New regional head for Citi's treasury and trade solutions

By The Asset

Citi’s global transaction services has named Sridhar Kanthadai as the managing director, regional head of treasury and trade solutions, Asia-Pacific and Japan

Citi expands branch network in China

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Citi China officially opened its Chongqing branch on December 10 2009, its ninth in China. The branch offers banking and wealth management services to both corporate and individual customers

Deutsche Bank opens fourth branch in China

By Bayani S Cruz

Deutsche Bank opened its fourth branch in China in the port city of Tianjin on Dec 8 2009 to complement its existing network

The other side of structured credit

By Chito Santiago

Lured by the wealth of opportunities Asia can offer to those with their unique blend of experience of selling structured credit product, two more banking veterans have moved to the buyside and set up their own shop, dispensing advice to those in Asia who lack the generalized knowledge around...

New Islamic funding structure for infrastructure projects

By Chito Santiago

A major highway project in Malaysia uses an innovative Islamic financing structure, combining the principles of mudaraba and ijara, enabling the project sponsor to put together, among others, a longer-term funding beyond what the local market would normally take

Shifting opportunities

By The Asset Editorial Team

The Bank of China remains the country’s premier trade finance bank. As the global financial crisis worsens, the bank is looking at ways to mitigate the impact of the global trade slowdown on its Chinese customers. The bank’s trade finance supremo, Wang Guosheng, general manager of the...