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Charles Ewing and Maria Shumate from Solifi discuss how the Solifi Wholesale Finance platform meets the evolving needs of wholesale lenders in the commercial finance industry.
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October 28, 2024, 03:00 PM
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Paul Schuldiner, Leigh Lones, and Andrew Barone of Rosenthal & Rosenthal offer valuable insights into the current asset-based lending and factoring landscape. In this interview, they provide an in-depth analysis of market trends – including both...
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October 05, 2024, 12:00 AM
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Bob DiNozzi of Second Wind Consultants and Michael Petrecca of Rise Alliance discuss the recent merger between Second Wind Consulting and Polaris Business Advisors, resulting in the creation of Rise Alliance.
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Cedric Henley, Partner and Chief Risk Officer at SLR Capital Partners discusses the evolving landscape of non-bank lending within the asset-based lending, factoring and equipment finance sectors.
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Gen Merritt-Parikh, President of Haversine Funding, delves into how today’s market dynamics are reshaping the landscape of funding accessibility for specialty finance companies.
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Carlos Mendez, a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Crayhill Capital Management, meets with Michael Toglia, Publisher of ABL Advisor to discuss the burgeoning influence of non-bank asset-based private credit providers within the lending market.
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October 31, 2023, 07:00 AM
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Jessica Nels, a Managing Director in the Capital Markets Team for Churchill Asset Management, discusses the state of the private debt market and the current market and economic dynamics impacting the lending environment.
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December 17, 2022, 02:00 PM
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Michael Mikhail, Founder and CEO, Stratton Equities discusses the important role Hard Money and Soft Money loans play in the real estate market.
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November 17, 2022, 12:00 AM
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John Stanfield, Co-President & Chief Financial Officer, Aequum Capital, a newly launched lender serving the lower middle market, provides a view of this new entrant’s unique approach to leveling the competitive commercial finance landscape by...
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October 25, 2022, 05:00 PM
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Mark Giles, Managing Director, BlueWater Partners discusses changes his firm is seeing in the corporate restructuring market and provides his insights into the differing types of engagements currently in demand.
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Joseph Lane, Vice Chairman and Chairman of Management Committee, Napier Park Global Capital speaks with Michael Toglia, Publisher, ABL Advisor providing his unique insights into the impact rising inflation, supply chain issues and other factors are...
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January 03, 2022, 01:00 AM
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In this webinar, industry experts from Solifi (formerly IDS, White Clarke Group, and William Stucky & Associates) share insights on the positive changes that come from business disruption, challenges, and emerging technology trends. Recognizing the...
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December 05, 2021, 11:00 PM
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Michael Jerbich, President of B. Riley Real Estate shares his insights on the current state of the commercial real estate market touching on office and retail space, and the impact of private equity players in the market.
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November 28, 2021, 06:00 PM
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Mark Seigel, Managing Partner of Crown Partners discusses his views of the middle-market lending environment from the perspective of a debt advisor working with leading lenders and a variety of borrowers.
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November 16, 2021, 03:00 PM
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Paul Schuldiner, Executive Vice President, Rosenthal & Rosenthal discusses his views on the impact of government stimulus packages, supply chain disruptions and more on the asset-based lending, factoring and purchase order finance industries in this...
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October 12, 2021, 12:00 AM
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Richard Lawrence, Director – Credit Risk Advisory Group, CBIZ, discusses the challenges faced conducting due diligence audits during the COVID-19 pandemic and how these challenges created new best practices.
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September 29, 2021, 07:00 AM
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Rosanne Doyle, Product Manager for ABL and Factoring with Solify (formerly IDS and William Stucky & Associates)| discusses the challenges asset-based lenders face when connecting disparate systems to mitigate risk and eliminate low-value...
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September 09, 2021, 09:00 PM
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Tiger Group experts provide insights into the factors asset-based lenders should contemplate when considering lending into the professional A/V sector.
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September 09, 2021, 07:00 AM
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Kristen Palmer, Business Development Officer, Iron Horse Credit discusses the dynamic nature of inventory as collateral for asset-based loans and the impact of supply chain issues on inventory availability and valuations.
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August 27, 2021, 07:00 AM
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In this exclusive interview, Andy McGhee, Vice Chairman, White Oak Commercial Finance discusses White Oak’s expansion in the retail sector with the formation of its new National Retail Finance Group.
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August 05, 2021, 12:00 AM
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As businesses recover in 2021, there is an opportunity for the asset-based lending community to re-address the way they appraise, evaluate, monitor and make credit decisions.
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Christopher O’Connor, President, Second Avenue Capital Partners provides his observations on the retail sector – from the perspectives of both the lender and the borrower and discusses the future of retail as we enter a revitalized economy.
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Steve Emerson, Partner with Dry Creek Capital Partners, discusses the various levels of distress in the commercial real estate market and how CRE will be impacted by the new economic phase we are entering as the country reopens.
