Editor's Picks

Power to Mauritania: insights into SocGen's and IFC's BB Energy Group US$400m RCF
MICHAEL KURDYLA provides some new insights into SocGens and IFCs BB Energy Group award-winning US$400m...
IFA World: clarity and structure - an update on the Uniform Rules for Forfaiting (URF)

SEAN EDWARDS provides an update on the progress of the Uniform Rules for Forfaiting (URF), now on...

Affiliate Intelligence

Making sense of supply chain finance from Surecomp's Michael D Richter
Brave new world: UniCredit's Sebastian Holker on trade finance innovation

News

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Uralkali signs US$1bn club PXF as part of expansion strategy
18 June 2013
Uralkali, one of the world's largest potash producers, has signed a loan agreement in the amount of US$1bn with 14 banks.
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Local beats global in emerging investment banking markets
18 June 2013
Local banks are filling the liquidity gaps left by retreating global banks, according to a special report by Economist...
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Weekly Outlook Risk Report from Euler Hermes, 14 June 2013
17 June 2013
Japan's Q/Q Q1 GDP up 1% but Venezuela's decelerates to 0.7%

Face to face

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The spice of life
Falcon Group's Nam Sahasra talks to Clarissa Dann about growing up on the Arabian Sea, financing innovation, and how...
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60-second interview: Karel Valken
TFR talks to Rabobank's KAREL VALKEN in Amsterdam about Africa's food problem and food solution

Blog

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Trading out of poverty
As the UN sets about updating the millennium development goals (MDGs) it set in 2000,...
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Correspondent support in Turkey: infrastructure opportunities and political risk
By Per Fischer Turkey's potential to be a trading powerhouse has never been in...

Commodities

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Feeding 2050's nine billion - how softs are rising to the challenge
Soft commodity experts at TFR's Amsterdam round table agree that despite price falls the outlook for soft commodity trade...
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Vitol enters global grain trading market in search of better spreads
Energy trader Vitol has added global grain trading markets to its portfolio. Vitol, which has an annual turnover of US$300bn,...

Regions

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An effective MENA journey - with the right trade and treasury instruments
As MENA becomes a new global trade hub, its domestic banks need access to evolving treasury technology and risk mitigation...
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Trade of Arabia - opportunities for financiers in south-south trade flows
The Middle East is a pivotal hub for south-south commodity trade flows but what opportunities does this bring trade financiers...

Features

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An effective MENA journey - with the right trade and treasury instruments
As MENA becomes a new global trade hub, its domestic banks need access to evolving treasury technology and risk mitigation instruments, says BANA AKKAD AZHARI
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Trade of Arabia - opportunities for financiers in south-south trade flows
The Middle East is a pivotal hub for south-south commodity trade flows but what opportunities does this bring trade financiers? GRAEME BURTON reports
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Electricity, health and fish - Asia Development Bank trade finance in action
Despite strong economic 
growth in some emerging 
Asian economies, trade finance liquidity gaps remain. 
VICTORIA TYO demonstrates development and commercial...
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Languishing lira: Is Turkey's US$500bn exports target just a pipedream?
Turkeys plans to lift exports to US$500bn by 2023 may remain a pipedream if it doesn't tackle economic imbalances, human rights issues and patchy...

Reports & Data

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Will Chinese demand and the US recovery lift metals markets?
Natixis commodities analysts NIC BROWN and BERNARD DAHDAH are optimisticthat Chinese demand and the US economic recovery will...
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Rosneft US$7.5bn dominates Q1 Dealogic data
Rosneft US$7.5bn lifts Q1 trade finance values although volumes down 22% year on year

Opinion

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Feeding 2050's nine billion - how softs are rising to the challenge
Soft commodity experts at TFR's Amsterdam round table agree that despite price falls the outlook for soft commodity trade...
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Crossborder customer support - finance is part of the deal, says exporter panel
No finance, no deal is the experience of many exporters and the reason why some have their own captive financiers. TFR reports...

Technology update

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Endesa and Commercial International Bank power up with Bolero deals
18 June 2013
Spanish electricity utility Endesa SA went live with Bolero's new multi-bank guarantee management solution in mid-May and...
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Chilean bank goes for peak performance with end-to-end solution
18 June 2013
A major Chilean bank has licensed, implemented and deployed Surecomp's Java-based end-to-end trade finance solution.
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Surecomp's DOKA trade finance solution deployed successfully
31 May 2013
Two European banks have recently signed agreements to license Surecomp's DOKA® trade finance system.
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