits vendor finance arm
RBS signals new focus with £40m Middle East AF deal
Holding up despite a slowdown
equigroup signs partnership deal with Nordea worth £100m a year
Leasint emerges as new Italian leasing leader amid downturn
Turmoil sees UniCredit and BNP Paribas put Russian leasing arms on hold
Uncertainty over future of HBOS leasing arms
The third way
LeasePlan obtains government guarantee
LL Awards: SG Equipment Finance wins ‘Lessor of the Year’
Babcock & Brown to sell operating lease business as part of huge cut
Crowded shipping market poses problems for lessors
FLA appoints new head of comms
MPS Leasing profits increase by 21%
Spanish automakers concerned over government plan
LeasePlan asks Dutch government for guarantees
GE Capital to restructure
Universal Leasing to be wound down
Hitachi Capital to supply suction excavators
Dexia sells stake in Kommunalkredit Austria for €1
Unicredit Leasing says turnover could rise 10%
GMAC moves to cut consumer finance
Rating agency considers downgrade for LeasePlan
Raiffeisen in Ukraine takes loan from parent
Porsche to supply fleet to Romanian Post
Bulgarian leasing market grows 77.7%
SMMT calls on government for support package
Toyota asks Germany to extend rescue plan
Fleet lessor Alphabet closes to new business
GMAC reports loss of $2.5bn in Q3
CSOB Leasing financial leases cut by half
Ramirent profits drop 11%
OTP Bank sells Slovakian leasing unit
Value of LCVs down 3.3%, says BCA
Italy's Lombardia tops leasing market
UK SMEs report contraction in orders
VW Bank considering applying for state funds
Vauxhall wins 523-van lease contract
SMMT announces CV registrations down 31%
Bibby offers ‘selective’ factoring
Volkswagen offers credit facility to LeasePlan
UK lessor financial updates
Eurohold to buy Romanian leasing cos
Iveco to supply 5 tractor units to Widdowson
Dominion acquires oil tank lessor
CV order intake down 15% at MAN
Close signs 54th deal since launch 12 months ago
Crunch time for the British
S&P report finds steep rise in ijara leasing despite ‘challenging’ hike in costs of funds
Leasing to remain lightly regulated
Quartz Finance grows amid expansion plans
State Securities faces up to post office closures
ICON Capital makes plans to grow across Europe after five years in the UK
Heroes conquer mountains and roads
Private & Commercial predicts solid growth
equigroup signs partnership deal with Nordea worth £100m a year
Is there life after leasing?
Surrey in solid position following 30% growth
Syscap makes changes to boost efficiency
Henry Howard adopts new business-sourcing model
New Century Finance drives business through football transfers
Core activities of Banca Italease tipped to change post-VR tie-up
Payment holiday schemes take off across Europe
Desire to syndicate continues to grow despite drying-up of demand
Caterpillar FS affected by construction downturn
Driving force
Factoring and invoice discounting project: Compiled results
A wealth of opportunity
JCB Finance in flurry of public-sector deals
Railpool continues upturn with deals worth almost €267 million
Volvo Financial Services sign string of deals despite credit crunch
In brief
Locat to get €300m for SME investment
Deutsche Leasing Hungary plans €10.5m deal with Mav-Start
Lloyds TSB Autolease in £2.1m deal
Romanian police car deal sparks national furore
RBS signals new focus with £40m Middle East AF deal
Contract awards for European public sector deals
More compliance, less nonsense please
Amid the credit crunch, the best advice is to hold firm until the new year
Opportunities and challenges
I had a dream, or was it a nightmare?
