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Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced that Nicholas Sandler has assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer. Sandler, who has served as Stonebriar’s President since June 2021 and co-founded the business, succeeds fellow co-founder Dave B. Fate, who... Read Story
October 01, 2024, 07:15 AM


Stonebriar Finance Holding LLC (Stonebriar) announced its completion of significant increases and extensions to its primary credit facilities as it positions itself for continued growth. In April, Stonebriar increased the size of its unsecured... Read Story
May 15, 2024, 07:20 AM


The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the December 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and... Read Story
December 20, 2023, 07:18 AM


The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the August 2023 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and... Read Story
August 17, 2023, 07:25 AM


Stonebriar Finance Holdings LLC announced DBRS Morningstar (DBRS) has upgraded Stonebriar’s and its related entities’ Long-Term Issuer and Senior Debt ratings from ‘BBB’ (low) to ‘BBB’ supported, in part, by Stonebriar’s resilient earnings capacity... Read Story
July 27, 2023, 07:15 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced it continued to serve its valued customer base, originating $2.3 billion of new business volume for 2022, a 53 percent increase over 2021, while increasing ending receivables and serviced assets to over $5.6... Read Story
February 17, 2023, 07:25 AM


The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the August 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and... Read Story
August 18, 2022, 07:20 AM


The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the November 2021 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions... Read Story
November 18, 2021, 07:25 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced the closing of a seven-year, $325 million term loan credit facility with Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG), a leading provider of energy transportation services for crude oil and petroleum products in the... Read Story
October 25, 2021, 07:22 AM


The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the October 2021 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and... Read Story
October 21, 2021, 07:24 AM


The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the September 2021 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for... Read Story
September 16, 2021, 07:23 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced it has issued and sold $227,000,000 of Series A 7.50% Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Preferred Shares (Preferred Shares) in a private offering.The Preferred Shares, rated “BB” by DBRS, were issued to a group of... Read Story
August 24, 2021, 07:20 AM


The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) has released the August 2021 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and... Read Story
August 19, 2021, 06:58 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance, a large-ticket independent diversified commercial finance and leasing company, announced it has extended its $1 billion revolving warehouse credit facility for another two years.The facility, which serves as one of... Read Story
July 29, 2021, 07:18 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced the closing of a new $200 million, three-year committed unsecured revolving credit facility (RCF) as the company continues to diversify funding sources and increase financial flexibility. The RCF will... Read Story
June 24, 2021, 07:20 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced the appointment of Nicholas M. Sandler as President. Sandler will continue to report to Stonebriar CEO Dave B. Fate.Sandler joined Stonebriar in 2016 as Head of Aviation Capital; a platform which has originated... Read Story
June 22, 2021, 07:25 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance is celebrating its sixth anniversary this week, having closed another record year with new funded volume of $1.43 billion in structured leases and loans, and driving a 36 percent year-over-year increase in operating... Read Story
March 17, 2021, 07:19 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance, a large-ticket independent diversified commercial finance and leasing company, announced it has closed its eighth asset-backed securitization (ABS), SCFET 2021-1. The ABS issuance is secured by a portfolio of commercial... Read Story
March 04, 2021, 07:25 AM


The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the February 2021 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for... Read Story
February 18, 2021, 07:28 AM


After continued success in 2020, Stonebriar Commercial Finance has added two professionals to the team to support its originations in 2021 and beyond. Cole Bennett has joined the company as Credit Analyst. Bennett graduated from Texas A&M in December... Read Story
February 05, 2021, 07:20 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced the promotions of Brady Carrington, Christy Bookhout, Jon Dahlfors and Noah Starr. Carrington joined Stonebriar in 2016 as a Senior Accountant and was promoted to Accounting Manager in 2018. The company now... Read Story
January 29, 2021, 07:17 AM


Goldman Sachs is recognizing Stonebriar Commercial Finance President and CEO Dave B. Fate as one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2020 at its Builders + Innovators Summit.Goldman Sachs selected Fate as one of 100 entrepreneurs from... Read Story
October 15, 2020, 07:25 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced the promotion of Travis Bell to Managing Director of Originations. Bell joined Stonebriar in 2017 as part of SCF’s Real Estate platform acquisition. Bell has a demonstrable track record of success growing... Read Story
October 01, 2020, 07:20 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance, an independent large-ticket commercial finance company, announced it has privately placed $90 million of senior unsecured notes maturing in 2025 and 2027. The notes mark Stonebriar’s second such issuance since 2019 and... Read Story
September 29, 2020, 07:18 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced Dylan Glenn has joined its Board of Managers as an independent board member. Glenn currently serves as a Director of Intellicheck, Inc. (IDN), a provider of authentication services for companies primarily in... Read Story
September 22, 2020, 07:17 AM


