Push Into Food, Power Plants Paying Off for Japanese Traders

Japan’s trading houses were key to the revival of the country’s postwar economy as they scoured the planet for the coal, oil and metals needed by industry.

Asian banks top project finance deals in 2013

LONDON: Japanese and other Asian banks cemented their positions as the lead arrangers for project-financing deals last year while several big European banks continued to retreat from the business as they shrink their balance sheets.