Brexit unease continues to build as the pound continues to be sold off by investors, driven by lack of confidence in the markets and the emerging threat of the UK… read more →
Investment in Africa has typically been dominated by the US, EU & BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India & China) nations. Moreover, according to the World Investment Report 2018, Foreign Direct Investment… read more →
Small businesses are now optimistic about international trade and growth prospect, and this shift happened in the last quarter of 2017. It’s after UK SMEs (Small Sized Enterprises) experienced a… read more →
We spoke to Sean Doherty, FX expert at RationalFX about FX markets in April 2018. The second half of April has challenged accepted values. The dollar’s decline is not a one-way… read more →
Following a fairly stagnant year of growth as well as global trade in Q4 of 2017, where do SMEs stand? TFG took a deep dive on global trade, to see… read more →
The opening salvos in the trade war between the US and China have already been fired. The US unveiled plans for a 25 per cent tariff on steel and 10… read more →
Wednesday 8th of November marked the 4th day of US President Donald Trump’s 12 – day Asia trip and his much anticipated meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping. A variety… read more →
For the first time in a decade the Bank of England has announced a 7-2 decision to rise Interest Rates 25 basis points to 0.5%. Done in attempt to return… read more →
With over $5.4tn traded every single day on the currency markets, Trade Finance Global look into the most popular currency pairs for those doing business overseas. Mitigating currency risk should… read more →
One of the biggest risk factors involved in operating an Import or Export business is that while your Purchase or Sales is in progress, the value of currency may change… read more →
With the more commonly known Forex Market operating with an average of $5.2 Trillion dollars exchanged per day, what role has Brexit played since the announcement (some 13 months previous… read more →
Even though traders, business people, and governments desire it and major financial actors try to maintain it, stability on the Foreign Exchange market is only fleeting. The Volatile Markets Forex… read more →
Thursday 8th May marked the snap election called by Theresa May on the 19th April 2017. The exit poll released at 10pm showed that the Conservative Party had lost its… read more →
In an early scene in the Hollywood blockbuster, “The Wolf of Wall Street”, Matthew McConaughey, acting as a senior broker, describes predicting the value of a stock as a ‘Fugazi’…… read more →
On April 19th, Members of Parliament voted in a 522-13 majority favour of Theresa May’s announced Snap Election, allowing Brexit and ultimately Britain’s future to be put in the English… read more →