The Asset Finance Awards, in association with Leasing Life, will be presented at the Asset Finance conference on 4th November. This year the awards are again sponsored by CHP Consulting, the leading supplier of software solutions and consultancy services to top asset finance organisations worldwide, and will recognise and reward those who have excelled in the asset finance profession over the last year.Now in its fourth year, the awards identify those organisations which have set the benchmark for best practice, as well as those which have made outstanding progress in an increasingly competitive market.The Asset Finance Awards, the only one of their kind in Europe, provide a truly global platform for the finest of Europe's leasing companies to celebrate their accomplishments. After last year's successful awards ceremony in Berlin, this year's awards will take place in Milan, on 4th November.The awards dinner, which always attracts the most senior people in equipment finance from across Europe, will be preceded by Leasing Life's annual one day Asset Finance Conference.The Leasing Life awards judging panel are looking forward to receiving your nominations, and also your submissions detailing why you think you should be voted as Europe's number one leasing company. Meanwhile our team of researchers have already begun scouring the marketplace for potential awards finalists.To ensure that everyone gets the opportunity to enter the Asset Finance Awards, the categories for this year have been improved. Awards will be determined on a global basis, with specific criteria for each individual award. Award categories will be applied for activities in the last 12 months, not general category excellence. A panel of judges and Leasing Life's editorial board, will select the winners from among those organisation’s nominated by readers or judges.