Trafigura v Gupta, the London High Court trial that has been gripping the global commodities scene for over a month, concluded today as both sides made their closing statements. The… read more →

Commodity traders are heading into the new year facing a risk landscape that’s more political, more complex, and far less predictable than anything the market has seen in years. As… read more →

The 2025 UN Trade and Development Report turns its attention to trade finance, its inextricable connection to global trade and commodity flows, and where it might be headed in the… read more →

On 17 November, the London High Court began hearing one of commodities’ most high-profile fraud cases in recent memory: Trafigura’s announcement in early 2023 that it had been subject to… read more →

How can you quantify pressure? For commodity traders, who operate under a unique blend of complex sanctions, regulatory scrutiny, and wholly unpredictable geopolitics, it’s clear the pressure is on. And… read more →

As any would-be mountain climber knows, taking risks is much easier when you have a safety net. Amid increasing geopolitical risk and rising economic volatility, credit insurance acts as that… read more →

Few things on this planet are clearly visible from space: the Pyramids of Giza, the Amazon Rainforest, the Himalayan mountain range. Now, pools of blood saturating the ground of Sudan… read more →

The Trade Finance Global (TFG) team have had quite an international presence this year. And at all corners of the world, Africa has been the market on everyone’s lips and… read more →

As the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) transitions from reporting obligations to financial enforcement, the question of who bears the cost – and at what magnitude – is… read more →

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) – the world’s most resource-rich region and home to much of the global commodity market – is not growing.   A recent IMF report found a significant slowdown… read more →