This new, third edition, has added many updates regarding critical asset-based collateral subjects and issues, including regulatory Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) changes and more. Asset-based lending, or the extension of credit against company's balance sheet assets on a collateral margin basis, is a rapidly growing field in the lending arena - thanks to better controls and understanding as well as the intensification of non-bank competition in the field. Asset-Based Lending defines lending controls and policies, assessing collateral and borrower quality, loan pricing, collateral monitoring and much more, including: - Cash collateral accounts, commingling funds and controlling payments and advances - Completing notes, security agreements and other documents - Accounts receivable and inventory lending - Chattel paper, notes, machinery and equipment - Direct and third party leasing - Collateral field examinations - Factoring

Praise for Project Financing, First Edition "Owing to his teaching as a finance professor and as an experienced investment banker, John Finnerty brings to his book, Project Financing, an insightful perspective, blending the theoretical with the practical." —Zoltan Merszei, former chairman, president, and CEO, The Dow Chemical Company "Finnerty has managed to distill the complexities of project financing with its myriad components and variations. Clear, practical, and in-depth, Project Financing is a valuable user's guide for project sponsors, regulators, host governments (local and foreign), and financiers alike." —Ricardo M. Campoy, Director, Kilgore Minerals Ltd. "Project Financing warrants a place in the essential libraries of corporate financial managers, their advisors, senior strategists, bankers, large private investors, government officials, and anyone who aspires to master innovation in corporate finance." —Robert F. Bruner, Dean and Charles C. Abbott Professor of Business Administration, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia "This book is the first comprehensive treatment of project financing. It provides an invaluable contribution to financial management literature and practice." —Andrew H. Chen, Distinguished Professor of Finance, Southern Methodist University

For 20 years, Asset-Based Lending: A Practical Guide to Secured Financing has been a model of clear, sensible, step-by-step coverage of the techniques, documents, risks, and protections at the heart of this complex specialty.