GTR Trade Finance eNews - On The Move October 2008
New appointment at DBS Bank India
DBS Bank India has appointed Sanjiv Bhasin as its CEO, replacing Pranam Wahi who moved to Singapore to head up DBS’s global transaction services (GTS).
US Ex-Im's Lambright called on to help bailout programme
Chairman and president of US Ex-Im James Lambright is to serve as the chief investment officer for the US$700bn Troubled Asset Relief Programme.
DLA Piper opens up in Doha
Law firm DLA Piper has opened an office in
Kamalpour joins Ashurst to boost Islamic finance capability
Abradat Kamalpour has joined Ashurst’s international finance team in order to strengthen the firm’s expertise in Islamic finance.
HSH Nordbank to close down commodity finance business
HSH Nordbank has decided to close down its commodity finance activity as a result of a package of measures designed to improve the bank’s financial strength. It is planning to dispose of its commodity finance portfolio totalling €3.2bn continuously over the next three years.
Standard adds to debt capital markets loans team
Standard Bank has hired Lukasz Olszewski to its debt capital markets loans team.
Deutsche appoints North American trade finance sales head
Deutsche Bank has hired Jon Richman as a managing director and will take up the newly-created position of head of North America sales for trade finance and cash management corporates in global transaction banking (GTB).
