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Trade Finance - December 2011/ January 2012
22 December 2011
Highlights from the December 2011/ January 2012 print edition of Trade Finance.
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COVER STORY
COMMODITY FINANCE BANKING
Regulatory demands and the high cost of dollar funding for key European banks are transforming the commodity financing market. Dickon Harris assesses what 2012 will hold for commodity borrowers.
FEATURES
Commodity finance – Rabobank interview: Solid commitment
Jonathan Bell talks with Diane Boogaard and Karel Valken about Rabobank’s position in the trade and commodity finance market.
Commodity finance – ABN AMRO: A specialist approach
Jonathan Bell talks with Maaike Steinebach and Ed Jongenelen, about the bank’s distinctive commodity financing offering.
Conference report – STEF Africa: Assessing liquidity
Dickon Harris reports on Trade Finance Magazine’s STEF Africa Conference, held late November in Johannesburg.
Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets – the euro: What if…
Trevor Williams, Hann-Ju Ho, Jeavon Lolay and Jonathan Thomas examine the possibilities of a break-up of the euro.
Supply chain finance – Europe: Adapting to change
With the euro-crisis in full swing, Helen Castell talks to leading trade banks and examines the changing landscape of supply chain financing in Europe.
Trade and supply chain – year in review: New challenges
Trade and supply chain finance is a sector undergoing fundamental changes. Oliver O’Connell reviews some of the market developments through 2011.
Export finance – BTMU team report: Bucking the trend
John Geddie reports on BTMU’s global strategy for export credit.
Export finance – secondary market: Who is buying?
John Geddie looks at some of the obstacles to secondary market distribution in export credit.
Latin America – FELABAN 2011: Debating the future
Oliver O’Connell reports from the 45th Annual Assembly of the Federacion Latino Americana de Bancos (FELABAN) in Miami.
Interview – GE Capital: From a solid core
Oliver O’Connell speaks with Inwha Huh and Bjorn Bergabo about how GE Capital is responding to the challenges of the trade finance market.