Structured Terms of Payment

Silicon Valley-based Trucker Path released a crowd-sourced navigation app for truck drivers in late 2013. The crowd-sourced Trucker Path application has grown to become America’s largest community of truck drivers… read more →

The Australian business lending landscape is changing dramatically. Interest rates are at historic lows but there are signs that these might go up in the near future, companies are extending… 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 →

In accordance to the MSCI Frontier Market Index, Vietnam is recognised as a frontier market.  Nevertheless, with a GDP per capita of just above $6000 as of 2015 and a… read more →

Ninety seven per cent of exporters questioned in a survey said they were optimistic about growing their businesses through international trade. We spoke to Institute of Export & International Trade… read more →

Contrary to popular belief, Dubai is not an oil based economy. In fact, oil only represents 6% of its revenue and this is not expected to change as its oil… read more →

Just before the Chinese Rooster Year was about to came, the debt market of China wasn’t in the festival mood. On the 25 January 2017, the government bonds futures market… read more →

For decades, the shipping industry has helped many countries improve their economic situation, allowing many businesses to acquire their much-needed resources and develop products demanded by the market. And it… read more →

Fintech companies are often exciting innovators that keep investors on their toes as they rapidly develop new services and products. As a sector, financial technology is in a major period… read more →

Pre-export finance (PXF) is a type of finance product with a specific aim of providing finance for producers of commodities and other products. The reasoning behind these facilities is so… read more →

Structured Trade Finance (STF) Structured trade finance is a type of debt finance, which is used as an alternative to conventional lending. It is regularly used in developing countries and… read more →

Trade Loans – What are they and how can they be used? Trade loans are facilities used by importers, exporters and domestic traders. They are short term in nature and… read more →

MT799 Explained When dealing with Bank Guarantees, Documentary Credits, and Letters of Credit (LCs), one may hear the term ‘MT799’ being used. MT799 is a message that is sent between… read more →

The law underpinning financial products is inevitably very important when structuring a facility. The concept of trade finance law also adds a level of difficulty as we usually see a… read more →

How does a currency peg work? Currencies are usually free flowing and various domestic and macro economic events will impact on the strength of a currency. The differences between currencies… read more →