Better positioning is now needed
German lessors face tough times
Grassroots reaction
Fire sale still on ice
The path to the super-fleet
Uncertainty over future of HBOS leasing arms
ING Lease launches ambitious expansion plans as competition hits rocks
Amstel Lease ditches months of preparations for Fortis Lease merger
Industry on fire
Fortis Lease and BPLG begin merger talks
MAN FS sees Russian growth
Turmoil sees UniCredit and BNP Paribas put Russian leasing arms on hold
Barren future
HSBC finances 5 HGVs for T&T
Polish government to consider guarantees for leasing
Car registrations down in Europe
SocGen Romanian subsidiary to increase real estate portfolio
Leasint profits 16.5% up
Hilti launches tool leasing in the UK
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Lombard makes its mark in the housing sector
Advantages of the law of conversion
Lombard considers appealing 50% VAT recovery ruling
Tackling fraud through registration
Relief for lessors doing standalone software deals
Lessors launch fight to recover millions from alleged leasing scam
BLME quadruples leasing business
£1 billion pot of cash from Lombard to help refinance RBS customers
LeasePlan continues growth despite RV drop in the UK
Lifestyle fraudsters plead guilty to £2.5m fraud
Dutch government buys parent company of ABN AMRO
Social network plans to widen membership
Health care finance products
Routes to market
Playing political football
Health care leasing players
In rude health
MHF prospers off Can Media alliance
ING Lease UK continues to show promise with 11% growth
Government announces plans for FT insolvencies
Volvo reduces capacity to offset financial uncertainty
JCB Take a Break plan storms HP figures
Deterioration at GE Capital causes lowered forecast for General Electric
GrenkeLeasing reports solid new business growth
Drage's Den
Credit levels in Estonia halve as crunch impact widens
Firm start
Leasing Life’s monthly profile of a law firm’s leasing department
On the move
CIT head of global vendor finance steps down
Syscap teams up with technology search engine Conjungo
Peter Hunt analyses market statistics for the year to July 31 2008
Italease and VR Leasing propose joint venture
Foreign interests do battle for surging auto finance sector in Bulgaria
Asset Sales
The next hotspots of leasing
Arval selects SunTec billing system
Northgate relaunchs fleet driver tracking scheme
NetSol celebrates after achieving record results
CHP and Experian put resources into customer checking technology
UniCredit tightening lending criteria
Italian boat market on the rise, but difficulties hinder further growth
Deutsche Bank opens ‘green’ Spanish solar park
Less finance available for offshore storage vessels
UK van registrations drop 22.1 percent
Rating agencies downgrade UniCredit
Car leasing market grows in Ukraine
Benetti to offer yacht finance services
Hansa Liising defies tax authority to hinder unwanted precedent
Rome and Milan top Italian cities where long-term rental succeeds
MAN Bank launch announced
Volvo Trucks provides 40 new artics
Eurohold Bulgaria to consolidate leasing operations
Crédit Agricole Leasing buys 20% stake in Emporiki Leasing
Italease signs letter of intent for joint venture with VR Leasing
TransLinc provide Sweepers for Bolton
Car banks hit by credit crunch
Slowdown in Polish leasing industry
£2.1m deal for Lloyds TSB Autolease
ING Car Lease to acquire Universal Lease Iberia
Romanian police deal sparks national controversy
Lombard secures Jewson LCV deal
More long-term rentals with credit crunch, says TLS
New partnership for Smartfundit.com
Hypo enjoy prime position in Macedonia
Fitch Ratings affirms VR Leasing at A and confirms BBB for Italease
Arval offers capped diesel price scheme
Economic cloud may have silver lining for staff retention
Railpool orders rolling stock worth €75m
Carillion provides green fleet for Office2Office
Impuls Leasing predicts 10% growth in Romanian leasing market
FLA asks government to include measures in pre-budget report
Latvia sees leasing and factoring growth
IBM Global Financing offers payment holiday
Hungarian leasing braces for crippling forex hit
Volvo secures deal with Towens
Container startup sets grand targets despite ailing shipping routes
