Trade finance still a worry despite recovery

Practitioners in the $10-trillion market are now talking to regulators to ensure that efforts to stop banks hiding toxic assets do not make it harder and costlier to extend trade finance, traditionally one of the safest forms of credit.

The World Trade Organisation will host a meeting of trade finance bankers, international financial institutions and regulators on May 18 (today) to monitor the state of the market ahead of the G20 summit in Toronto next month.