ELFA Association News
RFP for an update of the market-sizing study: Submit your proposal!
ELFA SmartBrief | May 29, 2012
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation seeks to further understand the size and expected growth of the equipment-finance market. The purpose of this analysis is to update and refresh the U.S. market-sizing study conducted in 2007, as well as interpret anticipated effects of proposed lease-accounting standards. Interested researchers should review the request for proposal and submit a grant application. Be sure to submit your application and proposal by June 11 to ensure consideration by the Research Committee at its next meeting.
This week is your last chance! Submit a nomination for the Ops & Tech Excellence Award
ELFA SmartBrief | May 29, 2012
Don't wait any longer to be part of an elite group of companies that have demonstrated a best practice with an innovative use of technology to:
- Improve operations.
- Enhance customer interaction.
- Enter markets.
- Build overall return on investment.
The Operations & Technology Excellence Award identifies and recognizes equipment-leasing and -finance companies that demonstrate such characteristics in developing and implementing innovative uses of technology or creative business processes.
Previous O&TE Award winners:
(2011) ICON Capital
(2010) Winthrop Resources
(2009) Key Equipment Finance and PHH Arval
(2008) Orion First Financial and Trinity Industries Leasing
(2007) TCF Equipment Finance, California First National Bancorp and Xerox Capital Services
(2006) Farm Credit Leasing
(2005) Styx Capital and Relational
(2004) Cisco Systems Capital
(2003) AgStar Financial Services and National Leasing Group
(2002) ABB Financial Services, IBM Global Financing and Caterpillar Financial Services
You've worked hard to improve your company's operations. Get the recognition your team deserves! Complete the nomination form online. Nominations are due by midnight Eastern on June 4.
ELFA launches Manufacturer & Vendor Resource Center
ELFA SmartBrief | May 25, 2012
ELFA launched a resource to help equipment manufacturers and vendors provide financing to customers. The Manufacturer & Vendor Resource Center is a starting point for manufacturers to learn about benefits and options for financing the sale of their equipment. The center presents strategic, legal, financial and operational issues that manufacturers should consider when seeking to develop or enhance their finance capability. Learn more.
ELFA's O&TE Award: June 4 deadline is approaching!
ELFA SmartBrief | May 25, 2012
Has your company demonstrated a best practice with an innovative use of technology to:
- Improve operations?
- Enhance customer interaction?
- Enter markets?
- Build overall return on investment?
The Operations & Technology Excellence Award identifies and recognizes equipment-leasing and -finance companies that demonstrate such characteristics in developing and implementing innovative uses of technology or creative business processes.
Previous O&TE Award winners:
(2011) ICON Capital
(2010) Winthrop Resources
(2009) Key Equipment Finance and PHH Arval
(2008) Orion First Financial and Trinity Industries Leasing
(2007) TCF Equipment Finance, California First National Bancorp and Xerox Capital Services
(2006) Farm Credit Leasing
(2005) Styx Capital and Relational
(2004) Cisco Systems Capital
(2003) AgStar Financial Services and National Leasing Group
(2002) ABB Financial Services, IBM Global Financing and Caterpillar Financial Services
You've worked hard to improve your company's operations. Get the recognition your team deserves! Complete the nomination form online. Nominations are due by midnight Eastern on June 4.
A little mistake that could cost you big dollars
ELFA SmartBrief | May 24, 2012
Don't miss your chance to win over clients and prospects with an ad in the summer issue of Equipment Leasing & Finance magazine! Five reasons to secure your ad before it is too late:
1. Your message will reach the people and companies you want to influence. Equipment Leasing & Finance has the largest and highest-quality audience of executives from the $628 billion equipment-leasing and -finance industry.
2. You will enjoy cost-effective rates. No other publication provides you a lower cost per thousand. Plus, an extensive list of value-added services will help you exceed your advertising goals.
3. Your ad will receive maximum visibility through our print, digital and mobile-application editions -- at no extra cost. Equipment Leasing & Finance is more than a magazine. It is part of an integrated marketing package that includes print and online advertising, sponsorships and exhibits. We tie it all together for your benefit.
4. Your ad will get noticed alongside today's hot topics. Members will turn to our summer issue for the latest on industry employment trends, regulatory hot topics, the 2012 Funding Source Listing, the 2012 Software Guide and more!
