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Volume 5 Issue 3
Features
10 tips for exporters
Peter Wilson, Head of International Services for The Royal Bank Of Scotland Commercial Services, shows why factoring/invoice financing is often a sensible direction for exporters to consider.
Are you dealing with terrorists?
The US government has acted in response to the terrorist threat by trying to dry up the sources of terrorist funds. Its actions and how they might affect the trade financier are discussed by Jane Freeberg Sarma, a senior associate in the litigation department of Watson, Farley & Williams’ New York office.
Basel II: accord or discord?
The new Basel capital accord is an ambitious blueprint aimed at strengthening the banking industry globally by strengthening regulatory capital levels. Ernest Napier, Managing Director at Standard & Poor’s Ratings in New York, looks at its implications for the trade finance market – some of them negative.
From sensor to shooter
James Caldwell, Executive Vice-President for Export Finance for UK defence giant BAE SYSTEMS, tells us what the world’s biggest defence exporter expects from the export credit agencies and banks.
Post sanction trade in Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia, once more, has become interesting for foreign investments and international trade activities. Selma Mujezinovic, a commercial lawyer at law firm Clyde doo Belgrade, explains further.
Rediscovering the CIS
Following the Russian crisis of 1998, appetite in the CIS waned in the face of uncertainty. But the region is back with a vengeance – with Kazakhstan proving to be the rising star. Georg Feldscher, Head of Syndications & Asset Sales at RZB in Vienna, explains more.
Stable despite September
The LTP Trade Finance Index from LTP Risk Management gives its October performance update. Despite a few exceptions, the Index has remained stable in the face of post-September 11 uncertainty.
Voulez-vous forfaiter avec moi?
For those in the trade finance market unfamiliar with forfaiting, who want to know the similarities with factoring, and are curious to know why the financial technique is less popular in North America than in Europe, Saturnino Lucio, President at Lucio Bronstein Garbett Stiphany & Allen, in Miami, gives his impression from a US perspective.
e-marketplaces: Selling the USA
A promising new e-marketplace has been launched for US exporters that offers clicks, mortar and plenty of buyers. Tristan Digby reports on BuyUSA.com.
Interview: Risk management AIG-style
International insurance group AIG has a reputation for dynamic reactions and solutions to market forces and direction. The e-commerce space and its huge influence on global business is no exception. e-mmerce talks to Gretchen Hayes, President of AIG eBusiness Risk Solutions in New York, about how AIG is meeting the challenges of e-business.
IT company viewpoint: Trade finance – a tangled web?
John Franck, Product Marketing Manager, Trade Finance Systems, at Midas-Kapiti in the UK looks at the main electronic trade finance initiatives out there and their prospects for survival and success.
Online auctions: Fail to prepare and you will prepare to fail
Aidan Rowsome is Managing Director and President, Europe, for Bid.com, the global provider of dynamic pricing solutions that help organisations buy and sell goods online. Here, he helps prepare companies and their customers for online auctions.
Online trust: The challenge of online trust
Netmarkets Europe (NME) was founded early in 2000 with the aim of helping European B2B practitioners move closer toward real solutions to the problems they face in building their businesses. Chris Bridges from Netmarkets outlines the result of a recent white paper undertaken by the firm, and sponsored by bonitrus, on the issues surrounding online trust. The second part of this report will be published in the August/September issue.
Trust and security: New tools of the trade
The internet has changed how trade business is being conducted. And central to the internet are issues of trust and security. Daniel Boccara, President and CEO of Coface North America, considers how businesses are meeting such challenges.
