Murabaha financing agreement delivers critical support for thousands of farmers exporting food commodities across the continent as COVID-19 impacts global food commodity prices. (Jeddah, KSA, 30 June 2020). The International Islamic Trade Finance… read more →
The Business Plan outlined new objectives that will allow UKEF to adapt its support for SMEs, help businesses across all the regions of the UK, access UKEF products, and focus its activity on sectors and countries.
Farmers are losing money regardless of their size, defaulting on existing facilities, and as such financiers are exiting structured commodity finance due to credit and compliance risks.
Singapore, June 2, 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged food supply chains globally and especially in developing markets in Asia, the Middle East and Africa where lockdown measures have… read more →
Sustainability is no longer an adjunct to good business, but pivotal to it. TFG heard from Standard Chartered Bank, on the difficulties MNCs face
Macro uncertainty continues to be a key factor impacting growth as we continue to see a slowdown in trade flows. TFG spoke to BofA’s APAC team
Enterprises in EDEs face enormous financing challenges to respond to new export market opportunities and grow their businesses sustainably.
TFG heard from Beata Javorcik at University of Oxford, discussing corporates addressing climate change.
TFG heard from the EBRD around their ambitious Green Economy Transition (GET) approach, including the Green TFP which has supported more than 600 foreign trade transactions with a total value of more than €400 million since 2016.
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