5. You will align your brand with ELFA, the trusted source for unbiased industry information.
July/August/September advertising deadlines
Ad reservation: July 2
Material: July 5
To develop a media buy that serves all of your needs -- in print, in person and online -- contact Nick LaRich (nlarich@larichadv.com) or Steve Wafalosky (stevew@larichadv.com) at (440) 247-1060. Learn more about Equipment Leasing & Finance.
LAST CHANCE for Credit & Collections Management Conference registration!
ELFA SmartBrief | May 23, 2012
There is still time to register for the ELFA Credit & Collections Management Conference, scheduled June 3 to 5 at the Hilton Baltimore hotel in Maryland. The conference features plenty of networking opportunities.
Women in Leasing Breakfast: Networking opportunity for senior credit and collections female executives. This event is sponsored by Toyota Financial Services.
Senior Management Breakfast: A round-table format that allows senior credit and collections executives to discuss best industry practices.
Hosted Receptions in Exhibit Hall: An opportunity to network with vendors! An exhibit is open during hosted receptions and breaks.
- Bell and Williams Associates
- Caine & Weiner
- EquipmentEngine Financial Services
- PayNet
- RTR Services
- SunGard
Fantastic attendance is expected this year!
Expect senior vice presidents and vice presidents of credit, credit managers, credit analysts, documentation specialists and collections managers to be in attendance. Take a peek at the attendee list.
Don't be left out! Register to attend the Credit & Collections Management Conference.
Calling all funding sources: Be part of the Funding Source Listing in Equipment Leasing & Finance magazine
ELFA SmartBrief | May 23, 2012
ELFA is pleased to present an opportunity for funding sources! Sign up to be included in the 2012 ELFA Funding Source Listing, a special supplement to the summer issue of Equipment Leasing & Finance magazine, the No. 1 publication serving the equipment-finance market. Even if you already participate in the ELFA National Funding Conference, we encourage you to be part of the Funding Source Listing for maximum impact. Go to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Web page and click on the link "Funding Sources: Download the form." Complete the form and e-mail it to Steve Wafalosky (stevew@larichadv.com) or Nick LaRich (nlarich@larichadv.com) by June 15. Call (440) 247-1060 with questions.
New! ELFA Career Center offers career-development tools
ELFA SmartBrief | May 22, 2012
Did you know you can do more than search job listings at the ELFA Career Center? You can also access career-development tools, including:
- Professional resume writing.
- Social networking and profile development.
- Reference checking and employment verification.
- Career tips.
Whether you're looking for a job or ready to take the next step in your career, the ELFA Career Center helps you find the opportunity that's right for you. Stop by and begin improving your career.
2012 Human Capital Best Practices Roundtable
ELFA SmartBrief | May 22, 2012
June 27 and 28
ELFA in Washington, D.C.
"I cannot express how valuable this meeting is for me! ... The ability to collaborate with other industry [human resources] professionals is priceless. Each year, I have taken back an idea and implemented a positive solution or program at my employer. You can't place a [dollar] amount on this kind of feedback and information." -- 2011 attendee of the Human Capital Best Practices Roundtable
ELFA's Human Capital Best Practices Roundtable is the only opportunity this year to meet with like-minded human-capital professionals in the equipment-leasing and -finance industry. Led by industry veteran Mary Seely, global HR manager at Caterpillar Financial Services, this year's agenda includes:
- NEW THIS YEAR: A half-day dedicated to compensation issues.
- Using social media to attract and retain talent -- presented by Curtis Midkiff, manager of social media and public relations at the Society for Human Resource Management.
- Best practices in recruiting, learning, retention, engagement, leader development and succession planning.
Don't be left out of the conversation. Register! For questions, contact Alexa Carnibella at acarnibella@elfaonline.org.
Foundation releases Monthly Confidence Index for May
ELFA SmartBrief | May 21, 2012
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the May Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry. Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of prevailing business conditions and expectations for the future as reported by key executives from the $628 billion equipment-finance sector. See more details.
