GTR Magazine - January/February 2008
GTR Magazine: January/February 2008
Turkey: Still on track in a tougher world
Will appetite for Turkish risk cool significantly as global liquidity contracts? The jury is still out, but trade financiers retain a positive outlook, writes Kevin Godier.
Saudi spending spree
As director-general of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (Sagia), Abdulaziz Y Al-Babutain is one of the main protagonists behind a series of massive infrastructure and development projects in the Kingdom. He talks to GTR.
The GCC: A widening Gulf?
Little progress was made at the recent GCC meeting, with Iran's president adding some interesting colour to the occasion, writes Nicholas Noe . The December 2007 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting seemed to promise some substantive mo
Ports Infrastructure: The sky's the limit
As trade in the Middle East hots up, the region's ports infrastructure is having to keep pace. Nicholas Noe takes us on a tour of the leading players. Alongside a frenetic expansion in real estate, finance and oil and gas, the six nation
Power: Deals flicker intermittently
Having favoured developed markets within recent years, power sector financiers are looking harder at emerging markets transactions, writes Kevin Godier.
Supply chain goes live
During a recent live roundtable webinar in New York with GTR, Citi's John Ahearn, Global Head of Trade Services and Financial Institutions, and John Monaghan, Global Trade Product Manager, discussed with Justin Pugsley some of the themes driving supply ch
Supply Chain Finance: 3rd Party Funding
Supply chain finance could turn out to be far more than just a tool for corporates to lower the funding costs of their supplier base. It could also prove to be a useful tool to help investors assess the quality of trade receivables, writes Justin Pugsley.
China: Who wants the mandate?
David Sullivan takes us on a journey to a smelter in rural China, where the lengthy negotiation process pays off in the end.
Deal Analysis: Synthetic loans win over investors
Standard Chartered has closed its first synthetic securitisation of trade finance loans. Known as Sealane, the transaction has proved resilient despite turbulence in the Asian structured trade finance market. Rebecca Spong examines the deal.
Alternative Financing: Funds prove resilient
The global credit squeeze has affected banks and fund managers differently, especially in Asia, argue Christian Stauffer from Eurofin Asia and Esfandiar Sorouchyari from Pensofinance.
Caribbean Trade & Development: Exotic opportunities
The Caribbean is off the radar of many trade and commodity financiers, but as Luis Waldmann finds out, there are some interesting deals taking place.
