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Latest issue - May 2008 |
Stronger appetite in metals sector
Despite the credit crunch hitting large sections of corporate activity and global trade, the metals and mining sector is rolling ahead at full speed and the financing is moving with it. Even though there is a recession in the US, most metals prices remain high and trade financiers' appetite is stronger than ever for this sector. Jonathan Bell examines the reasons behind this and looks at market trends. |
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Food crisis casts a shadow on trade
A perfect storm of changing diets, droughts, supply bottlenecks and the growth of cash crops for biofuels has created a global food crisis. A knee-jerk response from certain governments has been the introduction of export bans and increasingly protectionist rhetoric. Oliver O'Connell looks at the implications this has for the soft commodity financing market.
NORDIC FOCUS - A hundred and one solutions: SEB explains how to be a North European market leader
Priding itself on its level of service SEB has stood out in the competitive and limited Nordic market becoming the best service provider for their clients in the region. The bank has responded to its customer demands with the creation of a joint cash and trade department but has ambitions to do more. Dickon Harris talks to Lars Millberg head of trade finance at SEB as he reveals the bank's impressive expansion plans.
NORDIC FOCUS - Proactive approach boosts exporters' reach
The Nordic export credit agencies are widely perceived as among the most flexible, proactive and solution-oriented of the agencies. Despite their relatively small size, each excels in its respective sectors. Michele Martensen reports.
Russian factoring leaps ahead
Slow to start the Russian factoring market is now charging ahead at a rapid pace. Simon Pirani speaks to the pioneers taking this arm of trade finance forward and finds room for exceptional further growth as Russian industry grows.
Eurokommerz at the forefront
Trade Finance magazine speaks to Ilya Volkov, managing director of Eurokommerz, Russia's largest factoring company about the growth of the industry in Russia.
Western banks and traders primed for agri-sector take-off
Despite restrictions imposed on agricultural exports, investors and financiers are gearing up for a bigger slice of the agricultural sector in Ukraine and Russia. Simon Pirani assesses the present state of the market and the potential growth areas.
High Noon for oil and gas
London has tried something new. On 17-18 April 2008, at the Institute of Directors in London, arranged and organized by IBC, a new area of relationship between the UK and Turkmenistan began. A commodities banker who attended the event filed this report.
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