Web seminar: "Dollars and Sense: Where Lease Language Meets Lease Economics"
ELFA SmartBrief | May 21, 2012
1 to 2:30 p.m. Eastern on June 13
REGISTER
Lease and loan documentation is where the rubber hits the road, ensuring that economic assumptions and pricing that are essential to profitability are expressed clearly, consistently and comprehensively. Internal and external transaction counsel and documentation staff need a general understanding of "time value of money" concepts as well as understanding of specific transaction economic and pricing assumptions and requirements to negotiate and draft document provisions that protect and preserve anticipated returns in a wide variety of scenarios. Nonlegal professionals from sales, credit, pricing and asset management need to articulate those assumptions and requirements to counsel and documentation staff to ensure they are clearly expressed in documentation.
This Web seminar is an interactive exploration of how commercial-equipment lessors and lenders make money, including basic time-value-of-money concepts and components of transaction profitability, as well as how lawyers can add value to transactions with carefully drafted document provisions and well-informed negotiating strategies that enhance and protect that profitability. The presentation is designed to be conceptual and practical, with real-world examples and discussion of positions often taken by lessors or lenders and customers in negotiations and how those positions can be reconciled to successfully close a transaction. Attendees will be encouraged to submit questions and comments by text at points throughout the presentation.
Who should attend?
Internal and external transaction counsel and those involved in transaction documentation, pricing and asset management.
Software companies: Raise your visibility with the 2012 ELFA Software Guide
ELFA SmartBrief | May 18, 2012
ELFA is pleased to offer software companies an opportunity to be part of the 2012 ELFA Software Guide. The guide will be available to all ELFA members on the association's redesigned website, as well as in the digital, newsletter and mobile-application edition of Equipment Leasing & Finance magazine, the No. 1 publication serving the equipment-leasing and -finance market. Your listing will not only run for 12 months in the Software Guide but also be included for a full year in the online software-listing directory, where you can edit your listing any time during the year. To be part of the 2012 guide, visit ELFA's website or contact Steve Wafalosky (stevew@larichadv.com) or Nick LaRich (nlarich@larichadv.com) at (404) 247-1060 no later than June 1.
Attend the Principles of Equipment Leasing and Finance Workshop -- July 16 to 18 in Washington, D.C.
ELFA SmartBrief | May 18, 2012
The next Principles of Equipment Leasing and Finance Workshop is scheduled July 16 to 18 in Washington, D.C.
The 2½-day workshop will discuss benefits of leasing, types of lease and finance transactions, lease accounting (including calculator work), documentation, and fraud detection and prevention.
Download the brochure and register.
If you have questions, contact Alexa Carnibella at (202) 238-3416 or acarnibella@elfaonline.org.
Foundation funds research project on predictive analytics
ELFA SmartBrief | May 17, 2012
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation approved a research endeavor to explore what predictive analytics, as an outgrowth of business intelligence, means in terms of impact on profitability, business processes and decision making. The study will explain how it can be effectively implemented from a business-process and a technology perspective and what benefits can be expected. Tentatively titled "Predictive Analytics: The Key to Increasing Profitability and Enhancing Customer Satisfaction for Every Leasing Company," the study will be researched and authored by The Alta Group and is due for release in late summer. The Foundation is still looking to fund grants for research. Review open requests for proposal and submit a grant application by visiting our website.
ELFA's Distinguished Service Award: Recognizing volunteers ... encouraging volunteerism
ELFA SmartBrief | May 17, 2012
"It is a thrill to be recognized for the time and effort you contribute to the mission of the ELFA. Being recognized for the impact I've made to the association and the industry ... gave me a great sense of accomplishment, both personally and professionally." -- Mindy Berman, senior managing director at Jones Lang LaSalle and 2005 Distinguished Service Award recipient
Peer recognition is important, especially in an industry as large and influential as equipment leasing and finance. ELFA has been presenting the Distinguished Service Award since 2004, a formal recognition by association leadership and peers for outstanding contributions to the industry.
From among 100,000 that claim their business as equipment finance, only one individual is selected by peers for this honor. There is no reason you should not be that one!
The Distinguished Service Award honors accomplishments of an outstanding individual. The recipient will be formally recognized at ELFA's 51st Annual Convention in Palm Desert, Calif.
The nomination deadline is July 6. Complete the quick-and-easy online nomination form.
As a volunteer, you deserve to be recognized for your contributions. Get that recognition!
