-
February
JP Morgan treasury services has unveiled its JP Morgan ACCESS Mobile banking platform in Asia Pacific.
-
IADB supports efforts to strengthen Asia-Latin America trade and investment ties through the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
-
Hung Hai Construction Company has secured a loan for its Nam Na 3 hydropower project in Vietnam under cover from Japanese export credit agency Nexi.
-
January
Failure to drawdown a loan from Japan’s state lender has led to allegations of corruption at the University of Indonesia.
-
BNP Paribas and KfW IPEX-Bank have partnered to offer cement producer Holcim Indonesia a buyer credit facility for its Tuban green-field plant.
-
Fundtech has partnered with Australian payment services firm Dataline to offer electronic invoice presentment and payment (EIPP) in Asia-Pacific.
-
An industry body for international trade has submitted a report stating Australia’s export credit agency EFIC is not adequately supporting small and medium sized businesses.
-
Three banks have signed the senior level of a jumbo credit line, guaranteed by Philippine export credit agency PhilExim, on behalf of Philippine Phosphate and Fertiliser Corporation.
-
Australian airline Qantas receives two Airbus A380s deliveries arranged by HSBC and guaranteed by European ECAs.
-
The UK’s export credit agency has returned to support New Zealand’s Swift Transport in its purchase of additional British buses.
-
Digital Paradise Inc. of the Philippines secures ECA-backed loan from HSBC to expand its chain of internet cafes.
-
Project sponsor Plenary has secured Canadian export credit agency funding and guarantees for its new state-of the-art cancer unit in Melbourne, Australia.
-
China Exim and Chinese lenders fund An Khanh Electricity’s thermal power project in Vietnam.
-
International banks credit Pacific International Lines under a guarantee from export credit agency Sinosure.
-
Société Générale Corporate and Investment Bank (SG CIB) reveals fresh job cuts in France in addition to planned job losses in Asia and the US.
-
BTMU, Citi, SMBC and Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company are supporting Vietnam’s crucial Hai Phong to Hanoi expressway project under cover from Japan’s export credit agency Nexi.
-
SMBC and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have signed a cofinancing for a power supply project in Indonesia.
-
While the US and Europe struggle, the Asia-Pacific region has prospered, propping up global prices for commodities across the spectrum from metals and minerals to food and cooking oils. Graeme Burton examines the scene.
-
Export credit agencies EFIC, Sace and EDC commit to Santos’ Gladstone liquefied natural gas project in Queensland, Australia.