Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation
Brazil: The Carnival of Equipment Financing Brazil: The Carnival of Equipment Financing
Unlike North America, equipment financing is highly-regulated in Brazil. Among other issues, effective risk management is critical for success in Brazil. This study details the opportunities, challenges and risk considerations necessary to work through before entering the Brazil equipment finance market.

From the Foundation:

  • Is Equipment Lease Securitization Right for You?
    This study provides in-depth information to help you determine if securitization of your portfolio is right for you. Understand the market, how lease backed securitization works, who securitizes and what leases are candidates for securitization.
  • Upcoming Research Studies and Reports
  • How To Improve Your Risk Returns Using Credit Default Swaps
    Find out how a credit default swap can be used to hedge the counterparty risk associated with a portfolio of leases and at the same time increase the net present value of uncertain lease cash flows. Asset finance firms will find that the hedge both reduces the variability of cash flows and hence increases the value of the firm. This study provide everything you need to know to understand and use credit default swaps to improve your risk returns.
  • New Research ideas and RFPs the Foundation seeks to fund this year
  • The Future of Alternative Energy Equipment
    This study explores opportunities and challenges of financing alternative energy equipment and projects, with a detailed look at current markets, forces impacting the growth of renewable energy investments, financing alternatives, tax, account and policy issues.

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