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The Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) and Trade Finance Global (TFG) have launched a comprehensive guide to Documentary Credits. The guide aims to broaden the understanding and use of this essential trade finance document and to facilitate transparency, efficiency, compliance, and trust in international trade transactions. The guide clarifies the basics of Letters of Credit and breaks down further intricacies of when to use certain documents.

The Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) has published a white paper titled ‘Trade Finance Sustainability Guidelines for Transaction Banking’. The guidelines aim to help banks assess sustainable trade finance transactions in a practical, proportionate and globally applicable manner, establishing a minimum baseline for credible decision-making. They complement existing standards and offer a practical alternative where those standards may not fully reach, including for small and medium-sized enterprises, developing markets and high-volume, low-value trade flows. The white paper is available to BAFT members only and customers must sign in to access it.

The Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) has published updated legal opinions for its Master Participation Agreement (MPA) for Trade Transaction (English Law version 2008, Amended in 2022) and (New York Law version 2019, Amended in 2021), to accommodate LIBOR-related updates, and these newly issued legal opinions complete the documentation for utilisation.

The Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT), in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank, have published a new white paper which sets out the potential for deep-tier supply chain finance to bridge the trade finance gap, drive liquidity to the most underserved segments of the trade market and enhance visibility within global supply chains.

CASE HUB ARCHIVED–this archived case hub reflects the position at the date of the decision of 18 January 2019; it is no longer maintained. See further: timeline. Case facts Outline European Commission merger investigation into the proposed acquisition of Solvay’s nylon business by BASF (Case M.8674). The transaction involves overlaps in the nylon industry, including markets for the manufacture of nylon compounds and nylon fibres. Latest developments On 18 January 2019, the Commission approved the transaction, subject to commitments. Under the commitments, the parties agreed to divest a number of Solvay facilities, to create a production joint venture together with the buyer of these facilities and to enter into long-term supply agreements to meet the divested business’ requirements. Parties BASF is a German-headquartered large diversified chemical company. BASF is active in a range of sectors, including chemicals, performance products, functional materials and solutions, agricultural solutions and oil & gas. It is active in the polyamide value chain, in particular in the production of Hexamethylene Diamine, Adipic Acid, adipate Salt, Base Polymers and Engineering Plastics.

Best Available Technique: Applying BAT is a UK regulatory requirement and BAT must be demonstrated throughout the nuclear facility lifecycle. “Best” means the most effective in achieving a high level of protection for the environment as a whole. “Available” requires consideration of: (a) whether the techniques under consideration have been developed on a scale which allows implementation in the relevant industrial sector; and (b) whether the conditions mean that techniques are economically and technically viable, taking into consideration both the benefits and detriments. “Techniques” includes both the technology used and the way in which the installation is designed, built, maintained, operated and decommissioned.

(best alternative to a negotiated settlement) the best possible outcome at trial if the matter does not settle. This is a term which a mediator may ask the parties to consider as a method of focussing on the mediation

Best Available Technique Not Entailing Excessive Cost: A modification of BAT incorporating an element of financial realism.

MLex: British Airways (BA) has been fined £20m by the UK’s data watchdog for violating data protection law in a major 2018 data breach—an almost 90% reduction in the fine originally proposed. The decision laid bare the regulatory risks presented to companies by vulnerabilities in remote access to their IT systems.

British Bankers' Association—an association for the UK banking and financial sector that represents the interests of banks and, amongst other things, sets and publishes LIBOR rates (since 1 July 2017, the BBA is now a part of UK Finance)

The ‘BBC’ is a public service broadcaster established by Royal Charter. It’s funded by the licence fee paid by UK households. It provides national TV channels, regional TV programmes, an internet TV service (BBC Three), national radio stations, local radio stations and a website.