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Octave Trade Fund: Structured finance, syndication - as applied to Trade, Commodity Finance

Tuesday, June 05, 2007
The Octave Trade Fund is an alternative investment vehicle that specialises in structured finance, specifically, in inventory finance, trade finance, and asset based lending..

A SQUARE :: 05Jun07 Octave Trade Fund: Structured finance, syndication - as applied to Trade, Commodity Finance
Category Financial Engineering and Re-engineering
Faculty C.Mead Welles
Expertise Financial Engineering &Re-engineering
Author Sona Blessing
Faculty Name
The Fund invests, globally, in various industries, including agriculture and commodities, shipping and transportation, and financial services, among others.
From a credit standpoint, trade finance is considered to be relatively low risk because there is an underlying transaction that is the repayment mechanism, a characteristic that places trade finance at the more conservative end of the capital market risk spectrum
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