New opportunities in old markets: the changing world of Global Trade Finance
With the decade rapidly coming to an end, risk indicators suggesting an impending economic downturn, and the market’s attention focused on heightened geopolitical risk, ... read more...
How lenders can plug the gaps in global trade flows
Hidden behind the headlines about trade wars, a lesser-known but equally troubling lack of finance could damage supply chains. With bank lending hit by regulators, ... read more...
Why commodity trade finance needs private lenders
Structural changes in the trade finance industry present opportunities for lenders, argues Mikael Bonalumi of Audentia Capital Management. For more that 3,000 years, holders ... read more...
The Next Generation of Trade finance investors
With the banks struggling to bridge the trade finance gap that has opened up since tighter regulations were introduced post-crisis, a global shortage of ... read more...
Direct lenders seek opportunities in trade finance market
Private credit funds are turning to trade finance strategies in increasing numbers, attracted by the attractive yields on offer. Global trade finance is a well established ... read more...
Bridging the $1.5trn trade finance shortfall
Alternative lenders are stepping into the gaps as banks scale back from trade finance lending In late 2017, the Asian Development Bank estimated a $1.5trn ... read more...
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Trade Finance
What is Trade Finance (Trade Finance Analytics)
2018 ICC Global Survey (ICC)
2020 ICC Global Survey (ICC)
Trade Financing and COVID-19 (ICC)
Default Data
Capital Treatment of Commodity Finance (AFME)
2017 ICC Trade Register Report (ICC)
2018 ICC Trade Register Report (ICC)
2019 ICC Trade Register Report (ICC)
Regulatory Impact on Commodity Trade Finance
The Unintended Consequences of Basel IV on Developing Countries (FMO / Rabobank)
The Impact of Basel III on Trade Finance (Charles University in Prague – Faculty of Social Sciences)
Basel IV – What’s next for Banks? (McKinsey & Company – Global Risk Practice)
The Impact of Basel III on Trade Finance – The potential Unintended Consequences of the Leverage Ratio (World Trade Organization)
Investment Opportunities
Trade Finance: An Expanding Opportunity for Institutional Investors (Cambridge Associates)