May attracts biggest rise of year
The LTP Trade Finance Index, the independent total return index covering the trade finance asset class, witnessed the biggest monthly rise this year in May. Latin America is still the best pe
James Madsen has been appointed head of international business at HSBC Bank. Previously head of global business strategy for payments and cash management, Madsen will take on his new role on July 1.
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Do commercial pressures on trade finance bankers result in unnecessary losses Sometimes, naturally. But, as xml:namespace prefix = st1 /> Garry Morgan
Steady sailing
Want to know what you should be earning xml:namespace prefix = st1 /> Alex Readman of executive recruitment firm Jared James looks at the
Stay on the line!
In the telecoms sector, emerging markets like xml:namespace prefix = st1 /> Africa are no longer places where banks fear to tread. After a couple of years in the w
Reducing discrepancies in letters of credit
Letters of credit are a substantial part of the mechanics of international trade. As Anand Pande, Asia regional product manager, Trade Services at Citigroup, wri
No surer time than now
The surety market dozed along somewhat quietly and happily until the economic crashes of the late 1990s and then the Enron, Worldcom and K-Mart fiascos sent further alarm call
Threats What threats
Al-qaeda bombs in xml:namespace prefix = st1 /> Riyadh and Casablanca recently sent jitters through world markets a brutal reminder th
Playing the xml:namespace prefix = st1 /> China game
China is the market that everyone wants a piece of. But how much is that piece worth and is that enough considering the risks inv
From quick fix to slow recovery
xml:namespace prefix = st1 /> Indonesia ’s fall from grace is well documented. The country has tremendous potential but still suffers from crippling political, econ
Ensuring a good harvest
Given an adequate institutional framework, warehouse receipts should unlock much-needed investment into the primary agricultural sector in transition economies in Central and xm
St Petersburg vs Vladivostok
Would you discriminate between Russian regions when lending for trade or would you take xml:namespace prefix = st1 /> Russia as a homogenous whole Robin B
No bust, just commercial returns speaks to Paul Forrest, group economist at Moscow Narodny Bank Limited in London, about Russian risk and opportunities.
Listening and repositioning
LTP Trade is no longer a marketplace. It has turned its back on the online market approach and has gone headfirst into technology solutions for corporates. Rupert Sayer intervie
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Banks are jostling for a stake in South Africa’s promising renewable energy sector. Will this be the next best thing for the project finance market, asks GTR deputy editor Shannon Manders?