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Ken Mann, Managing Director of SC&H Capital provides his first-hand insights into the distressed M&A environment over the past year and what commercial finance professionals can expect in a post-COVID economy.
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Lisa Nowak, Lead Product Manager with IDS | Secured Finance Technology provides salient advice to commercial finance leaders considering a migration to a SaaS solution and dispels many misconceptions related to a SaaS integration.
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Andre Hakkak, Co-Founder and CEO of White Oak Global Advisors shares his insights into the private credit market and the growing role institutional investors are playing in this market.
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Eldon Richards, Chief Technology Officer of IDS | Secured Finance Technology discusses how the adoption of rapid advancements in technology can empower agility in the asset-based lending industry and positively impact the customer experience.
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George Souri, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of LQD Business Finance, a tech-enabled business lender that is developing a Bitcoin lending platform, explains how the use of Blockchain in the business lending process will increase both efficiency...
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Suzanne Bury, President and CEO, 1STWEST Background Due Diligence LLC, describes the challenges of completing comprehensive background investigations and the unequalled value of engaging an experienced risk analyst in a time when big data in so...
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Greg Eck and Bill Stapel, co-leaders of Fifth Third Business Asset Based Lending Group describe their outlook for the middle market as new leaders of one of the largest asset-based lenders in the U.S.
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February 23, 2021, 07:00 AM
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The prospect of fraud against lenders participating in the PPP – and, ultimately, against the U.S. government, which guarantees those loans – is of great interest to lenders, and with good reason. Are your borrowers prepared if the SBA knocks at the...
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February 10, 2021, 05:00 AM
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Jay Stone, Chief Executive Officer, Hilco Receivables provides his insights into the issues currently being experienced in the lending market when utilizing receivables as collateral.
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February 03, 2021, 11:00 AM
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Doug Winget, President, Huntington Business Credit discusses the recent expansion of its asset-based lending team to the west coast with the opening of three new asset-based lending offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland, OR and the...
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December 15, 2020, 11:00 PM
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Edward King, Founder/Managing Partner, King Trade Capital provides first-hand insights into today’s Purchase Order finance market, and the impact of disruptions in the supply chain on the commercial finance industry.
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November 30, 2020, 07:00 PM
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J. Scott Victor, Founding Partner/Managing Director, SSG Capital Advisors discusses the current state of the middle market from the perspective of an independent boutique investment bank specializing in special situations, and provides a deeper dive...
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November 10, 2020, 11:00 PM
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Michael Friedman, CEO, Hilco IP Merchant Banking discusses the state of the Intellectual Property investment market, and why it is critical to possess deep knowledge of the factors that impact IP asset valuations in this highly specialized focus of...
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October 25, 2020, 09:00 PM
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Tim Stute, Managing Director, Head of Specialty Finance, Hovde Group discusses the current state of the M&A market for commercial lenders and provides an intriguing outlook for the future of M&A in the finance community.
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October 05, 2020, 10:00 PM
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Mike Sharkey, President, Fifth Third Business Capital reflects on his career establishing and managing numerous highly successful ABL business and describes his thoughts on the keys to success.
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September 21, 2020, 08:00 PM
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Jim Loughlin, National Practice Leader/Managing Director, Business Restructuring & Turnaround Services for BDO discusses the challenges lenders, borrowers and restructuring professionals must consider when engaging in a turnaround situation during...
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September 05, 2020, 09:00 PM
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Structured sales can offer lenders protections that are particularly important in today’s volatile real estate marketplace.
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August 24, 2020, 05:00 AM
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Laurie A. Martin Montplaisir, Attorney, Robbins, Solomon & Patt, Ltd. discusses the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the bankruptcy process and how factors and asset-based lenders need to be prepared for the challenges this unique environment...
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August 19, 2020, 06:00 PM
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Doug Winget, President, Huntington Business Credit discusses the unique challenges the economy is presenting middle-market borrowers and asset-based lenders. Winget also discusses the importance of providing ABL products for the bank’s non-ABL...
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Kathleen Lepak, Asset Based Lending Business Director, People’s United Business Capital discusses the challenges faced by credit underwriting and portfolio management teams in the COVID-19 environment, how the lender finance unit of People’s has been...
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Michael Haddad, President, Capital Finance, Sterling National Bank discusses how new approaches to working with middle-market borrowers remotely can strengthen the lender/borrower relationship, the impact the crisis has had on credit underwriting...
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Ken Frieze, CEO, Gordon Brothers provides his insights into the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on asset-based lenders and his outlook for the economy over the next year.
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Robert Katz, Managing Director, EisnerAmper discusses the benefits and potential risks for borrowers participating in the Paycheck Protection Program.
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In this second installment of a two-part interview with Ted Koenig, President and CEO of Monroe Capital, Ted discusses how in challenging economic times, certain lenders can "play offense" by getting involved in opportunistic lending.
