In August, European banks ABN Amro and BNP Paribas announced they were leaving the commodity trade financing business. Recent high profile frauds, thinner margins, huge losses and increasingly stringent regulations are some of the reasons why. Recent commodity trading troubles in epicentre Singapore
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