2023 Industry Icons Issue
Q3 2023
Industry Icons
Vol. 21 No. 3
Q3 2023
Industry Icons
Vol. 21 No. 3
More middle-market borrowers are seeking alternative forms of financing as traditional lenders apply greater scrutiny to their portfolios amidst increasing regulation, opening up opportunities for non-bank asset-based lenders. Robert Lau of Carl Marks Advisors provides important context around this trend and how it will influence the market in the short and long term.
A new environment with higher interest rates, fewer stimulus packages and a refocus on deposits may mean that we are entering a lenders’ market. Derrick Wong of Eagle Pointe Capital spoke with representatives from FGI Finance to get the perspective from the non-bank lender side.
ABF Journal is back for its fourth annual list of the Most Innovative Companies in Specialty Finance.
Earlier this year, Jennifer Palmer, the former CEO of Gerber Finance and eCapital Asset-Based Lending, teamed up with Melissa Fleishman, another former Gerber Finance and eCapital executive, to launch JPalmer Collective, an asset-based lender with a clear focus on providing financing to women-owned businesses and supporting sustainability.
Several recent Department of Justice settlements have highlighted a potential risk for auto lenders. Beyond eliminating intentionally discriminatory practices like redlining, auto lenders need to work with legal counsel, lending officers, lending algorithm programmers and other stakeholders to ensure lending practices do not result in unintentional discrimination.
Q2 2023
2023 Most Innovative Companies
Vol. 21 No. 2
Thanks in part to an overwhelming number of nominations from our audience, ABF Journal’s third annual Top Women in Asset-Based Lending feature includes profiles with nearly 50 of the most prominent women from across the industry.
Many people, especially women and people of color, can find it difficult to truly be themselves at work. Tricia Montalvo Timm, a first-generation Latina and board member of Salsify, discusses the challenges of embracing your own identity and what employers can do to eliminate barriers and fully support employees exactly as they are.
Organizational psychologist and diversity, equity and inclusion expert Ella F. Washington explains how company leaders can create more equitable environments and limit turnover by focusing on inclusive workplace language, decision-making and feedback.