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Comment on this article
Arcadio Martinez
June 12, 2017 at 4:07 pmGreat article,
Which there is a recent announcement on Maersk coming into Banking sector financing debt to SMEs in India, how much risk are we looking here? http://m.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/logistics/maersk/article9717910.ece
Ale Pasetti
June 17, 2017 at 10:46 amThanks for your comment and for flagging that article, Arcadio. It looks like Maersk is offering clients funding options via a captive finance arm, which is not unusual, in my experience, although there may be more risk in India than in other EMs.