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Industry News
May 01, 2009; Anonymous ... ATEL Capital Group is pleased to announce the 25th Anniversary of its first Equipment Fund, ALIF, which commenced in 1984. ATEL is a privately held equipment leasing company that invests in operating leases with Fortune 500 lessees for their industrial "mission critical" equipment. ATEL has ...
Conference Season/Another Great Issue of ELT
May 01, 2009; Bentsen, Ken ... In this month's edition of ELT we bring a fine-tuned look and refreshing style along with strong content, as an initial step toward the magazine's new approach, to be unveiled with the next issue. Shawn Halladay tackles the first proposed rewrite of lease accounting standards since 1976, ...
PERSONNEL
May 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Balboa Capital Corporation, a privatelyheld equipment finance company, announced the hiring of 3 of 9 new Regional Managers. Adam Huhn, Javier Godala, and Alex Garcia for their Vendor Services Group. * Adam Huhn has over 5 years of experience in the equipment leasing Industry. Originally ...
ELFA Web Seminars
May 01, 2009; Anonymous ... ELEA Academy's web seminars are a convenient, cost-effective means to obtain crucial information, bringing you up to speed on current issues that impact job and company performance. New web seminars are always being scheduled, so watch for announcements on the ELEA Web site or through the daily ...
ELFA Business Development Conferences
May 01, 2009; Anonymous ... These conferences offer leasing and finance professionals information on industry trends, market segments and business practices, and create opportunities to develop new business associates and reinforce old ones. The following conferences have occurred through May 2009: Eighth Annual ...
Coming Soon - Web Seminars
May 01, 2009; Anonymous ... The Secured Creditor Advantage: What the UCC Can Do For You (June 17, 2009) Don't let changes in the law make your collateral position less valuable. Learn how to change your practices and documents in light of recent decisions and coming changes involving the Uniform Commercial Code ...
Coming Soon-Business Development Conferences
May 01, 2009; Anonymous ... ELFA's Tax Professionals Roundtable (June 1-3, 2009) Tax, planning, research, business unit support and other corporate tax professionals should attend the equipment finance industry's most comprehensive tax-oriented event in Baltimore, Md. Program highlights will include: * ...
Speaking of Numbers: Sector Representatives React to MLFI-25 Data
May 01, 2009; Gemperlein, Joyce ... The MLFI-25 Quarterly Report detailing activity in the first quarter of 2009 held no great surprises for every sector of the equipment finance industry. Still, the data contained in the survey is provocative in the sense that it confirms anecdotal information and the personal experiences ...
Portfolio Impairment Testing: What Is Standing Practice?
May 01, 2009; Nugent, Christopher P ... How often should I test the asset book values in my portfolio? How do I comply with FAS 144? What is the audit or regulatory risk if I don't test every quarter? What is the best way for me to manage my equipment risk and maximize portfolio returns? A recent survey of ELFA asset managers ...
Financing the Future of Energy
May 01, 2009; Fenig, David ... The passage of the energy provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 (RL. 111-5) in February and the Emergency Economic Stimulus Act (ESSA) of 2008 (RL. 1 10-343) last October represents a major turning point in energy policy for the 21st century. The federal ...
In a Class of Their Own: How the New Motor Vehicle Dealers Act Affects Lessors
May 01, 2009; Abbott, Neil ... On January 1, 2010, the new Motor Vehicle Dealers Act, 2002 (S.O. 2002, c. 30, Sched. B) (MVDA) will take effect in Ontario, Canada, after years of consultation and drafting. The MVDA replaces the legislation of the same name that governed the buying, selling and leasing of vehicles in the ...
2009 SOFTWARE GUIDE
May 01, 2009; Anonymous ... Cassiopae Inc. Program Name: Cassiopae Type: Global Asset Management/Lease and Loan Management Description: Cassiopae offers the only single-source software solution that can support basic to highly-structured leases and loans anywhere in the ...
FROM Clay TO Capitalization: The New Lease Accounting Paradigm
May 01, 2009; Halladay, Shawn ... Gone are the days when the lessee made a mark on a clay tablet, took his newly leased plow, went to work, and never once thought about the accounting. Fortunately, we no longer use clay to document deals, but are we better off from an accounting perspective? And will the new lease accounting ...
Investors' Conference and Funding Expo: Making Matches, Assessing the Financial Marketplace
May 01, 2009; Gemperlein, Joyce ... Jockey for an appointment with the most eyecatching prospects. Meet and greet. Discuss profiles, achievements, philosophies, goals and compatibility. Charm doesn't hurt. Leave after 20 minutes or so and do it all over again with someone else. Hope for telephone calls suggesting a ...
Tool Box for Leaders
May 01, 2009; Levine, Lisa A ... The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation Has the Tools You Can Use The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation is pleased to introduce a new column, "Foundation News" to keep you informed of new studies, resources and articles published by the Foundation. Through this column we ...
New Year Brings Old Issues to State Leasing Legislation
May 01, 2009; Brown, Dennis; Short, Justin ... Connecticut, Maine and Missouri are among the states filing legislation in 2009 that intermingles consumer protection concepts and commercial transactions or define leasing differently from standard industry practices. Advocacy by ELFA in response engages policymakers on issues commonplace to ...
