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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Trade & Supply Chain Finance 2011: Sustainable Supply Chains

GREEN PROFITS By Denise Bedell Companies have long been working on creating sustainable internal operations. With growing recognition of the symbiotic buyer-supplier relationship, they are now moving those efforts into their supply chains—and reducing costs in the process. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Trade & Supply Chain Finance 2011: Trade Receivables Securitization

BECOMING LIQUID By Denise Bedell Investor interest in trade receivables securitization is growing, and companies are taking note as they search for alternative liquidity sources. Atallah, Deutsche Bank: Volatile credit markets are forcing companies to use new ...

Banking

Regulators In The Driver’s Seat

SIBOS 2011— REGULATION By Denise Bedell Companies—and their banks—are increasingly mindful of how regulatory changes, such as the introduction of Basel III, will affect their corporate banking activities and the cost of banking services. Wholesale banking activities—in ...

Banking

Special Report: Sibos 2011

SIBOS 2011 Change is in the air at this year’s annual Sibos conference in Toronto. Hosted by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), the conference provides a forum for the world’s biggest corporate and investment banks to ...

Banking

The Trade Revolution

SIBOS 2011— TRADE FINANCE By Denise Bedell Trade finance is in the midst of wrenching changes, and banks must keep pace with them or face loss of market share and a deterioration of their client base. The ...

Banking

Virtual Competition Presents A Real Challenge

TECHNOLOGY— SIBOS 2011 By Anita Hawser Banks are facing growing competition from technologically advanced nonbanks as customers seek more convenience and higher service levels. Imagine a world where money is no longer thought of as something physical ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Going It Alone

FOCUS: CEE ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE By Vanessa Drucker Europe’s continuing sovereign debt crisis has left many non-members of the eurozone relishing their monetary independence. The eurozone debt crisis has taken a toll on financial markets worldwide, rattling investors’ ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Where East Meets West

FOCUS: CEE KAZAKHSTAN By Jonathan Gregson Kazakhstan’s bold recovery plan and its efforts to stabilize its financial sector are paying off as the country establishes itself as a regional hub. If any country fits the broad concept ...

Banking

SIBOS 2010

With thousands of banks and a growing number of corporations attending each year, the Brussels-based international banking network SWIFT's annual Sibos conference has become a crucial forum for debates in transaction banking. This year's conference, to be held in Amsterdam, ...

Banking

Special Section

Trade & Supply Chain Finance 2011: Sustainable Supply Chains

Trade & Supply Chain Finance 2011: Trade Receivables Securitization

Regulators In The Driver’s Seat

Special Report: Sibos 2011

The Trade Revolution

Virtual Competition Presents A Real Challenge

Going It Alone

Where East Meets West

SIBOS 2010

SIBOS: Asian Transaction Banking

SIBOS: Payments Innovation

SIBOS: Remittances