Sun, Nov 27, 2011
Ascend's 2020 Aviation Finance Forum Explores Shifting
Investment Landscape
Financial innovation by aircraft lessors is keeping the sector
buoyant, according to global aviation specialist Ascend, as it
prepares to address the industry.
Ascend’s Head of Risk Advisory Paul Sheridan says a
massive $75 billion of aircraft demand this year is opening up new
financing options and driving competition among new entrant lessors
across the commercial aviation industry.
Together with the highest calibre experts from across the
industry globally, Ascend analysts will debate the financial
markets and leasing prospects for aviation, in San Francisco for
two days from 30 November. Senior executives from Goldman Sachs,
Boeing, Guggenheim Partners, Boeing, Virgin America, United
Airlines and Credit Agricole, among many others, will explore the
opportunities and developments in the investment and leasing
landscape, as the industry recovers.
“Increasing production rates mean the amount of finance
required for new aircraft deliveries will rise by around 40% over
the next five years. In this high growth cycle, lessors play a key
role as vital sources of both capital and innovation," Sheridan
said. “With the asset-backed security markets closed for now
and bank markets contracting, leasing companies have been forced to
alter their models as they look to new sources for financing. The
importance of this cannot be understated, as the success or failure
of a lessor depends as much on its access to finance as its ability
to buy and manage aircraft. The challenge for leasing companies
today is magnified by their requirement to finance older aircraft
as well as new deliveries.”
Ascend’s premier North American conference invites the
industry to take an in-depth view on:
- New business models for the new aviation cycle.
- Inflation’s impact on the aviation sector.
- Benchmarking new leasing platforms.
- The outlook for aircraft residual values.
- What investors are looking for when they look at aviation.
Insight and debate at the conference will be spurred on by
industry experts, including conference speakers:
- Anthony Mosse, VP and treasurer, Virgin America
- Arnaud Fiscel, Head of Aviation, Barclays Capital
- Randy Tinseth, VP of Marketing, Boeing Commercial
Airplanes
- Dan Stone, Senior VP and Aviation Analyst, HSH Nordbank
- David Andrews, Executive VP, PIMCO
- Steve Rimmer, CEO, Guggenheim Partners
- Gerry Laderman, Senior VP, United Airlines
- Gregory P. Lee, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
- John Slattery, Senior VP, Embraer
- John Willingham, CEO, Macquarie AirFinance
- Leo Burrell, MD, Credit Agricole
- Yugo Fukuhara, Marketing Director, Mitsubishi Regional Jet
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