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May
INTL FCStone expands trade and export finance group with three additions to INTL Provident Group USA.
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Banque de Commerce et de Placements has named its new head of commodity trade finance.
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Laurent Mignon appointed chairman of the board of directors of Coface.
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Citi has appointed a new head of corporate and investment banking for the Philippines.
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Rusal nominates Nord Stream CEO as non-executive director.
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Banks are vying to buy the Brazilian operations of WestLB with a considerable portion of trade-related assets.
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Scott Shepherd named Foreign Trade Counselor of Luxembourg.
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Watson, Farley & Williams has strengthened its international practice in Asia with the addition of a shipping, infrastructure project and mining specialist from Norton Rose.
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HSBC has created a new role within its Asia-Pacific trade and receivables finance department and appointed a head.
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BMO Financial Group has opened a representative office in Abu Dhabi and becomes the first Canadian bank with an onshore presence in that market.
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Bladex has announced both the resignation of its CEO Jaime Rivera and his replacement.
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RBS Citizens has created a new treasury solutions group within its commercial banking organisation.
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The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appointed a new chairperson for the ICC Task Force on Guarantees.
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Commodity trading company Trafigura has appointed a new chief financial officer for the EMEA region.
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A Skadden Arps lawyer that represented senior lenders on 2011’s largest project financing has been promoted to partner.
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Commodity trading company Trafigura expands its commodity finance capabilities with the hire of three bankers and development of new initiatives.
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Nordea’s former deputy CEO has been elected as chair of the board of directors at Finnish export credit agency Finnvera.
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April
Law firm Watson Farley & Williams has made several partner promotions.
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Beazley is expanding its political risk and contingency business with market moves in Paris, Singapore and New York.
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The Berne Union has named a new secretary general at the conclusion of its spring meeting.
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ABN AMRO has today opened its new representative office in Shanghai, with its initial focus on the bank’s energy, commodities and transportation (ECT) business in the region.
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Norway’s new state-funded export credit company has been named Eksportkreditt Norge AS (Export Credit Norway), and will employ 29 Eksportfinans staff.
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The head of oil & gas, infrastructure and metals at Italian export credit agency Sace moves to the corporate finance division of motorway operator Autostrade.
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The Bank of Ireland has appointed a new head of trade finance.
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Citi appoints Amol Gupte head of transaction services for Asia-Pacific.
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The Export-Import Bank of China is planning to open its first US office in the state of Maryland.
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Citi Latin America has unveiled a new executive management team and structure centred on five geographic markets: Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Central America and the Caribbean, and South America.
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Hodaka Shoji, formerly head of global trade finance at Mizuho’s New York office, has relocated to Japan to begin a secondment at Nexi.
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Australia’s Westpac is open its first branch in India to increase commercial banking in the region.
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Supply chain finance provider PrimeRevenue names Americas region GM.
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Santander has hired a new trade finance director for the South Midlands & Anglia.
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Swiss-based Hinduja Bank raids Geneva trade banks for five senior trade financiers.
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HSBC has promoted Andrew Robison to deputy head of commodity and structured trade finance UK.
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ICC United Kingdom announces a change of director.
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Legislation spinning JBIC off from Japan Finance Corporation has come into effect.
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Société Générale CIB has announced a new organisational set-up of key divisions, designed to strengthen services to clients.
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Livingston International has finalised its acquisition of the customs and trade compliance services of JPMorgan Chase.
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Kazakhstan’s BTA Bank has formally agreed to the creation of a creditor’s steering committee and the appointment of financial advisers.
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Former Toyota president Hiroshi Okuda takes charge of new JBIC.
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In a big shake-up within BNP Paribas’ commodity finance group, Jacques-Olivier Thomann is leaving the bank, and is replaced by Philippe de Gentile.
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Insurance broker Marsh appoints new chairman for its global infrastructure practice.
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Export Development Canada has hired a senior regional manager in Russia, and now has four permanent employees in the country.
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March
Trade credit insurer, QBE Trade Credit, has hired Ian Bocca to manage new business development UK.
