Source: abladvisor.com, Date: 4/4/2024 7:00:00 AM, Article: The commercial specialty finance market (broadly defined to include asset-based lending (ABL), receivables factoring and equipment finance companies) has never been defined by extensive M&A transaction volume. Even in the most active of years, such as 2021 and 2022, the commercial finance market witnessed an average of approximately 20 closed M&A.
Source: abladvisor.com, Date: 2/3/2023 12:00:00 AM, Article:
Tim Stute, Managing Director, Head of Specialty Finance and Chris Hemler, Director of Specialty Finance, both with Hovde Group discuss the current state of the M&A environment in the commercial finance industry and what may be in store for 2023. Stute and Hemler address who the buyers are in today’s market, how valuations are being impacted.