The world’s top 20 aircraft lessors depend on Ascend for quality information and trusted advisory services to manage aircraft and engine assets in a rapidly changing global market.
Find out how we can help, step by step.
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Your | Your investment strategy and raising funds Defining which aircraft type and asset class sector | Deal origination and structuring | Asset and lessee due diligence | Asset placement and ongoing asset management | Asset remarketing and trading |
Your | Where do I invest my money and how do I source funding? | How can I source and structure the deal correctly?
| How can I assess the quality of the asset and lessee and the essentiality of the asset with the lessee?
| How do I manage and maintain leases and the condition of my asset?
| How do I plan for lease expiration, lease remarketing or aircraft sale? What do I do when a lessee defaults?
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ASCEND Rollover
| Standard and bespoke internal market studies Investor due diligence, reports and meetings
| Scenario analysis: Transaction analysis – cash flow modelling, maintenance reserve analysis Portfolio Analysis – portfolio decision tools Financial analysis | Airline Reviews, Technical of Evaluation Aircraft Lease Contract Analysis | Contractual and asset verification | Bespoke Remarketing Campaign reports or aircraft placement campaigns Expert witness services |
Stage 1. How we can help: Competitive intelligence off-the-shelf or tailored to your specific needs, we identify markets, products and assets that offer the greatest return on investment and the best long-term growth potential. Our expert advisory services also help you present concise business plans to support your capital raising activities. | |||||
Stage 2. How we can help: We deliver quantitative measurement tools to evaluate a single deal or portfolio against internal or external benchmarks. | |||||
Stage 3. How we can help: We deliver business reviews for airlines and offer expert advisory services to assess asset risk and contractual lease terms. | |||||
Stage 4. How we can help: We have expertise in the physical and records inspection of aircraft, engines and spare part pools, from advisory overviews to detailed inventory content confirmation. | |||||
Stage 5. How we can help: We provide bespoke fleet analytics and market summaries to deliver an expert aircraft SWOT analysis. We also act as expert witnesses in post-default scenarios. | |||||
ASCEND | Aircraft Ratings to understand the volitility of aircraft investments. Market Commentaries for insight into Ascend's opinion on market performance and outlook.
| Ascend Online Fleets current fleet and order backlog data to target lessees, identify sale/leaseback opportunities and track competitors.
| Ascend Online Fleets for credit risk analysis. Values Enquiry Service to calculate depreciation profiles and support analysis of cash flows. | Portfolio Service to monitor lease rates and values fluctuations. Ascend Online Fleets sales and lease transactions to monitor market activity. | Ascend Online Fleets current fleet and lease expiries to indentify prospects for lease or sale. Company and contact information to approach targets. |
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- Maintenance reserve provisioning and assessment >
- Asset and portfolio monitoring and assessment >
Lessors rely on Ascend to support all their aircraft trading and portfolio management activities.
Call us today to arrange a "no-obligation" discussion with our trusted and independent team of experts.
Consultancy@ascendworldwide.com
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Japan:
Lance Hooks
The Americas:
Sandeep Saujani
Asia:
Diane Tan van Zwanenberg
Japan:
Adam Samways