2023 Top Women in Asset-Based Lending

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.

March 22, 2023 Asset Based Lending Phil Neuffer

Embracing Identity Is the Key To Successfully Creating an Inclusive Workplace

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.

March 22, 2023 Tricia Montalvo Timm Markiesha Thompson

Compounding Effects: How Language Plays a Key Role In Creating Inclusive Workplaces

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.

March 22, 2023 Ella F. Washington | Ellevate Solutions Markiesha Thompson

2023 Top Women in ABL + Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Issue

Q1 2023
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion + Top Women in ABL
Vol. 21 No. 1

March 15, 2023 Phil Neuffer

2022 Deals of the Year

Year in and year out, the topic we cover most (and that our readers show the most interest in) is deal-making. We report on hundreds of deals every year and for each one, there is always a story. For ABF Journal’s first ever Deals of the Year listing, we scoured the extensive collection of deals […]

December 21, 2022 Phil Neuffer

Going Automatic: Exploring Technology Trends of 2022 and Beyond

In a roundtable with asset-based lending technology experts from Lendscape, Solifi, ABL Soft and Codix, ABF Journal explores the most recent trends in the ABL technology arena, including real time data sharing, artificial intelligence and software-as-a-service solutions.

December 21, 2022 – Valeant Pharmaceuticals | ABLSoft | Billy Quinn | CODIX | Kevin Day | Lendscape | Nancy Lee | Solifi Markiesha Thompson

Asset-Based Lenders Didn’t Start The Fire, But They’ll Need to Protect Against It

In his annual year in review and outlook, Hugh Larratt-Smith of Trimingham spoke with experts from across the asset-based lending space to get a pulse on how the industry has dealt with the many economic hurdles of 2022 and how they’ll approach 2023.

December 21, 2022 Markiesha Thompson

Forgotten Heroes: Chief Credit Officers Roundtable

In a roundtable discussion focused on chief credit officers, panelists from Edge Capital, Horizon Technology Finance, SLR Business Credit, Marco Financial and Wingspire Capital discuss the important role of the CCO and how they are leading credit teams through the economic turbulence of 2022.

December 21, 2022 Betty Hernandez | Diane Earle | Edge Capital | Fred Leder | Horizon Technology Finance | Ken Wendler | Marco Financial | SLR Business Credit | Stephen Butler | Wingspire Capital Markiesha Thompson

Picking The Right Technology For A Bulletproof Risk Appetite Statement

In the second installment of a two-part series, Suzanne Konstance of Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions outlines some of the technological tools lenders can use to improve risk assessment and mitigation.

December 21, 2022 Suzanne Konstance | Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions Markiesha Thompson

Evaluating A Borrower’s Corporate Governance Enhances Credit Risk

Even if many lenders skip it, taking the time to review the makeup and function of a borrower’s corporate board of directors can be an invaluable tool for managing credit risk.

December 21, 2022 Howard Brod Brownstein | The Brownstein Corporation Markiesha Thompson