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Multilateral financial institutions IFC and EBRD have become shareholders in Banks of Georgia.
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Capital Business Credit hires Steven Fields to lead business development efforts in Midwest.
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UniCredit appoints former Sace representative as its new head of structured trade and export financing for Russia.
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Syncada names former RBS banker as new global head of product solutions.
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Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has appointed a new global trade finance director.
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Deutsche Bank appoints two global transaction banking heads for Indonesia and Vietnam.
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Standard Chartered has appointed a new global head of SME banking with responsibility for 30 countries across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
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Supply chain finance platform provider PrimeRevenue is continuing its global expansion with the appointment of a general manager for Europe.
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UK’s Aldermore has hired an associate director from rival Close Invoice Finance.
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February
Investec is recruiting for new senior positions in its export and agency team to cover South Africa, the Americas and the Nordic region.
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Watson, Farley & Williams has hired a new associate in its project, commodities and export finance group, based in London.
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JLT has hired two senior political risk and structured credit insurance brokers for its Singapore office from rival Aon.
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Bank of Ireland is in the process of selecting a new head of trade finance as its present head plans to leave the bank at the end of March.
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ANZ has made several internal appointments to its senior leadership team for its combined global institutional and Asia-Pacific Europe and America (APEA) division.
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UniCredit has made a strategic hire for its structured trade and export finance team in Hong Kong.
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Agricultural Bank of China has opened a branch in South Korea.
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Russia’s Sberbank completes its first bank acquisition outside the CIS.
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SMBC appoints ex-RBS banker to manage the bank’s export and agency finance business in the EMEA region.
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Insurance broker Miller has appointed James Cunningham and Ewan Wauchope to bolster its political risk, trade credit and political violence capabilities.
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RBS has appointed a new product head of trade finance.
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HSBC has promoted a banker to the newly created role of head of UK trade, receivables and equipment finance.
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President Obama has sent two nominations for the board of OPIC to the Senate for approval.
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Trade finance boutique Falcon Group has appointed a new head of global trade sales management.
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Insurer ACE has opened a representative office in Ukraine.
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Noble Agri Limited, the parent company of trader Noble’s agriculture businesses, has appointed José Luiz Glaser as CEO.
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ICC Banking Commission appoints Deutsche Bank's Schmand as vice chair responsible for supply chain finance.
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HSBC promotes banker to lead its London offshore RMB business.
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Law firm Shearman & Sterling has hired an EMEA project finance specialist from Ashurst.
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The global head of forfaiting at CA-CIB has retired and is being replaced by his deputy and a director for export finance Asia.
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Hogan Lovells announced is expanding its finance practice in New York with the addition of partners Peter Humphreys and Evan Koster.
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Nedbank Capital has appointed former Standard Chartered agribusiness specialist as its new head of African business.
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January
Oliver Belin has been appointed as business development executive for PrimeRevenue Europe.
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Russian steel producer Magnitogorsk Steel and Iron Work (MMK) has created a new position of chief financial officer.
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An interim board has been appointed to oversee the transition to a permanent Norwegian government-funded export finance scheme in July 2012.
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JP Morgan has hired a new managing director for its Treasury Services business covering export and supply chain finance across the Americas.
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Barclays appoints new head of trade and working capital, Middle East.
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Jordan’s Investbank has established its second subsidiary – Al Imdad, ?specialising in trade finance and supply chain logistics for traders and manufacturers.?
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BBVA has relocated its transactional trade finance head to New York to maximize its cross border business and Latin American and USA networks.
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As of 1 January 2012, Søren Møller has taken over as deputy CEO at EKF.
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Livingston International is to acquire the customs and trade compliance services of JPMorgan Chase.
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Misys opens centre of excellence in Beijing in response to significant growth in Chinese business.
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HSBC North America has today appointed a new head of commercial banking for the region based in New York.
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Law firm SNR Denton has made a strategic hire for its banking and finance team in London.
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Arab Banking Corporation has announced changes to the top management team at its key European subsidiary, ABC International Bank London.
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Siemens Financial Services has hired an export finance banker to boost its capabilities in the German export credit sphere.