As we welcome 2026, one thing remains unchanged: trade finance is in many ways the black sheep of asset classes. Fraught with rumoured complexity, allegedly eternal transaction times, and lingering… read more →
In 2024, global carbon pricing revenue crossed$100 billion for the first time. At the same time, only 28% of worldwide emissions currently face any carbon price at all. The speed at… read more →
The evolution of trade finance presents a multifaceted landscape of opportunities that demand strategic attention. At the inaugural TFG Geneva conference, Alexander Peters, Group CFO at Torq Commodities, identified several… read more →
When Trump’s April 2025 tariffs landed, Lesotho faced a 50% levy, the highest of any US trading partner. For textile micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) that had built businesses… read more →
The treaty creates a new type of cargo document similar to the maritime bill of lading for goods travelling by road, air, and rail, allowing them to exist in electronic… read more →
The twin towers still stood when this century’s trade finance mechanisms first hummed into gear. Crude oil commanded markets then as it does now, though the commodity’s dominance has weathered… read more →
Tourists coming to the UK are often shocked by the institution of a pint. In celebration or in sorrow, at breakfast, lunch, or dinner. An average pint in London costs… read more →
As tariffs and geopolitical developments reconfigure the global trade landscape at breakneck speed, players in the trade finance sphere have no choice but to turn towards digitisation to stay afloat. … read more →
No matter what you think of artificial intelligence (AI) – revolutionary technology or overblown fad – it seems clear that, for better or worse, it is set to fundamentally shape… read more →
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves published the government’s yearly Budget last week, a much-awaited look into the government’s fiscal and spending plans for the next year and more.… read more →
