Aviation business practices are under intense scrutiny. Evaluate both risk and opportunty across this volatile market with data and analysis from Ascend's risk management experts. 

Values Analyzer

Values Analyzer delivers historical base and market values and lease rates for 45 types of aircraft, for each year of build and projects base values and base lease rates into the future.  It supplies a range of options to extract and understand value trends in the aircraft market, providing you with the confidence to make better informed decisions regarding areas of potential risk or opportunity.

• Year over year value changes and volatility
• Aircraft depreciation rates and expectation of value retention by age
• Market value/base value ratios and market strength/softness indicators
• Lease Rate Factors

The Values Analyzer lets you perform effective risk management, with an eye to Basel II, and evaluate exposure on specific aircraft loans and investments. You can use comparisons to previous market cycles to forecast the direction and velocity of future trends. Examine relative value either between comparable aircraft types or at various stages in the production cycle.

Ascend Asset Risk Quantifier - AARQ

Quantify risk and reward in aircraft financing with Ascend's Asset Risk Quantifier (AARQ). This unique and sophisticated tool determines the probability of future values being achieved and  adds a resource for structuring, pricing and /or selecting any proposed commercial aircraft investment.

• Reworks value forecasting procedures to test different market cycles and timeframes
• Analyses the accuracy of previous forecasts
• Allows 'what if…' scenario analysis and access to the simulation warehouse
• Used with Ascend Online Values' online aircraft and asset valuaiton tool

Anyone who makes decisons based on the future anticipated values of an aircraft will benefit from AARQ's easy to access data. Updated twice a year, AARQ information will also help with compliance towards the Basel II regulation.