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Recent Press Releases
Posted 5/9/08:
Equipment Finance 101: Equipment Leasing and Finance Association Offers Equipment Finance Expertise for End Users
Equipment Finance Decisions Ahead for Your Business? Information and Resources Available
Posted 4/28/08:
Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Operations & Technology Conference and Exhibition May 21-23
‘High Tech and High Touch’
Also...2008 Operations & Technology Excellence Awards to be Presented
Posted 4/23/08:
Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Survey of Economic Activity: Monthly Leasing and Finance Index Survey
MLFI-25 Data Show Year-Over-Year Originations Decreased in March
Posted 4/18/08:
Equipment Leasing and Finance Association and Association of Governmental Leasing and Finance Convene Public Sector Finance Forum
Standard & Poor’s Chief Economist David A. Wyss and
Indiana State Treasurer Richard Mourdock to Deliver Keynote Addresses
Posted 4/10/08:
Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Legal Forum – May 4-6 in Chicago
Comprehensive Program on Issues, Trends and New Products Impacting Equipment Finance Counsel
Posted 3/31/08:
Equipment Leasing and Finance Association to Convene Annual Capitol Connections Meeting in Washington, DC
In-Depth, Interactive Involvement in Policy-Making Process
Posted 3/27/08:
ELFA Facilitates Deal Funding: National Funding Exhibition
Convenes April 16-17 in Chicago
Recent Media Coverage
Please contact Diane Zyats at dzyats@elfaonline.org or 202.238.3438 for more information on any of the articles listed below.
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The Money's Coming, But Where's It Going?
By Jeffrey Birnbaum
The Washington Post, January 29, 2008
Note: registration required -
Equipment leasing and finance activity slowing
By Frank Byrt
FinancialWeek, January 28, 2008 -
Economic stimulus plan has 3-pronged attack
USAToday
By Sue Kirchhoff, January 25, 2008 -
Expert: Fed Cut Won't Spark Capex Spending
By Marie Leone
CFO.com, January 22, 2008 -
Study Finds Equipment Finance Market Reaches $600 Billion
National Association of Credit Managers ENews, January 2, 2008 -
Report: Lease Financing on the Rise
By Alan Rappeport
CFO.com, December 19, 2007 -
Poll: Tech Purchase Financing on the Rise
By Kevin Dobbs
American Banker, December 18, 2007 -
Using Equipment Leasing to Strategic Advantage
By Kenneth E. Bentsen
Western Builder, December 17, 2007 -
10 Tips for Intelligent Equipment Finance
by Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr.
Associated Construction Publications, December 15, 2007 -
New Equipment Leasing Volume Flat in October
By Adrienne Selko
Industry Week, November 30, 2007
Remarks and Presentations
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Joint Trade Association Letter on Section 470 in the Iraqi Supplemental (H.R. 1591)
Joint Letter to Conferees from the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, the Chamber of Commerce, the American Bankers Association and Financial Services Roundtable on Retroactive Taxation. -
Capital Goods Outlook: What Goes Up Must Come Down (1.4mb Powerpoint File)
Kenneth Kremar
Principal, Industry Practices Group, Global Insight
March 15, 2007 - Remarks of the Honorable Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., President, ELFA:
Industry Research, Studies, Analyses
- Fact Sheet: 2007-2008 U.S. Equipment Finance Market
- U.S. Equipment Finance Market Study 2007-2008
- September 2005: Global Insight Issues New Report on the Economic Impact of Equipment Leasing
- July 2005: The Economic Contribution Of Equipment Leasing To The U.S. Economy: Growth, Investment & Jobs
- More Industry Research