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New Coface Country @ratings

Country @ratings reflect the average capacity of companies in particular countries to make timely payments. They derive from a composite…


Commercial debt collection- The 'do or buy' decision in services

Article by François de Hennin – Mediaedge  The main danger for any service provider is to loose its uniqueness (i.e.…


Securitisation – new regulatory responses to capital arbitrage

The broad brush approach to credit risk in the 1988 Basel Accord encouraged banking innovations such as asset securitisation and…


Asset-based lending hots up

Recent asset-based lending activity in the US has further reinforced this finance tool as a popular mainstream option with recent…


Coface latest upgrades and downgrades to country risk ratings

The Coface Group, a world leader in export credit insurance and commercial risk management, today upgraded its ratings for Armenia,…


The fight against fraud – what every company director MUST…

Fear of fraud should force every board director to take responsibility for their companies’ defences and ensure they have strong…


ILO launches pivotal programme to support SMEs

A new, high- profile, integrated business growth programme, called Expand Your Business (EYB), will be launched on... (more…)


The future is cross selling

A special article by Ann Horan, Managing Director, Bank of Ireland Commercial Finance and Chairman of the Factors & Discounters…


Coface world country risk index improves

Coface announced that its world country risk index continued to improve during the past three months (down 4% and at…


Reliance on exports is Asia's Achilles heel

Export growth is slowing across Asia in another sign that high oil prices are affecting the global economy. As recently…


EXIM bank forced to change strategy to drive SME expansion…

Competition from local banks offering trade finance at lower rates has meant that the Export-Import Bank... (more…)


ICICI bank’s partnership to advance micro-finance receivables market

In a move that will support the advancement of micro-sized businesses, ICCI Bank, the country's largest private... (more…)


European courts are thick with problem of thin capitalisation

Thin capitalisation is not a term with which many of those involved in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will be…


Know your export market

An article by Robert Hannah, corporate finance partner with Grant Thornton Exports, along with many other areas of the Scottish economy…


UK company profitability has now fallen for a record 16th…

The profitability of UK companies has fallen to below six per cent for the first time, according to Experian® in…


The vagaries of debtor insurance

Luke Johnson, chairman of Signature Restaurants, gives his views on the trade credit insurance industry It is hard to think…


Static Scotland still trailing rest of UK sectoral report

The latest Scottish Economic Report (SER) shows that Scotland remains in a fairly static business environment compared with the rest…


Small business banking – HBOS expansion helps competition

The much-vaunted government effort to improve the deal that small businesses get from their banks has been less important to…


Stop there, Mr Brown

By John Brace, deputy president of ACCA  In last April's Budget, Gordon Brown, the chancellor, announced that the government would…


Major changes to stamp taxes

Article by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer  Executive summary  From 1 December this year there will be major changes to stamp taxes.…


Political risk insurance – another test

Article by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer  Executive summary This briefing tracks recent developments in political risk insurance; looking specifically at claims…


Company profitability enters fifth year of decline

The collapse in profitability of UK companies continued into the second quarter of 2003, according to Experian® in its latest…


The pound at a critical juncture

In the latest issue of the Deloitte Economic Review, our Economic Adviser, Roger Bootle, focuses on the outlook for the…


The outlook for corporate turnarounds and restructurings

An article by Simon Longfield, partner, Grant Thornton  The successive crises in the new technology, telecoms, media, energy and travel…


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