Top Five Highlights From The 2024 ELFA National Funding Conference
Top Five Key Strategic Insights from the 2024 National ELFA Funding Conference: 1. Optimism in the Equipment Finance Industry especially in sectors such as small ticket/vendor, middle market and structured finance. 2. Strategic Growth and Innovation as strategic decisions to diversity portfolios into higher margin sectors emerge that take advantage of powerful state of the art technology. 2. Rise of Private Equity and Private Credit creating niches in Equipment Finance ecosystem. Combined with newly emerging financial backing with traditional bank lessors on large transactions, they will be a disruptive force driving industry change. 4. Captive Finance Companies Experience Shift as they actively seek additional sources of capital to sustain their growth as their manufacturers equipment prices continue to grow. 5. Evolution in Bank Equipment Finance Marketplace as they continue to evolve and focus on larger project finance opportunities such as Clean Energy, Railcar Financing and projects funded with depositor relationships.
