July 2023

Business Assessment Practice Brings on a Seasoned Leader

Gary LoMonaco, a director who has worked with The Alta Group since 2021, now leads the consultancy’s Business Assessment Practice, which can help clients with pre-acquisition due diligence, ongoing operational assessments, lender due diligence and other efforts. LoMonaco brings considerable experience in credit, due diligence and business operations analysis to the role.

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Prepare to Profit on Climate Finance Opportunity

The Alta Group’s Patricia Voorhees and Ian Robertson share their expertise in helping equipment-finance professionals understand and prepare for the historic opportunity presented by climate equipment finance in the first installment of a three-part series being published in Equipment Finance Advisor. They cover best practices firms for creating a climate equipment finance strategy. Two more installments will be published in the coming months.

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Alta Group Leaders Recognized in Monitor’s 50^th Anniversary Edition

John Deane, co-founder and board member for The Alta Group, and Bruce Kropschot, senior managing director for the group’s Mergers and Acquisitions

Practice, were profiled in the 50th Anniversary commemorative issue of the Monitor, released in June, for their leadership over many decades in the equipment finance and leasing industry.

Deane was recognized as CEO of the Decade for the 1970s. Kropschot accepted the award of “Industry Legend” as the magazine celebrated five decades of publishing dedicated to the industry. Tom Wajnert, Chairman Emeritus, The Alta Group and former chairman and CEO of AT&T Capital, was named CEO of the Decade for the 1990s.

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Leasing Industry Goes Back to the Future

Paul Bent, Senior Managing Director with The Alta Group, examines how the leasing industry has evolved over five decades, and how emerging services-based and subscription-based business models are taking a cue from past trends. His column, “New Sprouts Appearing From Deep Roots,” appears in the Monitor’s 50th anniversary issue.

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Global News

Alta Sponsors Important Global Networking Events

The Alta Group’s European and Latin American regions will host their 2023 conferences Nov. 15-16 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Nov. 7-8 in Miami, Fla. In Dubai, attendees will hear from the Head of Risk for the Abu Dhabi Investment Company, as well as other speakers who can shed light on growing global investment activity from the Middle East. Expert speakers from the automotive industry will discuss emerging mobility trends. The Miami conference will include informative sessions discussing artificial intelligence, secured transactions, predictive analytics and more. Learn more in this blog post by Regional Leader MEA Hans Geijsen and CEO Latin American Region and Emerging Markets Rafael Castillo-Triana, both of The Alta Group. 

Learn more about these events here.

Stay up to date with Alta’s New ForwardFocus

Find the latest insights on industry trends and best practices in ForwardFocus, a new feature on The Alta Group’s website. Sign up to receive complimentary access to knowledgeable perspective and studies by Alta advisors as well as guest articles. ForwardFocus is a valuable resource for equipment finance professionals who want to stay on top of trends, or share their insights with industry leaders. Recent articles have addressed bitcoin mining, higher transportation lease rates and climate equipment finance. 

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