Asset Advantage has been working with introducers for over 12 years funding a wide variety of SME deals. Head of Credit and Risk, Philip Knight discusses how their broker panel has changed over time. Fun fact: apparently Charles Darwin didn’t coin the phrase ‘survival of the fittest’ . It was actually first used by the philosopher Herbert Spencer and then …

In the battle of wits that can be the underwriting process I am a huge advocate of meeting with potential borrowers and it is an important part of many of our credit decisions. At Asset Advantage we carry out hundreds of customer visits each year. In the Art of War Sun Zhu says, ‘He will win who, prepared himself, waits …

Philip Knight, Credit & Risk Director at Asset Advantage gives his top ten tips for creating a knock out proposal.  Crafting a proposal ought to be more than simply writing down a company name and amount they want to borrow pressing send and keeping your fingers crossed. I think that you should treat every proposal as a presentation not only …