Davenham shares tumble amidst turmoil
EC to approve IKB Deutsche Industriebank bail-out
Fortis Lease marooned in Netherlands
VAB Leasing totals 1,200 contracts
Rocom doubles resellers’ credit limits
Lithuania's leasing industry up 10%
Manheim CV Live reaches 3,000 online sales
CV registrations down in EU for 5th consecutive month
Siemens predicts swing towards asset finance in Europe
Abbey’s Porterbrook ROSCO to be sold to Deutsche Bank
Estonia’s loan and leasing volume up 0.5 percent in September
GE Money stops signing new car leasing deals in Latvia
Leasing slowdown in the Italian market
€1.9 bn to finance Porterbrook acquisition
Deutsche Leasing seals agreement with Hungarian rail company Mav-Start
EIB to finance Locat with €300m for SME
RZB leasing arm in Croatia up 26%
Hoping for growth
Multitude of European lessors swarm on clean energy financing
€256m of capital ‘frozen’
A fistful of marriages
Ever decreasing value
Lombard Marine Finance announces 30% growth
Hard market to crack
VW Financial Services expands financial products
Fighting against the tide
Contract awards for European public sector deals
Dexia wins place in £400m Madrid metro deal
Dexia continues its dominance in France with €16m contract
Angel Trains seals £1.5bn agreement with Alstom
Arval extends relationship with Powerminster
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Croatian leasing on the rise
Dexia bailed out by Belgium, France and Luxembourg
Sweeney-Kincaid launches online asset auctions
Italy has €65bn of frozen capital, says Siemens Finanziaria
CV sales hopes for 2008 look East
Survey: Confidence for finance provision at a low
HSBC Rail appoints new management team
Agrilease explains profit fall with policy
Railpool orders €196 million worth of rolling stock
Isuzu teams up with BNP Paribas subsidiary for contract hire deal
ALD International buys out JV partners in Russia and Turkey
Daimler Financial Services to offer corporate leasing in Romania
€42m funding lines for Raiffeisen JV in Belarus
HBOS and Lloyds: The fleet fallout
Contract hire on the rise
Share price at B&B drops to lowest point
LeasePlan reports consistent growth
Raiffeisen retreats from 2007’s figures
LeasePlan continues large scale expansion
Euro investments promote rapid growth in Hungary
Deutsche Leasing retains CEO, acquires vice chair
SEB completes €64m windmill deal
FLA activity playing vital role in economy, says new study
Deutsche Bank energises Eurohold expansion
Société Générale creates Croatian leasing organ
Nordbank to shed leasing arm
Addison joins The Alta Group
Real Asset Management wins container software contract
Alpha Leasing gathers steam in Romania
Finance leases for UkrSibbank's SME customers
Industrial leasing keeps the fire under Romanian market
Sanpaolo reports steady growth in H1
H1 profits fall at BMW Financial Services
Profits at Banca Italease reach €30m
Lease bonanza to Beijing Olympics
CSOB’s Euroleasing riding high
ECF continues bout of UK sale and leaseback deals
Brother and BNP in landmark finance deal
Dexia scoops 35-year €149m French rail deal
Contract notices for European public sector deals
Despite what the CC thinks, chances of a fourth ROSCO are slim
Welcome to the future
Higher auction costs passed onto lessors
Thameslink advisers unveiled
Ox-traction seeks approval
Rolling stock procurement under spotlight as EU agrees to Luxembourg Rail Protocol
New money
Lessors still face Global EPP losses
London Scottish subsidiary goes to Hitachi for £28.5m
Profits up 3% at DLL
Results confusion sparks resignations at General Capital
Lombard to support Leasedrive
Credit Suisse pulls plug on Park
Creditor worries as major haulier enters administration
Arbuthnot looking to sell music finance arm
Lease broker deals dip 7%
Survival of the fittest
Contract awards for European public sector deals
Contract notices for European public sector deals
Market statistics analysis for the year to June 30 2008
Riding the tide
Vendors and servicing
Credit crunch blamed for 7% drop in new business among leasing brokers
Profits hike at Liberty Leasing as portfolio grows
Tax windfalls
Taxing lessor acquisitions: a rethink
Worth their weight in gold?
