TOP TIPS: The consequence of Moody's bank downgrades

On June 21 Moody's downgraded the credit ratings of 15 global banks by a number of notches. The markets appeared uninterested but the impact on corporate treasury trade finance will hurt. We ask Olivier Hubert, treasury consultant at AlterCFO, to explain what that pain will be.

By Daniel Flatt

Jun 28, 2012

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An Asian reality: For export oriented Asian companies highly dependent on the US and Europe, this is bad news. This downgrade affects their EU and US counterpart importers who are no longer able to obtain short term credit facilities, bank guarantees they've been used to. Some of our clients are now coping with orders that are delayed, cancelled or put on hold.

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