Europe is a large and attractive market for commodities, heavily dominated by Russian exporters, or at least it was, until Donald Trump stepped into power. His promise to supply Eastern… read more →
Trade Finance Global and Bibby Financial Services structure a £9.3m facility for SBZ Corporation, a global manufacturer, supplier and distributor of additives, markers, special products and Bitumen SBZ Corporation, a… read more →
Chinese President and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping was given an incredibly rare opportunity to entirely reshape the country’s central leadership at the October 2017 National… read more →
The criticism of large firms for various reasons notwithstanding, several small businesses benefit from associating with them. The scale and strength of large firms has spillover effect in providing small… read more →
Salmon have the reputation of being very determined fish as they usually swim upstream to spawn, an effort that usually results in them dying after building their nests. However, they… read more →
In today’s world, environmental damages caused by the use of nuclear energy appears to be one of the most pending threat to our future balance and addressing them through an… read more →
Cows have four stomachs, but the recent news about Brazilian cow meat is quite hard to stomach for most people. Brazil’s beef industry is in a tight spot right now,… read more →
Cloudy With A Chance of Silver Linings (Part 1) All that glitters are not just made of gold; they may be silver too. Aside making weapons of vampire slayers and… 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 →
International Petroleum (IP) week is one of the main events in the Energy calendar and is a must for producers, traders and end purchasers. Trade Finance Global takes a particular… read more →
Reasons why commodities market growth is slowing down At TFG we meet many businesses and traders in very different sectors; so are able to see varied financing structures and company… read more →
Saudi Arabia’s Ambitious Reform Investors continue to digest news of the Saudi reform and revised global oil strategy, as the appointment Khalid al-Falih as the new energy minister for Saudi… read more →
#PanamaLeaks Leaked documents of hidden money from Putin, his friends and the world’s rich have got everyone talking! It has been outlined that secret offshore deals and huge loans worth… read more →
What’s the future of Africa trade finance? Trade finance presents huge opportunities in emerging markets such as Africa. We spoke to Mr Ikenna Egbukole, Head of Structured Trade & Commodity… read more →
We have been plagued with volatility in both world markets and the commodities sector over the last year. There has been a well-publicized slump in oil prices and now we… read more →