Blog

  The robust activities in the sector and continuous growth premised on the above developments, present enormous opportunities for investors. For instance, the deregulation and liberalisation of the port sector has given additional impetus for private initiatives in terminal operation. Investment in the provision of: i. Terminal facilities for container operation is available for private interest through different public–private sector interest such as leasing; Build Operate and Own (BOO); Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) in the different segments of the…

Read More

  The following are success factors for playing in the Nigerian healthcare system: Design lease products with the following attributes: i. Target a specific market based on well-defined criteria ii. Using credit parameters, defines acceptable prospective lessees within that market. iii. Simultaneously include and exclude prospective customers (credit parameters are used to exclude prospective customers) Establish a target market using the following criteria: i. Type of equipment – You may only be interested in leasing certain types of equipment…

Read More

Succeeding in the leasing world require lessors to guide against certain pitfalls while documenting their transactions. Some of these pitfalls include: i. Equity Contributions — The word equity connotes ownership. Therefore asking for equity contribution in a lease transaction no matter the percentage gives the lessee a proprietary interest in the leased asset and in the event of default, the lessor will not be able to repossess since the asset is deemed to belong to both parties. The same…

Read More