Asset finance

Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending backs bike firm

Arbuthnot Commercial ABL has completed its first deal since launching earlier this year. It has...

Focus on: asset-based lending

If you work with enough high net worth clients, you will know that there...

Asset finance new business tops £3.3bn

New figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that asset finance new...

Invoice finance and asset-based lending up 5%

UK Finance has reported that invoice finance and asset-based lending stood at £23.4 billion...

Brexit fears hitting asset finance sector

67% of brokers operating in the asset finance sector think that Brexit is causing...

Mixed February for the asset finance sector

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that asset finance new business (primarily...

Profits up 27% at UTB

United Trust Bank (UTB) has reported a 27% increase in profits before tax to...

UTB balance sheet exceeds £1bn

United Trust Bank has reported that its balance sheet has exceeded £1 billion. During...

Aldermore hires head of business development

Aldermore has expanded its asset finance lending team with the appointment of Nick Dudley...

Record year for asset finance provider

Praetura Asset Finance has reported record growth in 2017, with a 9% rise in...

Asset finance market set to break new business record

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that asset finance new business (primarily...

Construction expected to drive asset finance growth in 2018

39% of intermediaries operating in the asset finance sector believe demand for asset finance...

Record year for ABL and invoice finance

2017 saw the invoice finance and asset-based lending sector provide more finance to UK...

Arkle Finance appoints managing director

Asset finance firm Arkle Finance has appointed Daniel Bailey as managing director. Bailey has previously served...

COMMENT

Commonhold and RTM: do not mistake control for simplicity

Commonhold is presented as a fairer form of flat ownership. Right to Manage (RTM) is sometimes portrayed as a quick way for residents to...

No holidays: advice firms need a plan for a busy August

Every summer, the same quiet risk runs through the intermediary market. Advisers, case managers and administrators go on holiday. Specialist lending cases, which have...

Every rate shock is becoming a test of the modern mortgage business

Halifax, Barclays and HSBC increased selected mortgage rates by up to 0.20% this week, effective 21 July. Halifax removed its sub-4% deals entirely. Barclays'...

Your next client is probably more complicated than your last one

There's a shift happening in the mortgage market that most small firms aren't ready for. It's not about rates. It's not about the political...

Why post-contract variation is becoming the mortgage market’s next battleground

For much of the past decade, mortgage technology investment has focused on origination and with good reason. Faster decisions in principle, automated affordability assessments,...

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Bridging Soup launches major market research initiative

Bridging Soup has launched a new research initiative to build a clearer picture of...

Just one in seven homes records five years of growth

Fewer than one in seven UK homes increased in value during every year of...

Word On The Street arranges £108m of property finance in record year

Word On The Street arranged more than £108 million of property finance across 239...

Beverley enhances SIPP income assessment

Beverley Building Society has introduced a tiered approach to assessing income from self-invested personal...

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