Analysis: Banks face trickier fights against shipowners to recover commodities losses
01-11-22 / by Jacob Atkins
Singapore’s High Court has this year scuppered the plans of both Standard Chartered and the...Blackstone & Gold
Analysis: The risks, rewards and misconceptions around credit insurance
15-06-22 / by John Basquill
The role of credit insurance in trade and supply chain finance transactions has been thrust...
Analysis: ZenRock judgement should prompt rethink on ‘reckless’ traders in double financing frauds
06-04-22 / by Jacob Atkins
In January this year, Crédit Agricole lost a bid before the Singapore International Commercial Court...
UN sounds food scarcity warning as Ukraine conflict pressures agri-commodities
16-03-22 / by John Basquill
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has placed further pressure on agricultural commodity flows, pushing prices higher...
Inside the commodity finance ‘flight to quality’
28-07-21 / by John Basquill
The commodity finance market is divided. Nervous after a string of fraud scandals and losses...
Singapore banks unveil tougher commodity finance standards after fraud scandals
01-12-20 / by John Basquill
Singapore’s banks have finalised a code of best practice for the provision of trade finance...
Top takeaways from GTR Asia 2020
16-09-20 / by Eleanor Wragg
The annual GTR Asia event returned on September 8-11, 2020, in an all-new virtual format,...
Legal questions emerge as Singapore oil trader denies BCP fraud allegations
26-08-20 / by John Basquill
The Singapore branch of jet fuel trader China Aviation Oil (CAO) is resisting bank claims...
ABN Amro to exit trade and commodity finance after losses
12-08-20 / by John Basquill
ABN Amro is ceasing all trade and commodity finance activities following exposure to fraudulent activity...
Analysis: Banks nervous over fraud losses as Singapore oil traders collapse
20-05-20 / by John Basquill
Banks are being urged by regulators not to withdraw financing for Singapore’s beleaguered commodities trade...