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May 23, 2013

Huge jump in SCF market

A new survey shows that supply chain finance (SCF) is growing at 30 to 40% .

 

May 23, 2013

China banks behind on commodities

Chinese banks won’t provide competition to the dominant western banks in the commodity finance space for “three to five years”.

A panel at Exporta’s Europe Trade & Supply Chain Finance Conference in Hamburg said the banks are currently interested in supporting the flow of commodities into China, but are not yet serious competition to the likes of Deutsche Bank, ING and Société Générale.

 

May 23, 2013

Agri promotion at ABN Amro

Suzanne Larsson-Nivard has been appointed global head of agri-commodities at ABN Amro.

 

May 16, 2013

Scepticism over trader house rules

The news that commodities trading houses may face sterner regulation has been met with scepticism in the industry.

Earlier in May, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) established by the G-20 to tighten up global financial regulation, suggested that regional and national regulators explore whether traders should be more tightly-governed.

 

May 16, 2013

Roberts returns to Citi

Stuart Roberts has joined Citi as the global head of trade sales.

 

May 16, 2013

Corporates slow to embrace BPO

There has been a muted response among corporates to the idea of using the bank payment obligation (BPO).

 

May 10, 2013

Fimbank appoints Marnell

Fimbank has appointed Michael Marnell as senior vice-president, head of SCTF.

 

May 08, 2013

Robinson signs on at HSBC

Ex-RBS Emea trade sales head Louis Robinson has joined HSBC as global head of trade sales for key account clients.

May 08, 2013

Hermes and HSBC in global tie-up

HSBC has signed a deal with Euler Hermes which will see it only offer Hermes TCI to its customers.

 

May 08, 2013

StanChart partners with CDC

Standard Chartered and UK development institution CDC have signed a US$100mn risk participation arrangement.

May 03, 2013

Barclays promotes Tan and Roberts

Barclays has made two senior appointments to its global trade team.

May 03, 2013

Treasurers must communicate risk

Communication between banks and clients must improve in the face of increasing regulation.

May 03, 2013

HSBC bolsters GTRF team

HSBC has made three additions to its global trade and receivables (GTRF) management team.

May 01, 2013

Commodities prices flatlining

Commodities prices are expected to stay muted for the coming quarter.

ABN Amro’s Quarterly Commodity Outlook predicts that the decline in oil prices that started in February will continue for the next few months. Hans Van Cleef, energy economist at the bank, tells GTR that as the heating season ends, oil prices could drop by 10% over the next few weeks.

 

May 01, 2013

SmartStream to support Swift tool

SmartStream now supports Swift’s global electronic trade solution (GETC).

 

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GTR is happy to announce the results of its Asia Leaders in Trade 2013 readers' poll.

 

The Asia Trade Finance Supplement 2013 is out now!

GTR speaks with the chairman and president of US Exim Bank to discuss developments in the ECA and exports markets.
 

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GTR speaks to those involved in Turkey's trade finance industry about the roles Turkish banks have to play.

 

The Mena (Middle East & North Africa) Trade Finance Supplement 2013 is out now!

 

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From the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Exim)'s annual conference, GTR reports on the support the export credit agency has been lending to US exports.

Brady CEO Gavin Lavelle tells GTR about the increased need for automated compliance systems in the commodity sector.

GTR is proud to announce the results of its Best Law Firm of 2012 readers' poll.

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