Investment News, Press Releases & Blog

Like all of New Zealand we have been horrified to watch events in Christchurch unfold. There is little we can do to help from a practical sense, however it may be that some of our investors don't have sufficient cash on hand to meet emergency expenses they are faced with.

If you are in the greater Christchurch area and have a fixed term investment with Asset Finance, we are allowing immediate withdrawals of up to $10,000 per investor to assist with expenses, with amounts more than $10,000 available upon request.

"Two of the smaller and lower profile finance companies, Avanti Finance and Asset Finance, were standouts in managing their way through the tricky waters of the Crown retail deposit guarantee scheme, according to international credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s"

Full article available at
http://www.interest.co.nz/news/sp-praises-avanti-finance-asset-finances-management-crown-guarantee-period

For some time the analysis of the finance company failures has focused on the immediate and devastating impact on investors, and the necessity for tougher regulation - and rightly so.

However, some recent articles on the sector have started to touch on another significant consequence of the failures, that is, the large gap they have left in the funding market, and the potential implications for the economy...

Asset Finance is once again sponsoring the Southern Hemisphere's longest and most gruelling offroad race, the Taupo 1000.

Asset Finance's sponsorship of next year's event continues their long history of support for the event. The race is held bi-annually in the Kaingaroa Forest, 60km from Taupo towards Napier on the Napier/Taupo highway.