DLL chooses APAK’s stock-financing product
A&L moves to hosted service at TietoEnator
Frontline launches new broker system to streamline deals
Downturns at UniCredit and VB Leasing as 2008 market grinds to virtual halt
Two vehicle wins for NetSol last month
On the move
Sanjay Kumar moves on up at CIT
Langley returns to Haydock as former leasing arm re-launches
Betts bolsters Merchant
Leasing Life's monthly profile of a law firm’s leasing department
Leader of the pack
LL August 2008
Park Motor Finance ceases car loan origination
Profits up 3% at DLL
Lessors under threat as hauliers cease trading
Fraikin completes major deal with Kerry Foods
Babcock & Brown in trouble, but leasing division holding up
Earnings at HP leasing arm up 31%
Lessors in trouble over Howley examinership
UniCredit Leasing Slovakia reports 12% decline
Five-year LCV contract hire deal for Grosvenor Contracts Leasing
Lufthansa leasing profits soar 38%
LSB subsidiary goes to Hitachi for £28.5m
ING Lease optimistic despite drop in net profits in Q2
Société Générale Romanian leasing arm grows 13 per cent
Deutsche Bahn sets sights on leasing in Stockholm
Dexia-Crédit Local wins €150m train leasing deal in France
Orix denies Credit Saison deal
Romanian bank hits €135.8m in first six months to June
Russian motor leasing company on the move
Irish leasing firms lose out on VAT reclaim
Structured finance contributes to hard times for Babcock & Brown
Army of lawyers signs off on Angel deal
Romanian BCR reports 65 per cent rise in financed goods
APAK stock funding system implemented by DLL
1pm raises £656,500 in choppy conditions
GECAS leases new aircraft to BA
CEO of Genesis Lease stresses fuel efficiency
Credium bucks Czech trend
SocGen financial services unit up 20 per cent in Q2
Hanza Lizings continues to shine despite leasing downturn
MEP to take top position at Finnish association
DFS vehicle arm rising despite parent problems
IFC completes widespread revamp of Ukrainian leasing
Cat FS profits despite writedown and expenses increases
NVL raises objections to planned Dutch insolvency laws
Q2 mixed results for MAN FS and PACCAR FS
Micro-ticket Grenkeleasing doubles lease receiveables
Light at the end of the tunnel for embattled CIT
IGF gunning for growth following restructuring
The ever changing face
Bell Finance diversifies into raising investment arena
Banca Italease-VR tie-up now due in September
St Helen’s makes trading profit for the first time
New company launches targeting tricky sub-25 fleet
Slower growth expected at CapEx in 2008
Vehicles arm behind Hitachi Cap’s 16% profit increase
Ford deal
LeasePlan-Northgate deal
HSBC in calcium deals
LVM in housing win
Daimler in contract hire deal
£235K Lombard bio deal
Last ditch defence
Bulgarian lessors brace for wave of stiff regulation
NACFB courts more from leasing and asset finance business
Reality rides the Crunch
Evolution Funding targeting 25% growth on £40m last year
Early bird 1pm turns a profit in latest full year
Davenham in expansion mode despite property dip
Close completes wireless deal with Sarantel
Menzies extends relationship with Fraikin
Immorent to build up Serbian deal capacity
Italian arm of Raiffeisen Leasing in €320m deal
Last ditch defence
Three companies set to tender for new UK asset register
Rivermore creates online tool and boasts 20% YY growth
Bill to resolve foundation trust debate
UK bank lessors report healthy H1 results
HSBC Rail in offshore restructure in build up to possible sale
GE streamlines in Europe while
Hill Hire up for sale while Lex says no change
Hill Hire up for sale while Lex says no change
HBOS small ticket leasing face job cuts amidst restructuring
Cover story: Managed in
Cover story: The thinning tightrope
Cover story: Back to front expertise
Cover story: All change
HSBC Rail trumps Angel in deal for Transport Scotland
Railpool to become Germany’s first Rosco post privatization
Software provider wins flurry of contracts
IT clampdown on ID theft
Sales hike at Tietoenator
Online auction system increase
Emerging market software boom
Copernicus scoops major Davenham deal
Peter Hunt analyses market statistics for the year to May 31 2008
Romania’s leasing market slows as the crunch hits home
Databank: Asset sales
The leasing market can survive despite being in flux
New head man at Lex Vehicles
Sharia’a appointment in the City
De Lage Landen gains from continued job cuts at CIT
TIP Trailer on new hiring spree
Staff moves from across Europe
Ex Barclays director takes the helm at Lombard
Department profiles
Driving hard
Editor's letter
LL July 2008
ZAO AR Carton receive indemnity after mechanical mistake
European Commission allows GEFA PEMA merger
Q2 holds no fear for BNP Paribas
Competition Commission blasts ROSCOs over train leasing costs
GE provides 40 engines to Italian Airline
Latvian Nelss sells leasing subsidiary
