GTR Trade Insights
21 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago -Providing even greater details into Global Trade Review's news and publications.
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GTR Trade Insights: The Future of Working Capital
November 29, 2023 15:53 - 15 minutes - 20.8 MBIn this episode of GTR Trade Insights, we explore how banks are developing working capital and supply chain finance (SCF) solutions to help clients manage a business environment defined by high-interest rates and inflation. Adoniro Cestari Neto, global head of trade product and structuring at Citi, explains how companies are adapting not only their physical supply chain approaches, but also their financing strategies. In the conversation, Cestari Neto outlines Citi’s broad range of trade a...
Peru’s trade minister: boosting trade and investment ties with the UK
November 01, 2023 16:45 - 17 minutes - 23.4 MBIn the latest episode of GTR Trade Insights, we speak with Peru’s minister of foreign trade and tourism, Juan Carlos Mathews, about the South American country’s ambitious plans to boost foreign investment in key export sectors and grow trade ties with the UK. In the interview, Mathews outlines Peru’s importance in supply chains for energy, mining and agricultural commodities, noting that the country has grown to become the UK's third-largest supplier of LNG. He also tells GTR that Peru is ...
GTR Trade Insights: The future of developing technologies and digital trade
September 04, 2023 08:25 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MBIn this episode of GTR Trade Insights, we explore the future of developing technologies and digital trade and speak with Valeria Sica, the managing director and head of Citi's global trade data, partnership and innovation team. Sica is at the forefront of trade finance innovation, and in this conversation outlines how Citi’s approach to trade transformation differs from traditional trade finance banking teams. She also provides details of successful collaborations with fintechs and highlig...
GTR Trade Insights: Shaping the future of trade
July 06, 2023 13:44 - 15 minutes - 20.8 MBIn this episode of the GTR Trade Insights podcast, we speak to Chris Cox, Citi’s global head of trade and working capital solutions, about the future direction of trade and trade finance. In the discussion, Cox shares his insights on the post-pandemic trading environment, Citi’s key areas of focus in the trade space and the bank’s efforts and priorities around digitalisation and ESG. The conversation follows an exclusive interview recently published on the GTR site, titled: “Shaping the fu...
GTR Trade Insights: How the working capital conversation is evolving
November 08, 2022 10:50 - 24 minutes - 33.8 MBIn this episode of the GTR Trade Insights podcast, we welcome an expert guest from J.P. Morgan to discuss how the focus of working capital has shifted once again amid an ever-more challenging global economic and financial landscape. Joining us in the discussion is James Fraser, global head of trade at J.P. Morgan, who provides an insight into corporate cash positions and what working capital strategies should look like in the face of continued supply chain disruption, rising inflation, and ...
GTR Trade Insights: Doing business in Israel
August 24, 2022 15:47 - 11 minutes - 16.6 MBIn this episode of the GTR Trade Insights podcast, we speak to two Citi experts about Israel, turning the conversation to the country’s trade prospects and the opportunities it presents to those looking to do business in a well-established hub of high-tech innovation. Kfeir Barkai, Head of Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) at Citi in Israel, and Ornit Shinar, Global Head of External Innovation and Venture Investing at Citi Innovation Labs, discuss what makes Israel a high-growth market in ...
GTR Trade Insights: Doing business in Mexico
May 09, 2022 11:31 - 14 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this episode of the GTR Trade Insights podcast we turn our attention to Mexico, where a rise in nearshoring opportunities, the growing sophistication of manufacturing, and an alignment with social and environmental considerations are driving post-pandemic trade prospects. Joining us in the discussion are Andre Carvalho, Head of Trade, Latin America, Treasury and Trade Solutions at Citi, and Eduardo Allegre, Director & Business Head Trade Working Capital at Citibanamex, who outline some o...
GTR Trade Insights: Doing business in Kenya
February 01, 2022 11:07 - 11 minutes - 15.5 MBIn this episode of the GTR Trade Insights podcast, we speak to two guests from Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions team about doing business in Kenya, a country that presents tremendous opportunities to companies looking to tap into its growing potential. In the discussion, Stewart Makura, Supply Chain Finance and Commodity Trade Finance Head, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Marianne Kilonzi, Trade Product Manager in Kenya, share their thoughts on the ways in which the Kenyan economy is making a st...
GTR Trade Insights: A new era for global trade
January 31, 2022 10:40 - 11 minutes - 16.3 MBIn this episode, we speak to Stuart Roberts, Managing Director and Global Head of Trade and Working Capital at J.P. Morgan, who shares his insights on some of the dominant narratives in trade and working capital finance today. The discussion touches on changes in technology and industry, the next steps for digitisation, and the rapidly evolving space of ESG. Roberts also outlines the bank’s own areas of focus in terms of its alignment with these themes. The conversation follows an exclusiv...
GTR Trade Insights: Doing Business in Vietnam
October 26, 2021 11:00 - 12 minutes - 17.9 MBOver the last few decades, Vietnam has been transformed from one of the world’s poorest nations, emerging as a key destination for low-cost and high-technology manufacturing and sourcing. In this episode, we speak to three experts on Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions team about the factors driving this growth, including Vietnam’s appeal as a supply chain alternative to China, its young, tech-savvy population, as well as the impact of several free trade agreements. The discussion follows ...
GTR Trade Insights: Sustainable supply chains, from Covid resilience to future relevance
September 21, 2021 16:42 - 13 minutes - 18.2 MBIn this episode, we turn our attention to sustainable supply chains and supply chain financing and hear from BNP Paribas’ Viktor Ivanov, Head of Sustainability for Transaction Banking EMEA, and Bruno Lechevalier, Head of Supply Chain Management EMEA. The two share their insights on the intersection of supply chain finance and ESG objectives in the context of companies rethinking and rebuilding their post-pandemic value chains with an increased focus on sustainability issues. The discussion...