The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the September 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) today. The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations... Read Story
September 17, 2020, 07:28 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announce the promotion of Harrison P. Smith to Vice President, Credit Manager. Stonebriar hired Smith as a junior Credit Analyst in 2015. Smith has successfully assumed progressively greater responsibilities in complex... Read Story
August 31, 2020, 07:22 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced it has closed its seventh commercial equipment asset-backed securitization (“ABS”), SCFET 2020-1, a $572 million ABS issuance with top tranches achieving the highest possible short-term and long-term ratings... Read Story
August 20, 2020, 07:20 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced the promotion of Ryan Ellis to Vice President, Head of the Real Estate Group (REG). He joined Stonebriar in 2017 in connection with an acquisition and has progressively assumed greater responsibilities in the... Read Story
April 03, 2020, 07:30 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced the promotion of Jeff Griffin to Managing Director of Rail Leasing. He joined Stonebriar in 2016 to support its existing railcar portfolio by working to keep the existing railcar portfolio 100 percent leased... Read Story
March 05, 2020, 07:20 AM


The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the January 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing... Read Story
January 16, 2020, 07:25 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced it has closed its sixth commercial equipment asset-backed securitization (ABS), SCFET 2019-2, a $685 million ABS issuance with top tranches rated triple A.SCFET 2019-2 is secured by a portfolio of commercial... Read Story
November 11, 2019, 07:30 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced the closing of a private issuance of $150 million aggregate principal amount of notes due 2024 initially assigned a “BBB (low)” rating by DBRS, Inc.The notes are unsecured and bear an interest rate of 4.75... Read Story
October 28, 2019, 07:15 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance (“SCF”) announced that Michael J. Renck, CFA joined the company as Senior Financial Analyst effective October 15, 2019. Michael joins SCF from its equity sponsor, Eldridge Industries, where he was instrumental in the... Read Story
October 21, 2019, 07:17 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance (SCF) announced Kyle C. Parks has been promoted to Executive Vice President and named part of the SCF Executive Management team. Parks joined SCF in 2016 as Senior Vice President – Head of Direct Originations and... Read Story
October 11, 2019, 07:27 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance (SCF) announced it has entered into an agreement with The Greenbrier Companies Inc. to purchase 3,000 new railcars. The order is comprised of a mix of tank and freight cars that deliver over a four-year period, beginning... Read Story
September 18, 2019, 07:25 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance, an independent large-ticket commercial finance company, announced it has extended and amended certain terms of its existing $1.0 billion revolving credit facility.   Bank of America, N.A. serves as agent on the Facility... Read Story
August 14, 2019, 07:30 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced it has closed its fifth commercial equipment asset-backed securitization (ABS), SCFET 2019-1, a $650 million ABS issuance with top tranches rated triple A.SCFET 2019-1 is secured by a portfolio of commercial... Read Story
April 11, 2019, 07:00 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance, an independent large-ticket commercial finance company, announced it has allocated all bonds, confirmed pricing and is set to close its fifth commercial equipment asset-backed securitization (ABS), SCFET 2019-1, a $650... Read Story
April 05, 2019, 07:25 AM


The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $1 trillion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new... Read Story
February 26, 2019, 07:20 AM


Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) published its results from a comprehensive surveillance review of asset-backed securities (ABS) issued by subsidiaries of Stonebriar Commercial Finance. In completing its review, KBRA announced multiple rating actions... Read Story
February 21, 2019, 07:00 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced the promotions of three key members of its staff. Dirk N. Stock was promoted to Vice President, Portfolio. Stock joined Stonebriar at inception as a Senior Investment Manager, with over 30 years of experience... Read Story
January 24, 2019, 07:14 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announce the closing of a new $81.6 million term loan. The facility provides Stonebriar with two tranches of 364-day committed funding for a portion of Stonebriar’s railcar portfolio.DVB Bank SE acted as arranger for the... Read Story
January 22, 2019, 07:25 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance (SCF) announced the formation of its new Sponsor Finance platform.  SCF Sponsor Finance will be led by highly regarded industry veteran, Michael Gay, as Executive Vice President and Senior Managing Director. He will... Read Story
November 13, 2018, 07:30 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced Steven A. Siler has joined the firm as Data Systems Manager.Most recently, he spent almost five years at William Blair and Company as Director of Salesforce and IT Solutions Information Technology/Investment... Read Story
March 15, 2018, 07:12 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced that Noah A. Starr has joined the firm to serve as a Credit Analyst. Starr is a 2017 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a minor in Business Administration. As... Read Story
January 18, 2018, 07:20 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced the closing of SCFET 2017-2, a $374 million asset-backed securitization transaction. SCFET 2017-2 marks the third securitization transaction that Stonebriar has closed in the last 18 months, bringing total... Read Story
December 07, 2017, 07:21 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance's SCF Business Aviation platform is re-launching as SCF Aviation Capital with the expansion of its capabilities to include both commercial and business aviation.Stonebriar Commercial Finance ("Stonebriar") also announced... Read Story
August 28, 2017, 07:09 AM


