Articles & Publications

 

The following articles are authored by Alexander R. Malaket, CITP, President of OPUS Advisory Services International Inc., and address numerous themes in international trade and trade finance. All articles are in PDF format.


HSBC Guides to Cash, Supply Chain & Treasury Management
 
 

March 2010: Cash, Supply Chain & Treasury Management in Asia Pacific 2010 (Chinese & Korean Translations) 

March 2009: Cash, Supply Chain & Treasury Management in the Middle East 2009 

February 2009: Cash, Supply Chain & Treasury Management in Asia Pacific 2009 (Chinese & Korean Translations)

 

International Trade Centre, Switzerland  

December 2009: How to Access Trade Finance: A Guide for Exporting SME's ITC Trade Finance Unit (Content & Peer Review)

December 2008: Trade Finance, SME's & The Global Crisis ITC Business Brief


Trade Finance Magazine, Euromoney PLC, UK
 

February 2010: Mexico: A Regional Lynchpin - Trade Finance in Mexico 

November 2009: A Step Backward for Trade Finance? Basel II & Trade Finance - COVER STORY 

November 2009: Cautious, Conservative...Consistent: Trade Finance in Canada 

September 2009: Supply Chain Finance SCF and the Global Crisis 

September 2009: Trade & Supply Chain Finance: Regional Themes Regional Views of Trade/SCF

May 2009: Success in Staying the Course: Trade Finance in Canada Trade Finance & the Global Crisis 

December 2008: Light at the End of the Tunnel: Trade Finance and the Global Crisis 
(TFM Dec/Jan Cover Story - Image)

September 2008: Finding the Cutting Edge in Asia SIBOS Special Focus - T&SC Asia-Pacific

June 2008: Flash of Brilliance, or Flash in the Pan - SCF North America

April 2008: Traditional Trade Finance: Twilight or Watershed? - T&SC Focus

October 2007: Rediscovering Trade Finance in North America - NA Trade Finance Providers

October 2007: Technology Promises for Trade - Delivered at Last? - Technology & Trade Finance

May 2007: Hidden Gem or Fool's Gold - Trade Services Operations

September 2006: Trying to Keep one Step Ahead - NA Trade Finance Providers

September 2006: Reality, or Simply a Fad? - Trade Services Focus, Cash Management & Trade

April 2006: Shadowing Trade - Compliance & Trade Services

February 2006: Supporting a Secure Trade Flow in LatAm - IDB Trade Finance Facilitation Program

November 2005: Banking Product or Relationship Service? Trade Services: Focus on Corporate Clients

April 2005: Is There Time to Evolve, or is it Time to Re-invent? Trade Services - Evolve or Re-invent

April 2004: Learning to Work Together - Processing: The Operations/SCF Disconnect 

 

Global Trade Review, Exporta Group, UK  

2009 MENA: Do Reality & Perceptions Align?: Perceptions and Reality in the MENA Region

2009 MENA: MENA Finds Fast Route to Change: Trade Technology in the MENA Region

July 2007: There`s a New Trade Financier in Town - Alternative Trade Finance: Non-bank Providers  

 

Cash & Trade Magazine, UK & Bahrain, UAE  

February 2010: Transparency in Trade, Cash & Credit: An Idea Whose Time Has Come 

August 2009: Trade Banking & Finance: Viewpoint - LAUNCH ISSUE Feature Article