Paving the way for trade finance securitisation

Hans Krohn

at Commerzbank

Hans Krohn, head of trade products at Commerzbank, heralds the bank’s success of its CoTrax Finance II-1 trade finance securitisation. But why has it taken so long for this emerging asset class to get off the ground and what will it take for the trade finance securitisation market to succeed in the long-term?

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