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1 June 1999
An old acquaintance, a willing bank, lengthy and patient discussions: this led to a particluarly interesting mining deal arranged by KBC Bank in Zimbabwe. Paul Starling, Vice-President in the Global...
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1 June 1999
Martin Ogang, president of the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank) in Nairobi, Kenya, explains the role of his organisation in African trade and commodity finance, as...
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1 May 1999
We are facing a situation in global trade where much of the management of documentary systems is chaotic and inefficient.Efficiencies in the management of export information have not kept pace with...
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1 May 1999
Egypt is offering investors several interesting projects. Paul Simpson, head of trade services at Bankers Trust in New York, elaborates on what the country holds as far as opportunities, and in...
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1 April 1999
Countertrade is a niche and complex area of trade finance, usually associated with the defence industry and government-related exports. Aspy Palia from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Peter...
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1 April 1999
Uncertainty in the trade finance market have caused many institutions to reconsider strategies. For some it is ''back to basics'' meaning no more working capital or pre-export/import finance deals....
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1 April 1999
The past eight years have seen huge changes in all sectors in India. But while much has changed, a lot has remained the same. A government can direct a programme of change but people spread diversely...
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1 April 1999
James Parsons, Chief Operating Officer of International Trade Finance at Deutsche Banks Global Banking Division in London examines recent changes in the trade finance market.
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1 April 1999
With all the sesationalism and horror stories regarding the Year 2000 Millennium Bug around at the moment, Gary Hicks, Head of Public Affairs at international credit insurer NCM gives some advice.
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1 April 1999
Talking to banks, recruitment firms and exporters, it seems clear that there are problems being experienced in finding good staff with not only the business-to-business e-commerce skills, but also...
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1 April 1999
Electronic commerce is changing the face of international trade. David Roots, President and Managing Director of ISM, the international trade software company, shows where the market is heading and...
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1 March 1999
A continuing series of articles written by Aon Trade Finance giving a view of the trade and insurance markets from the perspective of the independent broker, sitting between the exporters and the...
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1 March 1999
The growth in international trade has fuelled new developments in the transport and logistics industry, as well as created parallel technological advances. Data warehouses are becoming dated. The...
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1 February 1999
The use of ratings agencies in the field of capital markets is well known, but in trade finance their use is less apparent. Hugh Baxter, director, ratings development, at Standard and Poors in London...
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1 February 1999
The use of ratings agencies in the field of capital markets is well known, but in trade finance their use is less apparent. Hugh Baxter, director, ratings development, at Standard & Poors in...
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1 February 1999
Michael J Tully, director of Tully Consulting Corp (Netherlands), previously global head of trade and commodity finance at ING Barings in Amsterdam.
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1 January 1999
Marry a tradition and good track-record in structured commodity finance with presence on the ground, and you have French banks extremely well positioned for trade business in Latin America. Nicholas...
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1 January 1999
Over the past few decades the international commodity trade has, like many other industries, undergone a fundamental restructuring with still more change to come. Numerous forces are behind the re-...
