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SIBOS 09 - Regional solutions, global results
10 September 2009
Alexander R.Malaket explores some selected regional issues and themes related to the financing of international trade.
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Trade finance has been significantly impacted by the global crisis, and at the same time, has had its profile raised to the highest levels. While the economic crisis is often spoken of in the context of globalisation and inter-dependence, the reality is that regions across the globe are affected in unique ways. Trade finance, similarly, has its distinct characteristics in various markets, and the state of trade finance varies accordingly.
Global trade, global finance
Finance is international. Even finance which is meant to address the needs of domestic operations, or enhance the returns of a domestically based pension plan or mutual fund, will often include a direct or indirect international element. Capital markets are increasingly integrated and cross-border, financial mobility is enabled and more rapid despite various security, anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism measures.
In international commerce, it is increasingly the reality that imports, exports and investments (inward or outward) are...
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