The UK government has named seven ultra-low carbon vans that will qualify for a discount of up to £8,000 as part of the ‘Plug-In Van Grant' incentive.

Neil Kindness has joined UK bank Aldermore’s specialist structured finance team as associate director with responsibility for negotiating deals in London and Scotland.

FGA Capital has priced a €500m two-year bond. The details are:

El Al Israel Airlines has signed an agreement to sell and lease back two CFM56-7B engines, for around $13–14m.

Key Equipment Finance has appointed Jonathan Katz vice president of business development for its Canadian operations.

TBF Financial, a buyer of charged-off equipment leases and loans, has created a new online method for industry executives to learn the sale price for their uncollected leases and loans.

CIT Group has announced that CIT Healthcare acted as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner for the financing transaction in support of JLL Partners’ acquisition of American Dental Partners Inc.

GSG Leasing, a New York-based equipment financing solutions company, has appointed Brandon Bach and Jessica Korovich as major account managers.

CAI International, one of the world's leading lessors of intermodal freight containers, has reported results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2011.

NewStar Financial, a specialized commercial finance company, has closed a $150m secured credit facility through a financing subsidiary known as NewStar Commercial Funding 2012-1 LLC with an affiliate of Natixis Financial Products.