All insights

Receivership Is Not One Transfer: Why Failed-Bank Loan Portfolios Need Asset-Level Ownership State

Nano Banc's resolution separated an institution-level event from the disposition of individual assets. The announcements describe assets acquired and assets retained, but they do not identify the owner of each loan. Reliable transition records must distinguish loan ownership, servicing, payment instructions and later sales, with evidence and effective dates for each.

Read article →

An Insured Invoice Is Still Not a Verified Receivable: What Radiant World Reveals About Trade-Credit Evidence

The Radiant World disputes have moved beyond lenders and commodity counterparties into trade-credit insurance. The Financial Times reported that Zurich and Allianz Trade wrote policies covering transactions linked to the embattled iron-ore trader, including Zurich cover tied to non-payment by counterparties such as Glencore. That adds a new layer to a case already involving allegations that some invoices used in financing were invalid or had already been paid. The lesson is not that...

Read article →

How to Prepare a Claim for Review in DaDepo

Follow a claim file from document upload and reviewed findings to an Asset Passport working record, with a separate route to issuance and controlled review. A practical example keeps a €4 million claim, a €1.2 million settlement and €400,000 collected distinct, and shows where to record ownership, security, funding and unanswered questions.

Read article →

Paperless Trade Fails at the Border: Why Electronic Documents Need Portable Legal State

APEC is moving paperless trade from policy language into cross-border pilots through the APEC Centre of Excellence for Paperless Trade. Its initial work focuses on electronic bills of lading, certificates of origin, invoices and customs bonds, with real transactions intended to expose where legal recognition, technical standards and operational workflows still break between jurisdictions. The deeper lesson is that a digital trade document is useful only when its authority, control, current...

Read article →

The Invoice Exists. The Receivable May Not: What Radiant World Reveals About Trade-Finance Asset Identity

The widening Radiant World disputes show why an invoice is not enough to establish a financeable receivable. In one Singapore lawsuit, Incomlend alleges that it advanced $31.7 million against two Glencore invoices with a combined face value above $34 million, only to be told later that the invoices had already been paid and that the underlying contracts were not genuine. Separately, a Jefferies-linked fund has obtained a London freezing order of up to $499 million against Radiant World, its...

Read article →

The NPL Is Too Late: Why Stressed Loans Need an Asset Record Before Default

India’s largest asset-reconstruction market is starting to move upstream from buying non-performing loans into servicing loans before they become NPAs. Asset Reconstruction Company (India), or Arcil, is launching collections-as-a-service for banks and other financial institutions, explicitly targeting SMA-1 and SMA-2 accounts as well as NPAs. The shift matters because a loan does not suddenly become an operationally complex asset on day 91. Payment events, contact history, promises to pay,...

Read article →

What Is an Asset Passport?

A practical explanation of how an Asset Passport turns scattered documents and key facts into a structured, review-ready overview.

Read article →