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 ...

The boom in AI factory capex For perspective, AI Invest estimates that the top 11 cloud providers will invest more than US$390bn globally in AI infrastructure capex in 2025. It is important to note ...

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.

Nearly US$5tn in capital expenditure could be needed to address a looming shortfall in metals supply, consultancy giant McKinsey says, but low commodity prices continue to make projects uneconomic.

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 ...

A group of NGOs is suing the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Exim) over its support for a controversial gas project in Mozambique, arguing approvals for a US$4.7bn loan were “rushed ...

Creditors of collapsed trade finance firm Stronghold Global Finance (UK) Limited are owed at least £1.28mn and may not receive any disbursements from the company’s estate, liquidators have said. A ...

As the first signs emerge of enforcement action linked to disgraced Singapore oil trader Hin Leong, court documents have revealed the extent to which the company had become dependent on fake trades, ...

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 ...