UniCredit ups loans despite new business stagnation
HypoAlpe-Adria-Leasing take 34 percent of Serbian Market
Movables leasing down 10.8 percent in Czech Republic
Raiffeisen’s Bulgarian finance arm up 58%
Hitachi CVS posts 16% profit increase
HBOS reports slight rise in operating lease income
A&L commercial banking profit increase of £11m
Lloyds TSB Asset Finance profit increase of 52 per cent
GMAC Financial Services reports $2.5bn loss
GE streamlines and restructures
Chrysler exits leasing in the US
Grenkeleasing proves profitable despite higher costs
Italian merger creates profits
Cat Financial reports growth despite market difficulties
Daimler Financial Services reports modest growth
NetSol moves in Asia
GE Commercial Finance signs JV in Abu Dhabi
Jobs go at GE Capital Solutions Switzerland
Ex-Barclays director takes the helm at Lombard
KBC launches Autolease in Poland
Close Leasing on target for £0.5bn portfolio in up to five years
Iveco Capital hands residual value risk to Barclays
Claas sees greater financing opportunities for harvesters
Caterpillar FS opens in Turkey amidst a flurry of healthy results
Xerox completes restructuring and launches in Germany
Hypo scoops €19m profit in Serbia amidst Ukraine boom
Clydesdale sees growth despite exiting operating leasing
Massive hike in profits at P&CF despite crunch
New start in life
Butlers-UniLink tie-up
Driven continues push into the SME customer market
Broker Oracle launches aviation and marine finance arms
In the thick of it
Life post €1bn
JV leads to insurance cuts
Iveco deal for Schmitz
Housing group fleet deal
Mercedes renews Qualitex contract
CIT Group posts $2.1bn Q2 loss
Online financing 10% of syscap’s business
HBOS small ticket leasing arm face job cuts amidst restucturing
St Helen's Finance records first profit for H1 2008
Lombard in £440K flight simulator deal
State, Lloyds, Close in multi-funding company acquisition
£1.2M Heidelberg Deal
DLL signs with Lohr
LVM in Calico Deal
Inchcape banks five-year Waterways deal
IBM captive signs Infor deal
How is GE coping with its flurry of leasing and ID acquisitions of recent times?
Lessors hit by new wave of administrations
Increased staff to target medium businesses
Fleet lessors to be hit by predicted slump in residual values
RBS to close structured asset finance division
Austrian lessors attacked by consumer watchdogs
Retention culture emerges among fleet brokers
Alta Group appointment
New commercial vehicle director at Lex
DiRENT Romania announces record results for 2008
Eurohold Bulgaria establishes subsidiary in Macedonia
Italian leasing company makes record securitisation of €318m
BNP sues homeless charity
GE Capital Solutions realigns due to credit crunch
Romanian lessor pushes out its Western European owner
Raiffeisen Leasing makes vendor finance partnership in CEE
Philips Medical consolidates
SFS says leasing could unlock European businesses' capital
Swedish SEB acquires Polish factoring company
CIT may sell its rail leasing business in US
BT Leasing of Romania aims to grow new business to €125m in 2008
Acquisition boosts Hitachi’s discounting business
Strong but demanding
Community care
Leasing Life's 4th Vendor Finance Summit
Vendor finance JVs not living up to expectations
Western lessors continue to blossom in the CEE
Relationships with vendors and funders are put under increased strain
Captive finance might one day displace vendor finance
Eastern promise
Start-ups capitalise on rolling stock leasing in Germany
Stagecoach sounds out market for £200m train leases
NetSol gets Dubai listing
Easier cv valuations
New ‘driver in the cab’ at Chevin
P&CF’s record figures boosted by e-Quote
Focus on collections will help lessors in the downturn
Peter Hunt analyses market statistics for the year to April 30 2008
West European lessors losing market share in Poland
Asset sales
Nothing ventured, nothing gained – the appeal of asset finance to investors
Rising tide
Birth of RV risk
Paradise lost or to be gained?
Despite 2007 being the best year ever for Dutch leasing, this year may not bode so well
Staff moves from across Europe
A win, Winn situation for Motiva Group
Kilbee docks at Salans London office
Austin extends role at Siemens Financial Services
Editor's letter
LL June 2008
De Lage Landen inks vendor deal with Lohr Group
IBM Global Finance reports increase in software financing
DLL Global appoints new president of equipment group
RBS sells Angel Trains for £3.6bn
Hitachi ramps up its vehicle finance arm
Bulgarian leasing market grows 86%
Lithuanian construction lessor expands
NetSol implements LeaseSoft solutions across Europe
Hypo Group gives €50m to Bosnian SMEs
King Sturge makes record growth for 2008
1pm secures additional funding facility
EC clears VW’s takeover of Scania
Arval expands into India
Angel not enough for B&B's shares
Alun Richards joins The Alta Group