http://www.tfreview.com/ The latest headlines and articles Trade & Forfaiting Review Magazine (c) 2008, Ark Group Ltd. All rights reserved. http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=2A352243-8FDE-48D3-A179-223A76DF441F Senator Barack Obama has said that he would renegotiate the North American Free-Trade Agreement if elected President. But what would that mean in practical terms? By Jon E. Huenemann. 28 October 2008 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=28B9E6C8-2472-45DB-840E-BE1F64EF3663 Trade & Forfaiting Review Editor Graeme Burton previews this year’s IFA conference in Prague. 27 October 2008 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=1A11EEC8-E161-4791-A796-526BD8B8BB29 Paul Schuilwerve, Fortis Bank’s highly respected Managing Director and Global Head Commodities, has been promoted to Head of Merchant Banking, Asia/Pacific. 27 October 2008 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=C139C5B2-8866-4867-8493-07EF68A41501 Analysis and country-risk appetite figures for September 2008 from the the Political Risks Practice of insurance broker Marsh Ltd. 27 October 2008 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=EB94EE04-18B3-4F50-80D7-0F60612475C6 Emerging-market debt pricing figures for August/September 2008 from Omni Bridgeway. 27 October 2008 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=F251E780-B4EC-4D9C-B3A8-FF219905F32C Georgia's dependency on foreign investments has grown and the inflation rate is increasing after having been stable at around 12% in recent years. 27 October 2008 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=2B2C5EB1-5699-4B4E-A788-E785FB618D84 HSBC has finalised an innovative $16m deal with the Sri Lankan government to finance the provision of 5,000 solar-powered drop irrigation systems. 27 October 2008 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=5D9FAC8F-54E1-4F56-95DD-DC31072BD623 TransCreditBank, the commercial bank belonging to state-owned Russian Railways, has signed an 18-month, $185m senior unsecured bullet-term loan intended to finance the foreign trade of the Bank’s customers. 27 October 2008 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=131265B2-0EDD-4847-9ED0-15D1AABA1A21 Russian energy giant Gazprom has returned to the syndicated loan market with a $500m package put together by mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners Calyon and Royal Bank of Scotland. 27 October 2008 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=5C071F04-F53F-41D4-AF53-65640B9DEA2A Countries across Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and other emerging markets will be affected by the credit crunch and the resulting slowdown in growth, according to Global Insight’s latest Sovereign Credit Ratings Review. 27 October 2008 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=306CCD7F-78CD-44C5-9DA4-831BA83BCC9D Oil prices may currently be edging down from record highs of $147 per barrel, but think-tank Chatham House – the Royal Institute of International Affairs – is warning of an impending ‘oil supply crunch’ that will cause prices to spike higher. 27 October 2008 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=0620D169-D422-41AC-9EC8-B6B798369651 Alex Sanchez, a sales director at Surecomp, explains the benefits that Java technology may bring to trade-finance software. 27 October 2008 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=6124BC8F-5789-447B-8E8D-E1A377309394 DBS Bank’s Pranam Wahi recalled to Singapore... Hideyuki Nagahiro moves from BTMU... Carl Adams moves up at Banco Espirito Santo... Plutarchos Sakellaris named new EIB vice president. 27 October 2008