Alternative Finance for Business

Poor relation no longer: asset-based lending

Asset-based lending has been historically viewed as the poor relation to bank overdrafts and loans. But Bobby Lane, a partner at accountancy firm Shelley Stock Hutter, writes that the tide may be changing.

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Cash Flow Kings – Asset-based lenders look to rebrand

Asset-based lenders are eager to win the trust of businesses by presenting themselves as champions of growth and allies of enterprise, but how much truth is there in the publicity?

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Weighing up asset-based lending

The severe drying up of credit has changed the market for business finance beyond recognition. GB reports on the asset-based lenders who are stepping in where banks now fear to tread.

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ABL steps out of the shadows

From refinancing existing debt to recovery and turnaround, asset-based lending is an option for businesses looking for safer, more certain lending in uncertain times.

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The changing face of ABL

“At some point, the financial house of cards had to come crashing down,” says Gary Quaife, property and asset consultant. Patrizia Rossi investigates how lenders have changed tack

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Asset-based lending brings flexibility to dealmakers

Chris Hawes, managing director of Venture Structured Finance, outlines how asset-based lending can complement equity using the example of the institutional buy-out (IBO) of Walkers Mcr.