It's not our award ... it's yours
ELFA SmartBrief | May 16, 2012
Focusing on equipment-leasing and -finance companies that demonstrate best practices in developing and implementing innovative use of technology or creative business processes to improve operations in 2012, ELFA's Operations & Technology Excellence Award is designed to give exposure to the achievement of organizations such as yours.
This year's O&TE Award will be presented at the ELFA Operations & Technology Conference, scheduled Sept. 10 and 11 at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, D.C. The judging panel, or O&TE Award Subcommittee, will review all entries before the convention and select one winner.
Enter for the Operations & Technology Excellence Award.
Nominations will be accepted no later than midnight Eastern on June 4.
You've done the work -- get the recognition from peers and customers you deserve!
RFP is released for market-sizing study update: Submit your proposal!
ELFA SmartBrief | May 15, 2012
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation seeks to further understand the size and expected growth of the equipment-finance market. The purpose of this analysis is to update and refresh the U.S. market-sizing study conducted in 2007, as well as interpret anticipated effects of proposed lease-accounting standards. Visit our website to view the request for proposal and to download the research-grant application. If you have questions, contact foundation@leasefoundation.org.
Senior credit and collections executives: Don't miss out on conference networking opportunities!
ELFA SmartBrief | May 15, 2012
The ELFA Credit & Collections Management Conference will offer plenty of networking time to establish and cement valuable professional relationships with senior credit and collections executives in the equipment-leasing and -finance industry. The conference, scheduled June 3 to 5 at the Hilton Baltimore in Maryland, will offer multiple networking opportunities for attendees.
National Aquarium Tour and Dinner
The National Aquarium venues hold living collections that include more than 16,000 animals from more than 660 species of fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and marine mammals living in award-winning, naturalistic habitats. This event is sponsored by PayNet.
Women in Leasing Breakfast
This is a networking opportunity for female senior credit and collections executives. This event is sponsored by Toyota Financial Services.
Senior Management Breakfast
This is a round-table format that allows senior credit and collections executives to discuss best industry practices.
Hosted Receptions
This is an opportunity to network with vendors! An exhibit is open during hosted receptions. From collections agencies to credit-scoring companies to asset-management, remarketing and document-management specialists -- our exhibit offers tools and resources to help you become more effective and efficient at your job.
Download the conference brochure and register for the ELFA Credit & Collections Management Conference.
For information on how your company can exhibit or sponsor, contact Steve Wafalosky at (440) 247-1060 or stevew@larichadv.com.
Couldn't attend this year's Legal Forum? We've got you covered!
ELFA SmartBrief | May 11, 2012
This year's ELFA Legal Forum was full of critical information presented by some of the best in the industry. If you weren't able to make it to Austin, Texas, we're providing the next best thing: access to speaker presentations and handouts. Browse more than 30 sessions, including top-rated sessions such as "Every Lawyer Should Know About the Economics of Equipment Leasing and Financing," "Suretyship" and "Financing Software and Other Intellectual Property." Pick and choose which sessions you want to access, or purchase the entire package.
To get started, visit the ELFA Conference Resource Center and select the Legal Forum from the Featured Events list. For questions, contact Alexa Carnibella at acarnibella@elfaonline.org.
ELFA's 2012 Distinguished Service Award: Nominations are being accepted
ELFA SmartBrief | May 11, 2012
ELFA's ability to achieve its goals largely depends on the work of a large number of volunteers within the membership base. Volunteers perform functions including:
- Acting as information experts and consultants on industry issues.
- Representing the industry in regulatory and legislative matters.
- Analyzing market trends and assisting in research.
- Serving as content experts for conference planning, promotion and delivery of key information and knowledge.
- Assisting in the positive positioning of asset finance to providers of debt and equity.
The Distinguished Service Award honors accomplishments of an outstanding individual. This year's recipient will be formally recognized at ELFA's 51th Annual Convention in Palm Desert, Calif.
We need your help identifying individuals who should be considered for this award. Nominations are being accepted. The nomination deadline is July 6. Complete the quick-and-easy online nomination form.
"Broad Impact of New Regulation": What you need to know
ELFA SmartBrief | May 10, 2012
A wide range of financial regulations recently were enacted, and their details and compliance process are being developed.
