A Fresh Look At Asset-Based Lending
- Topics:
- Amortization,
- Decision Analysis
- Tags:
- Asset,
- Resort,
- Productivity,
- Penton Media Inc.,
- Operational Planning,
- Investment,
- Financing,
- Financial Accounting,
- Finance,
- Business Operations,
- ...
- Source:
- Penton Media
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Overview: Long considered credit of last resort, asset-based lending is gaining ground with companies seeking liquidity in the tight credit market. It's a financing outlet of last resort. That's certainly sometimes the case. But it's a one-dimensional perception -- one that's changing as more and more CFOs simultaneously confront a tight credit market and lower-than-expected results. CFOs are increasingly viewing asset-based financing as simply another tool in the corporate finance tool kit. The bottom line is that asset-based lending has become an important way for businesses to obtain necessary liquidity when other sources are unwilling to provide it or to do so in a way that meets companies' needs.
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Format: HTML | Date: Jul 2002 | Pages: 7
