http://www.tfreview.com/ The latest headlines and articles Trade & Forfaiting Review Magazine (c) 2010, Ark Group Ltd. All rights reserved. http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=18B864F5-D213-448E-A65C-456DF7F3CA86 Bahia Specialty Cellulose and Vigolo-Bon Jesus have both launched into syndication with PXFs led by WestLB, in deals valued at $500m and $60m respectively. 02 September 2010 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=D60EE3BE-DA5E-4CFC-B643-0DFAEE072C1A TFR talks to Citi's John Ahearn about tightened credit, stricter regulations and the impending cash reserve mandates of Basel II. 05 September 2010 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=2885D90E-AC09-4FF1-A0DE-61EEF7FC1869 Oil giant BP has raised $5bn in two pre-export finance deals to improve its liquidity following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and its purchase of assets from Devon Energy. 27 August 2010 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=30377E25-382C-48EE-91F8-323D1A30F8FA Applying for a guarantee or letter of credit used to be a time-consuming process. UniCredit’s TradeWeb, however, can cut out the queues, says Manfred Lutz. 05 September 2010 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=18561D32-CC10-4931-A1DC-791C1A72C335 David Hennah previews another busy programme for trade and supply chain at Sibos 2010. 05 September 2010 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=0E6FCA35-35CD-43AE-A613-C702A78FF323 In the wake of the banking crisis, prudence is required to locate dependable partners. Scotiabank’s Executive Vice-President & Head of Global Transaction Banking Alberta G. Cefis discusses what to look for when choosing a correspondent banking partner. 05 September 2010 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=A5840F18-7AB3-458E-BF20-F04C2D7A78D4 Richard Willsher talks to IFA Chairman Paolo Provera about forfaiting, trade finance and the future of the International Forfaiting Association. 05 September 2010 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=BCE01F83-1922-4C4C-99B4-C909F3ECCA30 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has put together a $180m refinancing package for Romania’s Alro. 31 August 2010 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=E0B394FE-FB6F-41F4-ABBE-CB6FCF868AFF Metinvest, the Ukrainian iron, steel and coking coal company controlled by Rinat Akhmetov’s SCM Holdings, has closed a $700m pre-export finance facility. 27 August 2010 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=B9DDD701-FC84-4221-9AEA-973E7CBC2CE5 The Russian government has banned the export of wheat, corn, barley, rye and grain after a prolonged drought, followed by wildfires, devastated crops. 27 August 2010 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=FB350A19-C9CE-4E40-9E95-6607A90F7635 Mark Fenner has been promoted to Head of Relationship Management and Sales for Treasury Services across the Middle East and Africa region at BNY Mellon. 27 August 2010 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=FBE5C972-128B-46D1-81FB-2CDB01F4E1F2 Emirates Steel, the biggest steel producer in the United Arab Emirates, has secured $2.2bn in project finance, incorporating $500m secured by Italian export credit agency Sace. 31 August 2010 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=47F475D3-3065-47F4-BF02-309C2AEDE4A7 Juultje van der Wijk has taken over from Frank Heusdens as Global Head of Trade Finance Services at ING Commercial Banking. 31 August 2010 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=80A18148-671B-45C6-93C9-50FBF0AEDB4E Deutsche Bank has announced a number of new appointments in its Global Transaction Banking team in Asia. Nicole Wong, Belinda Han, Le Nhat Phuong Hong, and Sang-Joon Park have moved to new, bigger roles in Deutsche in Singapore, China, Vietnam and South Korea. 27 August 2010 http://www.tfreview.com/display.asp?articleid=ADABC1F2-A73C-4CF8-BEDE-8BA16505BE56 Sunil Veetil and Herani Hermawan have been appointed to new global payment and cash management roles at HSBC. 01 September 2010