The fourth edition of this best-selling guide is a complete compendium for everything that you need to know about lease and asset finance around the world. Expanded and fully updated, this edition now includes explanations of:
The state of the lease and asset finance industry;
Portfolio management and the impact of Basle capital adequacy provisions for the asset finance industry;
Transaction structures and synthetic leases;
Operating leasing;
Cross-border leasing; and
International perspectives on current trends in Australia, Europe, Japan, the UK and US.
The Fourth edition has been completely updated to include:
Taxation implications across the range of asset finance transactions including cross-border leasing, issues with residual value through to the tax implications of the purchase and sale of leasing companies;
Due diligence factors from lease evaluation through to the purchase of a leasing companies;
The current state of the asset finance industry, including future trends and the implications of the expansion of leasing in the EU accession states;
Cross border legal, accounting, securitisation, lease evaluation and due diligence issues; and
The impact of international agreements on the asset finance industry, such as Basle II, anti-competition and state aid restrictions.
