Tradewind has provided an $8 million non-recourse factoring facility to a USA-based power solutions company that supplies, installs, and maintains its line of products for the telecom industry nationwide. Tradewind’s funding will support the exponential growth of the power provider by expediting its cash flow so it can keep up with demand and vendor payment. The power solutions company recently entered into a new contract with one of its telecom partners that expanded the territory it serviced for them from...

By Andrew C. Collins| Bannockburn Global Forex, LLC  December 2018 FX OutlookUSD In recent weeks, the market has grown more skeptical of the extent the Federal Reserve will raise rates next year.  It never fully accepted the Fed’s forecasts that implied three rate hikes would be appropriate in 2019.  The fed funds futures strip suggests the market is confident of only one rate hike next year. A rate hike at the December 19 FOMC meeting is widely expected.  To maintain its control...

By Jonathan Lopez | Amy Walsh | Robert Reznick | Daniel Streim | Matthew Moses Last month, Danske Bank A/S – Denmark's largest bank – announced that the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") has initiated a criminal investigation relating to the bank's Estonian branch. This follows the announcement of a series of high-profile investigations by European regulators and a September 2018 report commissioned by the bank detailing up to €200 billion in potential suspicious payments conducted through the Estonian branch between 2007 and 2015. Several media sources...

By David Dodge, Richard Dion,  Serge Dupont, John Weekes, Michael Horgan, Valerie Hughes The Bennett Jones Governmental Affairs and Public Policy group are pleased to present the Fall 2018 edition of the Bennett Jones Economic Outlook.   This report provides unique insights on the current and future state of the Canadian and global economies, with a focus on the following key themes:   1.    Global Growth to 2021: The broad cyclical, structural and policy factors expected to shape growth, and the short- and medium-term risks to the projection.   2.    International Trade: Despite...

By Marc S. Friedman | Director of Professional Relations| Global Commerce Education In the most recent article in this series, I explained how many non-US companies, including Baltic businesses, are discouraged from exploiting a robust US marketplace by Myth #3 –there are so many methods of market entry that it is impossible to know which is best for my company. In this installment, I will address Myth #4 - There are too many governmental regulations that will make it very...

Fast growing in different parts of the world, GL events introduces 3 new centres to join its 40 venues global network : -       Aichi Sky Expo Convention and Exhibition Center, Japan -       E2 Dubai South Event and Exhibition Center, UAE -      New   Toulouse   Exhibition   and   Convention   Centre, France Three destinations are reknowned hubs for aeronautics and aviation. -      Toulouse is a world capital for aeronautics and European capital in space sector -       The aerospace industry in Aichi-Nagoya is the largest inJapan and in Asia -      Dubai...