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Jason T
UniCredit to finance renewables in SE Europe
UniCredit Leasing plans on financing its first renewable energy project in southeast Europe, according to a senior manager.
Syscap signs up ex-Genesis Capital sales team
Independent IT finance provider Syscap has added five new members to its team, three of which have come from Genesis Capital.
Finding the right restructure
As the credit crunch brings more restructuring activity than ever before, companies looking to cut their costs need to make sure they are doing so for the right reasons. Jason T Hesse reports.
Conflict of views over software leasing future
Despite estimates that software sales will decline this year, lessors are increasingly adapting their business models to finance this intangible asset.
CSR award for Daimler FS
Daimler Financial Services has been awarded Habitat for Humanitys Partner Company of the Year 2008 award, recognising the lessors global social responsibility projects.
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Lessors more pessimistic about future – survey
42 percent of asset finance professionals anticipate a fall in new business volumes over the next six months compared to 29 percent in September 2008, according to an asset finance business confidence survey.
HSH Nordbank results “better than budgeted”
Following its restructure earlier this year, HSH Nordbank, the German bank, said that its preliminary first quarter results for 2009 were better than budgeted.
France holds up against downturn
Latest data shows that French equipment finance grew strongly in the first three quarters of 2008, although the market saw a fall in the last quarter of 11.5 percent year-on-year.
German firm to lease routers
Deutsche Telekom is to start financing DSL routers and modems during the second quarter of this year through finance leases, a spokesperson for the company has confirmed.
Turkish law “will create difficulties”
The Turkish leasing law that was proposed a year ago will create difficulties for large leasing deals to be structured, according to a leading Turkish law firm. Yesim Bezen, a partner at the Turkish law firm.