About Us

At Phoenix American, we give our clients assurance that their vehicle is supported by superior systems, administrative best practices and deep industry experience. From our long history serving the needs of aviation aircraft & loan ABS along with other finance structures, we leverage first-hand knowledge of the needs, challenges and expectations of our clients.

Our dedication to high-touch customer service is focused on establishing and maintaining real partnerships and providing innovative solutions. Issuers, investors and other participants enjoy streamlined, reliable high-quality services with maximum efficiency of implementation and timely delivery of services and deliverables.

The company culture of the Phoenix American workforce is that of a family and a team. Your team. Our passion for the work we do and our enthusiasm for working together is what makes Phoenix American a premium service provider and a superior place to work.

Partnering with Phoenix American is as much like working with your own employees as we can make it, with many added benefits. Innovating, problem solving, anticipating needs, and our cheerful, helpful attitude toward clients, investors, and other participants are the hallmarks of our corporate culture.

The Phoenix American family faces changes, challenges, training, and new assignments with an entrepreneurial sense of teamwork. Because of this culture, Phoenix American achieves a quality of teamwork and throughput far above our peers in the industry. Specialized training, exacting standards, and a focus on daily excellence ensure proficient performance and contented satisfied clients.

A warm, collegial atmosphere, an attention to work/life balance and an active Sports & Social committee which organizes events throughout the year make working for Phoenix American a strong career choice and are an essential part of what makes partnering with Phoenix American a smart business decision.

Equipment for Companies and Returns for Investors

Founded in 1972 by Gus Constantin, Phoenix Leasing was the sponsor of a successful series of equipment leasing investment funds, sold nationwide through the broker-dealer network to qualified investors for more than two decades. Phoenix Leasing returned impressive returns to investors, supplied essential equipment lease options to businesses large and small, and built up the administrative, accounting, and reporting capabilities that would later distinguish the company as a third-party provider of back-office services.

Branching into the Back-Office Business

In 1982, Phoenix American Financial Services was established to leverage the unparalleled back-office administrative proficiency of Phoenix Leasing as a full-service outsourced administrator for fellow sponsors in the alternative investment industry. STAR-XMS, the company’s proprietary shareholder recordkeeping and transfer agent system, was developed based on Phoenix Leasing’s long operational experience to maximize back-office efficiency. It was later made available under license for self-administered funds. In 2024 the transfer agent and fund administration assets of Phoenix American were acquired.

Turning Our Technology Focus to Sales

Phoenix American SalesFocus Solutions was founded in the 1990s to leverage the marketing automation and sales reporting capacity of the Phoenix Leasing sales department in support of the sales teams of asset management firms. The MARS system, SalesFocus’ CRM sales reporting and compliance application, transforms sales and asset data into actionable business intelligence to drive sales, integrating with all the most widely employed data sources and software providers. Today, SalesFocus serves some of the biggest names in the financial services industry.

Improving and Expanding Cable Television

Stemming from the contacts and knowledge gained from the equipment leasing business, Phoenix Cable was founded in 1990 to acquire, develop, and manage cable television systems for subscribers nationwide as well as agencies of the United States government. Although the principal assets and operations of Phoenix Cable were sold in the early 2000s, the company continues to provide cable television services to the men and women of America’s armed forces at the United States Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

On the Front Lines of the Internet Revolution

With the rapid adoption of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s, Phoenix FiberLink was founded to construct and manage fiber-optic networks as the nation and the world embraced the Internet as essential infrastructure for economic activity. Before its acquisition by Worldcom, the company connected businesses in 26 cities nationwide. During the days of the explosive growth of Internet startups that followed, Resource Phoenix was launched as an outsourced accounting provider to companies of all kinds looking to grow their businesses without the burden of in-house accounting teams, and Phoenix Venture Lease provided capital and lease financing to clients such as Yahoo! and Netscape.

Aviation Leasing Corporate Services

Since 1993, Phoenix American has performed corporate services, administration, accounting and cash management for aircraft and engine asset-backed securitizations (ABS) of every size, scope and complexity. In 2007, the Phoenix American office in Shannon, Ireland, PAFS Ireland, Ltd., was established to serve ABS and Aviation Start-Up clients and now employs over 80 finance professionals.

Today, the expertise and capabilities that Phoenix American has gained throughout its long history remains focused on its core mission: serving the needs and exceeding the expectations of investors in alternative funds. With Phoenix American back-office infrastructure, our clients’ ambition can be unlimited.