Connell Finance and its affiliates have been active in virtually all aspects of the asset-based finance, equipment leasing, project finance and real estate financing markets for more than a quarter century. The company has focused its efforts in the following areas: (1) investments, as an equity owner, in leveraged and single investor leases of real estate and large ticket capital equipment such as locomotives, airplanes, railcars and power plants and middle market assets such as forklift trucks and equipment; (2) syndication/placement, to other investors, in connection with transactions in which Connell both participates in as well as manages; (3) brokerage, to other investors, in connection with transactions in which Connell manages but does not participate.  Since 1975, Connell Finance has arranged and/or participated in over $15 billion of asset-based financings, of which approximately $1 billion the company has participated in directly as an investor.

Connell’s middle market equipment leasing investments are arranged and managed by the company’s Connell Equipment Leasing Company division. For well over twenty years, Connell Finance has been entering into short- to medium term single investor leases with large industrial companies around the world. The division has assembled a large portfolio of construction, ground support, and manufacturing equipment and is believed to be one of the largest independent lessor of material handling equipment in the United States.

An important part of Connell Finance’s business strategy is represented by the company’s Asset Remarketing Group. This group is responsible for all remarketing activity (re-leasing and asset sales) in connection with Connell Finance’s portfolio of leased assets, both big-ticket and middle-market. The Remarketing Group also provides remarketing and portfolio management services for other investors and lessors on a diverse range of large ticket asset types. Its constant presence in the secondary equipment markets helps the Remarketing Group create significant value in remarketing assets, both for the company and for third party clients, by recommending appropriate remarketing strategies and then securing end of lease renewals or asset dispositions that maximize earnings from a particular asset.