Category Archives: Insights

Distress Leads to More Auctions of ‘Green’ Machinery & Equipment By Chad Farrell Sustainable startups benefit from sunny media coverage, significant government subsidies and generous investment from Silicon Valley. But over the past few years, distress has emerged as a ... Read More

Revitalizing Distressed Companies with Data-Driven Turnarounds and Strategic Restructuring By Violet Synnestvedt Ryan Davis, executive managing director at Tiger Group, has transformed the ABL industry by using data-driven strategies to restructure, rather than liquidate, distressed companies. His focus on preserving ... Read More

Asset-Based Lenders Give Fashion Companies New Options By: Bradley W. Snyder Many industries in North America—including apparel—continue to face financing challenges due in no small measure to the pullback from today’s more risk-averse national banks. This post-Covid-era trend is part ... Read More

ABL Sector Must Stay Vigilant Amid ‘Growth of Shrink’ By: Bill Mayer In what might be thought of as “the growth of shrink,” American retailers are pointing to shoplifting, organized retail crime and employee theft as significant drags on their ... Read More

What Asset-Based Lending Can Learn from AI in the Grocery Sector By: Bradley W. Snyder OpenAI’s bombshell release of ChatGPT underscores two realities that ought to be top-of-mind for asset-based lenders everywhere. The first is that artificial intelligence—essentially, machines that ... Read More

Taking Stock of Retail’s Reversal of Fortune By: Michael McGrail Those who run retail liquidations have had to continually shoot down a popular misconception over the past couple of years that “you must be incredibly busy right now.” The mistaken ... Read More

The Art and Science of Loaning Against Trademarks By: Eric Gul Trademarks are one of the fastest-growing collateral categories in the ABL sector—due in no small part to the ease with which owners of properly supported brands can sell their ... Read More

Tiger’s Appraisal Chief Sees Prime ABL Opportunities at Amazon FBA By: ABL Advisor Staff Writer Wholesale and retail inventories have always been a mainstay for lenders, but with millions of businesses now selling their wares on Amazon, what are the ... Read More

Does the Current ‘Logistics Nightmare’ Have a Surprising Upside?  By: Ryan Davis Could today’s global supply chain disruption contain some good news for asset-based lenders? That may seem like a counterintuitive question given that the current inventory crunch — supplies ... Read More

Audio-Visual Asset Value Rebound Highlights Sector’s Resilience  By: Jonathan Holiday and Jason Rae Tiger Group experts provide insights into the factors asset-based lenders should contemplate when considering lending into the professional A/V sector. Asset values in the audio/visual (A/V) sector—everything ... Read More