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GLOBAL COMMODITY BANKING REVIEW

Commodity trade banks have had to face a range of difficult issues and circumstances through the course of the global economic crisis. Now though, with some lessons learned and certain sectors growing stronger, the traditional players are eyeing the changed scene and new opportunities. Michele Martensen assesses the market.

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Exclusive interview – Rabobank: Redrawing the boundaries

Jonathan Bell talks with Rabobank International’s Karel Valken about the bank’s recent developments within trade and commodity finance.

Year-end review – ECAs: Sustaining trade in a tough year

Naomi Christie looks at how ECAs have responded to the fallout of the banking crisis over the last 12 months.

Year-end review – capital equipment financing: An exceptional year

Considering the scale of the global economic downturn through much of 2009, financings of capital equipment have remained exceptionally buoyant. Jonathan Bell examines selected deals in some key sectors.

Kazakhstan – trade debt: Outlining the restructuring

Dickon Harris examines what the latest developments for the two Kazakhstan bank restructurings, Alliance Bank and BTA Bank, mean for trade finance.

Deal analysis – Eurocopter: Cooperation generates success

Jonathan Bell reveals how Eurocopter achieved financial success with its Brazilian helicopter supply contract.

Middle East – roundtable: The integration of treasury solutions

With the level of cash and trade convergence varying from region to region, BNY Mellon hosted a roundtable in Dubai to discuss with local bankers the pace of change in the Middle East.

Country profile – Turkey: Delight for trade investors

With strong levels of economic growth, a healthy banking sector and continuing foreign investment, Dickon Harris examines Europe’s surprise winner of the crisis: Turkey.

Global head interview – Sanjeev Paul: Investing in structured trade