UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK’s government-backed export credit agency, announced yesterday it would offer a new guarantee to support UK businesses supplying critical minerals. This is expected to secure… 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 →
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 →
While the imperative to address climate change remains universal, the standards required to achieve sustainability objectives are decidedly not. Western environmental, social, and governance (ESG) frameworks for sustainable financing prove… read more →
Africa’s $120 billion trade finance gap isn’t just about capital scarcity, but about information asymmetry. Traditional environmental, sustainability, and governance (ESG) assessments may ask companies whether they have a supply chain policy, but that’s not what trade financiers really need to know.
Walk through a bustling wholesale market in Mumbai, and it is impossible to miss the sheer variety of produce piled high in the stalls, such as fragrant spices, crates of… read more →
Global conflict and geopolitical instability are significantly hindering the decarbonisation of the global shipping industry by increasing shipping emissions and forcing countries affected to abandon sustainability goals in favour of… read more →
As global trade has been making headlines this past year, everyone has declared themselves an armchair expert in international shipping routes, tariffs, and commodity prices. However, it’s rare to get… read more →
Trade distribution, where banks transfer the risk of trade finance deals to other institutions, has evolved over the past 25 years. Previously limited to risk-sharing between banks, it now increasingly… read more →
The report, by the US-based Environmental Defence Fund and Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub, outlines a roadmap to finance a green transition for the global shipping industry. The three key… read more →
