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Page retires at Erste bank

10 March 2010

Erste Group Bank’s structured commodity and trade finance head has retired after 15 years at the bank.

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Simon Page, Erste Group Bank’s structured commodity and trade finance (SCTF) head, has retired after 15 years at the bank.

Page, who retired at the end of...


Poll

Will Russia’s recent ban on grain exports result in a significant rise in private risk insurance claims from grain traders unable to fulfil their contracts?

Yes – there will be more claims. The government’s actions allow traders, with PRI cover, to make claims through contract frustration.
8%
No - the majority of Russia’s wheat production, some 70%-80%, is used for domestic consumption so the contracts represent only a small portion of the total wheat market, limiting the amount of potential claims.
23%
No - traders had a week’s notice before the ban allowing them to secure alternative supplies to fulfil contracts stated as optional origin.
23%
Maybe - but claims are likely to be limited to traders dealing in soft wheat whose contracts demand they source wheat only from Russia.
46%