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An Introduction to ECA Finance

In this blog post we take a brief look at export credit agency (“ECA”) supported finance in the asset finance industry, and the development of a new template loan agreement by the UK’s Loan Market Association. The role of the ECAs  ECA finance describes transactions where states (whether by direct sovereign bodies or by separately … Continue Reading

The changing of the guard: Millennial asset finance

According to PWC research, half of the world’s workforce will be millennials (people born between 1980 and 1995) by 2020. It is also estimated that over the course of the ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ occurring over the coming 30 years, this generation will inherit wealth to the value of $30 trillion. A lot of editorial ink … Continue Reading

An eye on the New Year

As we open our Advent Calendars each December, thoughts inevitably turn to Christmas, the New Year, and to what the next year will bring. But this year we are also looking 12 months ahead to New Year 2019. Why? Because January 2019 will see International Accounting Standard (IAS) 17 replaced by International Financial Reporting Standard … Continue Reading
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