At the ELFA Credit & Collections Management Conference, scheduled June 3 to 5 at the Hilton Baltimore in Maryland, attendees will get a firsthand account of regulations affecting the equipment-finance industry.
In the "Broad Impact of New Regulation" session, attendees will receive an overview of the most relevant provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other regulations. The session will also focus on stress testing, which was originally required of the 19 largest banks but is being expanded to include all banks with more than $10 billion in assets. Stress testing seems likely to be further expanded to include smaller banks as well as nonbank financial institutions.
Register for the Credit & Collections Management Conference.
Latest jobs from the ELFA Career Center
ELFA SmartBrief | May 10, 2012
Here's a sample of jobs listed at the ELFA Career Center, your one-stop resource for managing a career in the equipment-leasing and -finance industry. See all jobs, or follow ELFA on Twitter for immediate job alerts.
This week's top jobs:
- Direct Sales Account Executive for Large Ticket at BB&T Equipment Finance
- Commercial Equipment Asset Manager/Underwriter at R.V.I. America Insurance
- Commercial Credit Analyst at Toyota Financial Services
- Part-Time Collections Specialist at Confidential
- Credit Portfolio Manager for Leasing at SunTrust Equipment Leasing and Finance
- Leasing Syndications Support Specialist at Bank of America
- Commercial Equipment Leasing Senior Relationship Manager at M&T Bank
For employers: Save 20% on a 30- or 60-day job posting. Visit the ELFA Career Center, create an account and post your job using promo code ELFAspring2012. So far in 2012, our postings have received an average of 480 views per job and 12 "Apply" button clicks.
ELFA's O&TE Award: Does your company belong on this list?
ELFA SmartBrief | May 09, 2012
Has your company demonstrated a best practice with an innovative use of technology to:
- Improve operations?
- Enhance customer interaction?
- Enter markets?
- Build overall return on investment?
The Operations & Technology Excellence Award identifies and recognizes equipment-leasing and -finance companies that demonstrate such characteristics in developing and implementing innovative uses of technology or creative business processes.
Previous O&TE Award winners:
(2011) ICON Capital
(2010) Winthrop Resources
(2009) Key Equipment Finance and PHH Arval
(2008) Orion First Financial and Trinity Industries Leasing
(2007) TCF Equipment Finance, California First National Bancorp and Xerox Capital Services
(2006) Farm Credit Leasing
(2005) Styx Capital and Relational
(2004) Cisco Systems Capital
(2003) AgStar Financial Services and National Leasing Group
(2002) ABB Financial Services, IBM Global Financing and Caterpillar Financial Services
You've worked hard to improve your company's operations. Get the recognition your team deserves! Complete the nomination form online. Nominations are due by midnight Eastern on June 4.
Don't miss the May/June Equipment Leasing & Finance magazine
ELFA SmartBrief | May 08, 2012
The latest issue of the equipment-finance industry's leading magazine is online. Highlights from the May/June Equipment Leasing & Finance:
- The Great Credit Regatta: As economic seas settle, more companies are racing for prize deals and portfolios
- No Debt Left Behind: Best practices, new tools and philosophies honed during the recession have collectors doing everything right
- Industry Forecast: How to position your company for future success when regulatory hurdles are resolved
- Equipment Outlook 2012: What are the hottest equipment segments in 2012?
- Executive Perspective: Tony Golobic on three guides to long-term success
- From the Publisher: ELFA's president and CEO encourages you to nominate a colleague for the Distinguished Service Award
- Leasing Law: Addressing programmatic failures
- Financial Watch: Revenue recognition and software financing
- Federal Insight: Financial regulatory reform rules update
- Around the States: Maryland and New Jersey advocacy highlights member involvement
Register for only $375! Best-practices round table exclusively for tax practitioners
ELFA SmartBrief | May 08, 2012
ELFA's Tax Best Practices Roundtable, sponsored by Vertex and scheduled June 20 and 21 in Washington, D.C., is offered exclusively to tax practitioners of ELFA member companies.
This year's round table features:
- Updates on federal and state income tax, property tax, and sales and use tax.
- How changes in accounting policies affect federal and state income tax.
- Industry best-practices discussions.
- Networking reception, sponsored by Thomson Reuters.
