TFG’s Carter Hoffman (CH) interviewed Talal Ghandour (TG), chief investment officer and managing director at Metito, to discuss how the recent HSBC funding is helping push toward circular water systems to resolve water shortages. 

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: Themes from BAFT: globalisation, green transition, and preferential financing

TFG was delighted to partner with BAFT for their 2022 Global Annual Meeting in Washington.

Throughout the three day event, attendees heard from many experts discussing the current state of the industry, what they learned during the past few years, where the industry is headed, and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

Emerging technology and innovation create distinct hierarchical structures such as real-time data on volume, velocity, variety and value of trade that can improve the quality of sustainability reporting principles. 

TFG interviewed Steven Beck, head of trade and supply chain finance at Asian Development Bank (ADB), to discuss how the trade and supply chain finance landscape has changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

This week at the Berne Union spring meeting, 74 export credit agencies, multilateral institutions, private banks, and credit insurers met in Istanbul. In addition to discussing underwriting trends and strategic… read more →

During the Queen’s Speech on 10 May 2022, Prince Charles, standing in for the Queen, announced that the Electronic Trade Documents Bill among the list of legislation that the Government intends to pursue in the upcoming parliamentary session.

Over three-quarters of merchandise exports by the least-developed countries (LDCs) are primary goods.
This places them at a disadvantage in international trade since manufactured goods have a higher value than primary goods.

The latest issue of TFG’s Trade Finance Talks, ‘Trade on a knife’s edge’, is out now!

Sustainability is a hot topic around the world, with almost all industries impacted by the need to operate in a greener and cleaner way.