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Research Studies & Reports

  • COMING SOON International Series - Mexico

    COMING SOON International Series - Mexico

    By The Alta Group
    COMING SOON

    This paper addresses key differences between the U.S. and Mexico, such as the Mexican legal system, local lease accounting standards, market assessments and risk management to help anyone interested in venturing into this market.

    Free ($10.00 )

  • COMING SOON International Series - India

    COMING SOON International Series - India

    By The Alta Group
    COMING SOON

    India provides a thorough overview of the challenges, opportunities and regulations around conducting business in this foreign market, and displays how Lessors can perfect their interests.

    Free ($10.00 )

  • Brazil: The Carnival of Equipment Financing

    Brazil: The Carnival of Equipment Financing

    By The Alta Group
    July 2008

    Unlike North America, equipment financing is highly-regulated in Brazil. Among other issues, effective risk management is critical for success in Brazil. This study details the opportunities, challenges and risk considerations necessary to work through before entering the Brazil equipment finance market.

    $200.00

  • How to Improve Your Risk Return Profile Using Credit Default Swaps

    How to Improve Your Risk Return Profile Using Credit Default Swaps

    By Andrew Kumiega, Ph.D and Deborah Cernauskas, Ph.D
    June 2008

    This paper illustrates how a credit default swap can be used to hedge the counterparty risk associated with a portfolio of leases, increase the net present value of uncertain lease cash flows, and create a methodology to calculate the risk adjusted price for a lease based on the creditworthiness of the lessee.

    $200.00

  • Is Equipment Lease Securitization Right For You?

    Is Equipment Lease Securitization Right For You?

    By John Martin
    June 2008

    This study discusses what equipment lease securitization is and who's involved. It also discusses ways companies may benefit or suffer from this business practice.

    $200.00

  • US Equipment Finance Market Study

    US Equipment Finance Market Study

    By Global Insight, Inc.
    October 2007

    This study defines the universe of equipment finance to gain an understanding of our industry's true importance to the economy.

    Free ($200.00 )

  • Propensity to Finance

    Propensity to Finance

    By Global Insight, Inc.
    October 2007

    Propensity analyzes the likelihood of business to purchase various types of equipment, the alternative methods of financing those purchases, and just how much of our economy is involved in it.

    $200.00

  • The Future of Financing Alternative Energy Equipment

    The Future of Financing Alternative Energy Equipment

    By The Alta Group, Global Financial Consultants and Gilbert E. Metcalf
    December 2007

    This report and related survey are intended to provide a view of the current state, the business impact, and future projections for this increasingly important sector of the equipment financing industry.

    It also explores differences in the policy environment between Europe and the United States and identifies key policy differences that impact renewable electricity investment.

    $200.00

  • Enhancing Corporate Capabilities Through Outsourcing

    Enhancing Corporate Capabilities Through Outsourcing

    By Genpact
    November 2007

    This paper examines how outsourcing select business processes in the typical equipment leasing and finance company can enhance its capabilities and performance.

    $200.00

  • Strategies for Predicting Equipment Lease Defaults

    Strategies for Predicting Equipment Lease Defaults

    By Levon Goukasian and Samuel Seaman
    October 2007

    Lease Defaults compares three default classification procedures - discriminant analysis, logistic regression, and artificial neural networks - to determine which, if any, classification procedure offers the most accurate forecast of lease and/or loan default, and, to discover which independent variable(s) is(are) most predictive of default when using these classification models to predict lease/loan risk.

    $200.00