Who should attend
Tax practitioners and other professionals who hold a position in tax, planning, research or business-unit support, as well as anyone responsible for corporate-tax functions. This round table is open to ELFA members only.
Register to attend ELFA's 2012 Tax Best Practices Roundtable.
ELFA Human Capital Best Practices Roundtable: A must-attend for HR professionals
ELFA SmartBrief | May 07, 2012
June 27 and 28
Washington, D.C.
ELFA's Human Capital Best Practices Roundtable is designed for human resources professionals to come together to develop strategies and address critical concerns facing companies. This year's agenda includes a half-day focused on compensation and using social media for recruiting, plus interactive information sharing on retention, learning, employee engagement and much more!
Professionals in human-capital management, or anyone who performs the function at an ELFA member company, and those who are responsible for workforce planning, talent management, compensation, training, benefits, recruitment and retention should attend this meeting.
See more information and register. For questions, contact Alexa Carnibella at acarnibella@elfaonline.org.
Hotel cutoff date EXTENDED to May 16th for ELFA’s Credit & Collections Management Conference
ELFA SmartBrief | May 04, 2012
The ELFA Credit & Collections Management Conference and Exhibition, scheduled June 3-5, 2012, at the Hilton Baltimore in Maryland, will address how credit and collections executives have applied the lessons they've learned to make the most of their opportunities, internally and externally.
A block of rooms is being held for attendees of the 2012 Credit & Collections Management Conference and Exhibition at the Hilton Baltimore, 401 W. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. A special conference rate of $189 + 15.5% tax
single/double occupancy is offered to attendees. Please call the hotel directly at (443) 573-8700 before May 16, 2012 to ensure the group rate. Be sure to tell the reservations clerk the group name, Equipment Leasing and Finance Association,
in order to get the group rate. Reservations made after the May 3rd cutoff date are based on availability and may be at a higher rate.
Attendees may also make hotel accommodations online at the Hilton Baltimore website: http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/B/BWICCHH-ELF-20120602/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG.
Be sure to tell the reservations clerk the group name, Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, in order to get the group rate. Reservations made after the May 16th cutoff date are based on availability and may be at a higher rate.
Remember to register for the Credit & Collections Management Conference by visiting the ELFA website: http://www.elfaonline.org/events/2012/CC/.
Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation: Valuable resources for success in the industry
ELFA SmartBrief | May 03, 2012
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation has been providing the industry with in-depth, independent research since 1989. Have you taken advantage of the resources we offer? Visit our online library to view publications, such as the newly released 2012 Industry Future Council Report or a study on enterprise risk management. You may also download free copies of Journal of Equipment Lease Financing articles. Additionally, take a look at our Industry Resources section, which includes the Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry and the Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook. When downloading our resources, or even only browsing through them online, you'll notice the value and importance of the material and how you can use it when making important business decisions.
View more information on the value of supporting the Foundation by visiting our Giving Web page. If you have questions about the Foundation or its publications, contact us at foundation@leasefoundation.org.
Principles of Equipment Leasing and Finance Workshop -- July in Washington, D.C.
ELFA SmartBrief | May 02, 2012
You don't want to miss the next Principles of Equipment Leasing and Finance Workshop, scheduled July 16 to 18 in Washington, D.C. Year after year, ELFA member companies send their employees to attend the workshop. Why?
Here's what one recent attendee had to say: "I found the whole workshop to be an excellent introduction to the topic at hand, and the speaker did a great job presenting it. Overall, I would highly recommend this workshop and already have to several people I work with."
See the workshop agenda and register.
For questions, contact Alexa Carnibella at (202) 238-3416 or acarnibella@elfaonline.org.
Send your research proposal to the Foundation for grant funding
ELFA SmartBrief | May 01, 2012
The industry relies on the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation to provide research and publications offering an independent view of trends, issues and other data necessary for strategic planning. We have several open requests for proposal for research, including:
- Accessing China Inc.
- Oh, Canada! Seeking Growth North of the Border
- Corporate Aircraft Gaining Altitude
Interested researchers may review the RFPs and submit a grant application by visiting our website. Be sure to submit your application and proposal by May 7 to ensure consideration by the Foundation Research Committee at its next meeting.
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