Mizuho has hired Saad Latif as head of trade finance for the Middle East and Africa, bolstering the team further after the ...

Lawyer Jennifer Greengrass has joined the London office of Norwegian law firm Wikborg Rein as a legal director. The shipping, ...

Crédit Agricole CIB has announced that Thibaut Jean has taken up the role of global head of export credit agency (ECA) and ...

A Hong Kong governmental advisory body has set out a strategy to establish the city as a commodity trading and financial services hub, including by better connecting mainland China and international ...

Structuring around risk boundaries To make inventory finance insurable, structures must isolate pure credit risk, such as non-payment due to insolvency, while ringfencing operational exposures.

As trade finance continues to evolve, the findings from the latest CGI and Baft (Bankers Association for Finance and Trade) ‘Global trade technology industry survey’ reveal seismic shifts that will ...

ExpoFin provides lenders and exporters with enforceable, standardised legal documentation. Backed by real-world recovery expertise, the service fills a critical gap in small-ticket export … ...

A group of supply chain finance providers have more than US$866mn exposure to US car parts supplier First Brands Group, which has filed for bankruptcy protection. First Brands Group has faced investor ...

The global shortfall in supply of trade finance has remained steady at US$2.5tn, according to the latest edition of a closely watched benchmark survey. The value of the trade finance gap is estimated ...

Singapore has become the second country to adopt the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) into domestic legislation, a move which sees the city-state grant electronic trade ...

Port calls in the Red Sea have plummeted 85% since the onset of Houthi attacks on commercial vessels, while Suez Canal traffic has dropped by around 66% over the same period, research has found. Yemen ...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Exim) has agreed to lend US$1.6bn to the Angolan government for a solar infrastructure project that will boost access to clean water in the country.