Certificates of agricultural products (CPRs) are the most efficient surety for the origination of agricultural commodities in Brazil, writes Christian de Lima Ramos, partner at law firm Ramos e Zuanon Advogados in Sao Paulo.
Technology and trading
IT and technology are giving commodity traders the edge in trade finance, with banks striving to keep delivering, writes Justin Pugsley.
Thanks to the internet, large commodity trading ho
Refusals and reasonable time
What are the most difficult aspects of UCP in relation to notice of refusal of documents Pavel Andrle, secretary to the Banking Commission of ICC Czech Republic and a member of the UCP Revisi
Leading an ECA - not for the fainthearted
Export credit agencies around the world vary in structure, size, culture and services. Diana Smallridge from International Financial Consulting explains how a new ‘Export Cred
The IFA matures
The biggest gathering yet from the most countries at the annual International Forfaiting Association (IFA) meeting in September shows the interest in the product globally. China, Russia, VAT, Parmalat and fr
With 2005 rolling to a close, providers of political risk insurance (PRI) and trade credits insurance (TCI) can look back upon another enervating year, writes Kevin Godier.
Facing reform and change
Export credit agencies (ECAs) - particularly those in the European Union (EU) - are continuing to overhaul their traditional practices and structures in response to wider trends in their markets, wr
Lloyds TSB’s innovations pilot
In an exclusive interview, GTR talks to Ernie Battey, Cash and Trade Director at Lloyds TSB Corporate in London.
In 2004, after 22 years at the bank, Ernie Battey was made
Credit default swaps and trade transactions: a useful tool for distributing risk
An insurance and risk expert looks at a new solution for the current distribution environment. Stacey Facter, vice-president and head of Globa
Oil-drenched Latin America is flush with opportunities, writes Luis Waldmann. There are a host of intra-regional energy projects planned and underway, while non-Latin American developers are having mixed successes.
Iraq’s commercial debt settlement unwinds
Who is going to take a chance with Iraqi debt and how is Iraqi debt trading Heleen Rijkens-Unger, Business Development, at Omni Whittington Emerging Markets, suggests Alg
Are you ready for Basel II
The Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) that will implement Basel II in the EU was approved in the European Parliament in September. With the official start date of Basel II now just 14 month
The next Libya
To human rights campaigners a dirty word, but for many industries too big an opportunity to miss - Sudan presents a dilemma to many within trade finance. Helen Castell reports.
For companies
Russia and Kaz hit lows
The LTP Trade Finance Index showed a rise in September returns, although many leading markets are still showing pitiful spreads.
The LTP Trade Finance Index, which tracks a benchmark por
Activity hots up
Sub-Sahara has always been the ‘nearly’s continent for so many trade and export financiers - full to the brim with rich mineral and commodity pickings but often untenable because of the country
Corporaciín Andina de Fomento, the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) is a Latin American multilateral financial institution that promotes the sustainable development of its shareholder countries and regional integration.
The China connection
China is booming and swallowing up ever-more global resources. No surprise then that Africa is well on the Chinese radar screen for cultivation and development. But not always by playing by the rules, w
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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?
