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March
CGI Group has rebranded its trade finance platform known as Proponix360 to CGI Trade360.
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The top 38 export credit agencies have been ranked by BExA according to the different products they offer their exporters.
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February
Commodities trader Trafigura has attracted a considerable oversubscription on its jumbo revolver but remains weeks away from closing a deal.
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Russian oil producer Tatneft is set to mandate banks this week for a jumbo pre-export financing revolver.
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World trade has experienced the largest single drop since the Second World War, according to the World Trade Organisation.
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Standard Chartered Bank has appointed a new global head of product management for its transaction banking business.
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Commodities trader Noble Group has announced high revenues and record group tonnage volumes for 2009.
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Angel Gurría, secretary-general of the OECD, will deliver a keynote address at the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) 2010 Annual Conference.
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JPMorgan has acquired RBS Sempra Commodities' global assets leaving just the firm’s North American natural gas and power business.
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As the IFC’s Global Trade Liquidity Programme (GTLP) gets close to disbursing $1 billion, Dickon Harris spoke to German Vegarra, senior manager for global financial markets at the IFC, and Laura Mecagni, senior investment officer.
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Jonathan Bell talks with Jorge Tapia, global head of trade, export and commodity finance at Santander, based in Madrid, about the bank’s developments in the trade finance spectrum and its plans for the future.
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BNP Paribas has once again topped the Dealogic trade finance league tables completing an impressive $11.9 billion worth of business. Dickon Harris catches up with Olivier Paul, the bank’s global head of export finance.
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With US government attention focused on expanding exports, the role of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has never been more important. Oliver O’Connell reviews how this is changing the export finance market.
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Highlights from the February 2010 print edition of Trade Finance magazine.
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London-based commodities broker ED&F Man Holdings has seen its jumbo revolver oversubscribe in syndication.
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For the first time since the adoption of the revised ICC Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees (URDG), members of the drafting group will give a full public presentation on the new rules at a special seminar to be held in Paris on 18 March.
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A group of investors led by Bain Capital Ventures has completed a third round of investment for The Receivables Exchange, the online marketplace for the trading of accounts receivables.
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A survey by Misys reveals banks are consolidating their transaction and payment services within trade finance.
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The IFC’s Global Trade Liquidity Programme is set to launch a $1 billion agri-trade fund.
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BNP Paribas has closed an amended one-year revolver for energy trader Mercuria.
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January
Surecomp has agreed to partner with IT solutions provider Callataÿ & Wouters for a trade finance product.
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JPMorgan looks set to acquire base metals trader and broker RBS Sempra Commodities as it negotiates a deal.
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Coface has announced 20 country upgrades at its 14th country risk conference, claiming that the global financial crisis is easing, but warns of continuing bubbles.
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Deutsche Bank has appointed a new head of head of structured trade and export finance Asia, and continues the search for a new head of Americas structured trade finance.
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What saved trade from collapsing totally during the global crisis? This column argues that export credit agencies played a key role in stabilising the trade finance market, and thus helped reduce credit risks and allowed exporters to offer open account terms in competitive markets.
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Global heads of export finance from 13 leading banks gathered today in Paris to discuss issues that impact on the ECA-backed business line.
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Two trade bodies, the Bankers’ Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) and the International Financial Services Association (IFSA), have now merged.
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Dickon Harris approaches the sharpest legal minds in Trade Finance to find out what to expect in 2010.
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The World Economic Forum has highlighted the infrastructure funding gap as one of its top concerns as it publishes its report, Global Risks 2010, ahead of the Davos meeting.
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Global Business Intelligence has completed its first benchmark around Basel II capital allocations for trade finance.
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TradeCard, the supply chain collaboration platform, has reported 10% revenue growth in 2009.
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Dealogic has released the full league tables for trade finance loans up to the end of 4Q 2009. Here are the ECA finance tables.
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Dealogic has released the trade finance league tables for 2009. Here are the tables excluding bilateral loans.
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Dealogic has released the trade finance league tables for 2009. Here are the tables including bilateral loans.
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Dealogic league tables for 2009 show global trade finance volume up 3% to $155.1 billion and 4Q 2009 reached a record of $45.9 billion.
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Under Andre Casterman, Swift’s trade and supply chain team are spearheading a renewed focus on trade for the cooperative in 2010.
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Calyon has gone live with a new purchase order and invoice management system by software firm Misys.
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Noble Group announces high-level restructuring effective 1 January 2010.
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IFC mulls role in supporting emerging market suppliers’ interest in supply chain finance solutions.