GTR Trade Insights: Supply chain finance‘s evolution from cashflow provision to driver of social good
September 08, 2021 08:37 - 12 minutes - 17.3 MBIn this episode of the GTR Trade Insights podcast, we welcome two expert guests from HSBC to discuss the evolution of supply chain finance (SCF) from cash flow provision to social good, and how the tool can be used to provide increased access to finance while helping economies build back better. Joining us in the discussion are Andrew Robison, HSBC’s regional head of sales GTRF and CSTF Europe, and Sibel Sirmagul, regional head of product and propositions, global trade and receivables finan...
GTR Trade Insights: Doing Business in Canada
August 18, 2021 08:55 - 11 minutes - 16.3 MBThe focus of this episode is the growth of supply chain finance (SCF) in Canada, where an increasing number of companies are turning to SCF programmes to improve the efficiency of their cash conversion cycle, safeguard supplier relationships, and drive the ESG agenda. The episode features a conversation with John Landry, Managing Director, Treasury and Trade Solutions Head of Citi Canada, where he shares his thoughts on what’s happening in this space. The discussion follows the article tit...
GTR Trade Insights: The evolving landscape of bank-fintech partnerships
August 04, 2021 12:21 - 13 minutes - 19.1 MBIn this episode, we speak to Marie-Laurence Faure-Lepetit, Head of Digital Trade, and Alain Verschueren, Head of Innovation & DLT, at BNP Paribas’ Trade Finance Competence Centre, about their contributions to an article titled ‘The evolving landscape of bank-fintech partnerships’, which appears in the GTR Q3 issue. The conversation discusses the ways in which collaboration between banks and fintechs has progressed, and what may still be needed to get more projects off the ground in the trad...
GTR Trade Insights: Doing Business in Brazil
July 28, 2021 15:10 - 14 minutes - 19.7 MBIn this episode of the GTR Trade Insights podcast our focus is on Brazil, where longer-term economic gains could be on the horizon, given some of the structural changes that are happening across the country, including measures to create more open trade and investment regimes, reduce bureaucracy and lower import duties. Joining us in the discussion are Andre Carvalho, Head of Trade LatAm, and Adriano Milani, Trade Head of Brazil, Treasury and Trade Solutions at Citi, who outline their reason...
GTR Trade Insights: Charting a path to trade digitisation
July 21, 2021 12:20 - 11 minutes - 15.2 MBThis GTR Trade Insights podcast features a conversation with two experts from HSBC, who talk about the urgency around trade digitisation, and the need for incremental changes in order to digitise trade from the inside out. Nick Hampton, HSBC’s regional head of services, global trade and receivables finance Europe, and Sibel Sirmagul, HSBC’s regional head of product and propositions, global trade and receivables finance Europe, highlight the gradual progress towards bringing paper-heavy pro...
GTR Trade Insights: Trade finance talent gap
June 30, 2021 15:27 - 13 minutes - 18.5 MBIn this episode of the GTR Trade Insights podcast, we speak to Pouya Jafari, vice-president for trade innovation at SMBC and recently appointed chairperson of the ITFA Emerging Leaders Initiative, about the ongoing talent gap in the trade finance industry. While there have been efforts from industry bodies to attract and nurture the next generation of trade finance professionals, it's clear that more work needs to be done to increase the proportion and visibility of young talent in the busi...
GTR Trade Insights: Doing Business in the UAE
June 15, 2021 10:49 - 12 minutes - 16.6 MBIn this episode of the GTR Trade Insights podcast, we speak to the team at Citi about the factors that make the UAE a high growth market. Among these are its business-friendly environment, strategic location as a global trading hub, world-class infrastructure, and favourable government policies in promoting trade and investment, as discussed in this conversation with Yusuf Ali Khan, Trade Head for Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan; Mohammad Zubair, UAE Trade Head; and Yali Wang, China:...
GTR Trade Insights: Sustainability, Beyond the Buzzword
May 05, 2021 15:47 - 11 minutes - 16 MBThis GTR Trade Insights podcast features a conversation with Bruno Francois and Françoise Neuville, two BNP Paribas representatives, who provide an overview of some of the recent developments in the sustainable trade finance space, and the ways in which they’re seeing sustainability being embedded into clients’ business. The discussion – moderated by GTR’s editorial director Shannon Manders – is the follow-up to the first instalment of a recent BNP Paribas/GTR content series called the “Tra...
GTR Trade Insights: Doing Business in India
April 20, 2021 08:32 - 12 minutes - 17.1 MBIn the first episode of the new GTR Trade Insights podcast, Mayank Gupta, Head of Trade, Treasury and Trade Solutions, South Asia at Citi, speaks to GTR’s editorial director Shannon Manders about the practicalities and complexities of doing business in India. In partnership with GTR, Citi has recently launched a series of articles aimed at companies wanting to set up in, and engage in cross-border trade with, high-growth, complex markets. In the GTR Trade Insights podcast, we’ll be speaking...
Introducing GTR Trade Insights
April 14, 2021 14:43 - 1 minute - 1.54 MBIn this short trailer we announce the launch of our latest podcast series, GTR Trade Insights. This new podcast brings to life feature articles published in the GTR magazine and on the GTR site, written either by one of our partners or by GTR’s in-house editorial team, and discussing some of the main trends in trade and trade finance. In these episodes, we’ll speak to the expert authors and sources of these articles to get the inside track on these burning issues. From the challenges and ...