NonBank Lender, a Stonebriar Commercial Finance company, provided $501,759 of real estate purchase financing utilizing the SBA's 504 Loan Program. NonBank Lender ("NBL") has completed the financing of a 20,100-square foot Industrial Warehouse... Read Story
July 28, 2017, 07:08 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance ("Stonebriar") announced that it has acquired McKinney, TX based NonBankLender and InterimLender.com ("NBL"), founded in 2009 by Curtis Valenzuela. NBL sources and aggregates owner-occupied real estate loans, most of... Read Story
June 05, 2017, 07:10 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance ("SCF") announced that Jason Muncy has joined the company as Director of Funding & Investor Relations where he will manage SCF's corporate funding solutions including ABS issuances, and interface with SCF's debt and... Read Story
March 13, 2017, 07:15 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance (Stonebriar), a leading independent middle market commercial finance company announced the closing of its third securitization transaction, SCFET 2017-1, for approximately $340 million. SCFET 2017-1 marks the third... Read Story
February 27, 2017, 07:10 AM


According to a Reuters report, in an interview with IFR, Stonebriar Commercial Finance President and CEO Dave Fate said that the company wants to become a regular fixture in the U.S. structured finance market and may look to sell investment-grade... Read Story
February 21, 2017, 07:11 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announces the expansion of its Realty Capital management team with the addition of Gregg Seibert as EVP and Chief Operating Officer. Stonebriar Commercial Finance ("Stonebriar") is a rapidly growing diversified... Read Story
September 28, 2016, 07:15 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced that Ben Steller has joined the company as Vice President, Asset Manager. Steller will be based in Plano, TX and report to Kevin Sensenbrenner, Senior Vice President and Senior Managing Director of Asset... Read Story
August 16, 2016, 07:10 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance (Stonebriar) announced two important company milestones to date in 2016 - its first year anniversary at the end of April and exceeding $1 billion in assets as of the end of June. Contributing to these milestones were the... Read Story
July 25, 2016, 07:17 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance ("Stonebriar") announced that Jason Schwartz has joined the company as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel reporting to Andy Fletcher, Senior Vice President and General Counsel.  Schwartz has significant... Read Story
July 12, 2016, 07:05 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance ("SCF") announced that Jason Farr and Jeff McCoy have joined the company as Vice Presidents of Credit reporting directly to Jeff Wilkison, Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. Both Jason and Jeff will be... Read Story
June 20, 2016, 07:15 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance ("SCF") announced that Kyle C. Parks has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Senior Managing Director - Head of Direct Originations, managing SCF's team of direct originators. Parks will lead SCF's current... Read Story
May 17, 2016, 07:17 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced that John Cyphers has joined the company as Director of Originations covering the Eastern Region, managing Stonebriar Commercial Finance's origination efforts in that area. This hire continues Stonebriar's... Read Story
May 02, 2016, 07:15 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announces the further expansion of its capital solutions for clients with the creation of SCF Realty Capital and the hiring of Pete Mavoides as President. Stonebriar Commercial Finance ("Stonebriar") is a rapidly growing... Read Story
April 19, 2016, 07:25 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance ("Stonebriar") announced it has acquired the Guggenheim Business Aircraft Investments team, led by Nicholas M. Sandler, along with 16 aircraft under long term leases with an asset value in excess of $220 million. Sandler... Read Story
April 08, 2016, 07:18 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance ("SCF") announced that Jeff Griffin has joined the company as Vice President and Director of Rail Leasing, initiating SCF's origination efforts in the rail sector. Griffin joins SCF after spending the last 8 years with... Read Story
March 07, 2016, 07:11 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced that Joe Houston has joined the company as Director of Originations covering the Southern Region, managing Stonebriar Commercial Finance's origination efforts in that area including the states of Louisiana and... Read Story
January 13, 2016, 07:19 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance ("Stonebriar") announced that Todd Thompson, Harrison Smith and Melissa Hightower, have recently joined the company.Mr. Thompson joins SCF as Senior Investment Manager while Mr. Smith assumes the role of Credit Analyst... Read Story
December 09, 2015, 07:16 AM


Ivory Consulting Corporation announced that Stonebriar Commercial Finance selected Ivory’s flagship product, SuperTRUMP, to support its growth as a new provider of financing solutions to a broad range of middle market and large business enterprises... Read Story
July 21, 2015, 07:00 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance LLC (“Stonebriar”) announced that Michael T. Amalfitano, Sr., a leader in the corporate aircraft finance industry, has joined the newly formed commercial finance company as Executive Vice President, Senior Managing... Read Story
July 09, 2015, 07:13 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced its $23MM participation in the funding of a $33 million lease financing for an ethanol facility owned by a major international company. Steve White, Senior Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets, stated ... Read Story
May 22, 2015, 06:59 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance announced the addition of Mark Gibson as Vice President, Capital Markets. Based in the Dallas area, he will be instrumental in expanding Stonebriar Commercial Finance’s portfolio of loans and leases in a broad range of... Read Story
April 22, 2015, 06:57 AM


Stonebriar Commercial Finance LLC ("Stonebriar") announced the commencement of its operations with financial backing from Topeka, Kansas based Security Benefit Corporation ("Security Benefit").Stonebriar will provide financing solutions to a broad... Read Story
March 11, 2015, 07:05 AM