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The Year That Was - Editorial Board Review of 2011
BCR FactorscanAs the New Year begins, members of Factorscan’s Editorial Board in Canada, Spain, Singapore, and the UK share their thoughts on the year that was, and consider what may lie ahead in 2012.
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China: Against All Odds
Global Trade ReviewDespite international concerns over wavering Chinese stability, trade finance bankers are prepared to take on the precarious situation, writes Shannon Manders.
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Hopes in Emerging Countries
Financial TimesEmerging Asia as a whole will grow by almost 50 per cent. Over the same period, economies of high-income countries will grow by a mere 3 per cent. Who can doubt that the world is undergoing a profound transformation?
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Business Banking: State of the Nation
Business MoneyReflections on the UK’s commercial sector as 2012 begins.
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Hot Trade Finance Products and Services
World Trade 100FGI's Ben Brachot is featured discussing international asset-based lending.
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The Year That Was
The Secured LenderFor many asset-based lenders and factors, 2011 was the year when competition returned to the marketplace, new opportunities were seized and, in some cases, things went back to the way were pre-recession. Still, it wasn’t as even recovery across the board.
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Risk Appetite, Strategy, and Capital Allocation
The RMA JournalA successful risk appetite framework requires top-down and bottom-up planning.
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U.S. Growth Quickens, But Speed Bumps Ahead
ReutersThe U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter, but a rebuilding of stocks by businesses and slower business spending warned of weaker growth in early 2012.
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Pickup in Lending Lifts Big Banks
The Wall Street JournalBig U.S. banks are reopening the lending spigot amid signs that an improving economy is spurring companies and individuals to borrow more.
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U.S. Banks Back off Lending to European Banks
MarketWatchU.S. banks tightened standards for loans to their European counterparts in the last three months of 2011, increasing standards for the second straight quarter as the region’s debt crisis continued, according to a quarterly survey of the bank senior loan officers released Monday by the Federal Reserve.
Full Article +Growth in UK Exports Slows
Business MoneyThe DHL/BCC Trade Confidence Index, a measure of the UK’s exporting health, has revealed that growth among UK exporters slowed during the last quarter of 2011.
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Ally Commercial Finance, LLC
Richard J. Daileader has joined as Managing Director.
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Bay View Funding
Jerry Calabrese has joined as VP, Regional Sales Manager.
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Capital One Bank
Larry Cannariato has been appointed as VP of Capital One Leverage Finance Corp.