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Merchants Hires California Sales, Resale Managers

Merchants Fleet Management has hired a regional sales manager for northern and central California and a manager for its Merchants GuaranteeTRAC resale program, the fleet management company announced.

Ways to Assess Rates When Funding Vehicles

In recent years, funding strategies for fleet vehicles (including both leased and financed) has been pretty straightforward. Funding rates have been low, and have remained relatively flat. Is it time to reassess?

Identifying the Right Funding Options for Your Fleet

Good times, tough times, no matter what the economy brings, when you replace vehicles, somebody must get paid. There are a variety of funding options available to fleets; here are some of them, and how to find the right one.

Automotive Fleet's Top 10 Articles of 2016

Commercial fleet management trends, open-end versus closed-end leasing, Element Financial Corp.'s acquisition of GE Capital's fleet unit, and telematics trends made up the most popular articles of 2016 on AutomotiveFleet.com.

Meeting the Challenge of Depreciation

While depreciation is the biggest fleet expense, there are steps fleet managers can take before purchasing a vehicle, while it’s in the fleet, and when it’s being remarketed that can make this expense manageable.

Fitch: Lease Accounting Rule Changes Won't Hit Corporate Ratings

New accounting rules that will require companies to include virtually all leases on their balance sheets will not affect credit ratings or the approach Fitch Ratings uses in adjusting leverage metrics to take account of leases, the ratings agency has announced.

Open-End Versus Closed-End Leasing

Choosing a leasing instrument during the procurement process is a vital aspect of fleet management that requires consideration of costs, utilization, and remarketing scenarios.

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