Among last week’s top stories, global trade hits record high of $28.5tn in 2021, but will flatline in 2022, says new UNCTAD report
Could meaningful action by the US Fed this year see capital attracted back to the US, putting recent Asian emerging markets growth under considerable stress, ponders Ed Arghand, Senior Underwriter, Political and Credit Risk, HDI Global Specialty SE.
Twenty years ago Asia had a 12% share of the global factoring market. Today that share is 25%.
In this article, FCI’s Lin Hui looks at factoring’s two decades of steady growth in Asia, and where the industry goes from here…
As the clocks struck midnight, we looked back at over 700 articles, handpicking our favourite stories that made the headlines in 2021
The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) has signed a $150 million Framework Agreement with one of its newest members, the government of Turkmenistan. Signed as a three-year deal, the… read more →
Gunvor Group, one of the world’s largest independent traders of liquefied natural gas (LNG), has signed a new syndicated borrowing base facility worth $1.13 billion. In what the company believes… read more →
A new Asia-Pacific free trade agreement covering a third of the global economy will eliminate 90% of tariffs in the region, according to a new report. A United Nations Conference… read more →
Over the weekend, China celebrated the 20th anniversary of its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has launched a landmark trade agreement that could see the region’s web economy grow to $1 trillion by 2030. Last week, following its… read more →
With environmental issues now a top priority for the investment world, Alastair Sewell’s undergraduate degree in biology is finally paying off.