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While no one could forecast the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, non-bank asset-based lenders are poised for action when the ABL market unfreezes.
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In this first installment of a two-part interview with Ted Koenig, President and CEO of Monroe Capital, Ted provides his insights into how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting lending markets.
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As we begin a new year, Nancy Lee, Co-Founder and CEO of ABLSoft, takes a look ahead at the forces that will shape the asset-based lending industry over the next decade.
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January 23, 2020, 05:00 AM
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Mark Seigel, President of Veritas Financial Partners, recalls the words of Citigroup’s Chuck Prince as he writes about credit cycles and why direct lending platforms must find ways to stay active throughout the cycles.
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August 01, 2019, 07:00 AM
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Ted Koenig, President & CEO of Monroe Capital LLC, writes that while they remain bullish about the balance of the year, competition in the private debt space warrants caution at this point in the cycle.
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Super G Capital’s Charlie Perer discusses how BDCs and private credit funds are transforming the ABL industry at every level.
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January 07, 2019, 07:00 AM
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Veritas Financial Partners’ Mark Seigel and Jerrold Clinton explore the changing ABL environment and address the question of who will be the be the winners and losers in the battle for market share.
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December 17, 2018, 07:00 AM
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Charlie Perer, of Super G Capital, explains why and how more large banks are turning to asset-based lending units to fill potential gaps in their lending protocols.
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October 26, 2018, 07:00 AM
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Stephanie Perry, of Capital One Sponsor Finance, explains the lure of the middle market for the private equity sector, and why traditional lenders can be crucial partners.
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The lending ecosystem has expanded considerably since the Great Recession, writes Joseph Weissglass, of the newly formed Configure Partners, and credit markets just may be on the verge of another major shakeup.
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November 07, 2017, 07:00 AM
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John Hagist of Loeb discusses what commercial lenders can learn from watching trends in new and used industrial machinery sales.
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October 30, 2017, 07:00 AM
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Super G’s Charlie Perer, on why transferring assets rather than exiting them is the new cure for lender fatigue.
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Monroe Capital’s Founder and CEO Ted Koenig offers his insights into the impact the new administration and evolving global trade will have on the credit environment.
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January 04, 2017, 07:00 AM
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ABL Advisor spends some time with MB Business Capital Group President Bruce Sprenger who shares his view on the dynamics of what he deems to be a hypercompetitive "piranha" environment...
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As the year comes quickly to a close, the staff of ABL Advisor takes this occasion to present the articles offered in 2015 that captured our readers’ interest the most.
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December 22, 2015, 07:00 AM
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Since the financial crisis, both the size and influence of the nonbank financial institution sector has grown steadily. Today, nonbank financial institutions account for a substantial portion of lending in numerous sectors.
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November 23, 2015, 07:00 AM
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Wholesale lending to specialty finance companies is slightly more complicated than transactions backed by hard assets, and requires a more sophisticated approach to risk management.
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U.S. market prices for metals have experienced a continuing decline since September 2014 due to tepid domestic demand, a strong U.S. dollar, plunging crude oil prices, and increasing imports.
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Like the gunslingers of the Old West, the merchant cash advance companies have entered factoring and are making up new rules as they go along.
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The recent precipitous decline and current price of oil have already sent shock waves through the economy. The financial services sector must prepare portfolios for the uncertainty of such historically low prices.
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January 06, 2015, 07:00 AM
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Since this is the time of year in which each of us historically looks back and reflects on the happenings of the last twelve months, the staff of ABL Advisor takes this occasion to do the same.
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December 16, 2014, 07:00 AM
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The market for hiring key talent in the asset-based lending space is shifting, and the paradigm for recruiting has changed with it.
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October 15, 2014, 07:00 AM
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Luke Snyder of Gavin/Solmonese touches on five trends emerging in the middle market asset-based lending landscape.
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As Tim Stute sees it, things are in place for commercial finance companies to raise senior and junior capital from banks and institutional investors.
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Today, ABLs continue to grow more comfortable with loan structures that include IP in the borrowing base ... a trend that is expected to continue.
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February 18, 2014, 07:00 AM
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When news hit in late 2013 that U-Haul had closed on $100 million in funded corporate debt with a unique pool of lenders, it caught the eye of many.
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January 07, 2014, 07:00 AM
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Since this is the time of year in which each of us historically looks back and reflects on the happenings of the last twelve months, the staff of ABL Advisor takes this occasion to do the same.
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December 18, 2013, 07:00 AM
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These days, you can’t read an industry publication without coming across an article that comments on today’s "amped up" competition...
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November 13, 2013, 06:50 AM
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Christopher Gentry at Monroe Credit Advisors asks: What ever happened to the the stalwarts of the ABL business, the likes of Congress, LaSalle, Foothill, Sanwa and Commercial Credit?
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September 11, 2013, 07:00 AM
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