Posts Tagged ‘standardisation’

The ICC DSI has released their final KTDDE report, finishing their harmonisation of 36 key trade documents.

BAFT’s inaugural 2024 International Trade and Payments Conference brought together experts to discuss the state of trade and payments.

Trade Finance Global (TFG) was at the heart of these conversations, offering a unique and insightful perspective on the future of trade finance. After some time to reflect, here are our top takeaways from the jam-packed conference.

In this episode, Mark Abrams, Global Head of Trade Receivables Finance at Trade Finance Global was joined by Salman Khan Galindo, Portfolio Manager – Alternative Investments at Santander AM and Matt Taylor, Head of Alternative Debt at Legal and General Investment Management (LGM).

In this episode of Trade Finance Talks, Mark Abrams, Managing Director, Global Head of Trade & Receivables Finance at Trade Finance Global, spoke with Geoffrey Wynne, Partner and head of Sullivan’s Trade & Export Finance Group, to explore the evolution, significance, and future prospects of MRPAs.

In international trade, shipping containers are vital for transporting goods safely and securely. To use them, however, many shipping lines require traders to put down deposits – known as container deposits – to safeguard against possible liabilities such as damage, demurrage, or total loss of the container.

At the 2023 ITFA Trade and Investment Forum in London, Trade Finance Global spoke with Alexander Malaket, president, OPUS Advisory Services, to learn more about trade finance as an asset class, the promise of a standardised rating system, and the role of ESG as a catalyst for investment

ITFA, the Global Trade Finance Industry body, is delighted to announce the creation of the ITFA Fraud Prevention Working Group.  The newly created working group is being set up as… read more →

This past week, Trade Finance Global (TFG) stopped by the inaugural ITFA and BCR: Trade & Investment Forum 2023 to learn more about making trade an investible asset class.

ITFA announced a new template that is being made available to its members in order to facilitate transactional information sharing. The ITFA NDA (Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement for risk sharing in… read more →

To learn more about the cross-border B2B payments landscape, Trade Finance Global (TFG) interviewed Ben Ellis, global head of Visa B2B Connect.

In 2020, ICC partnered with the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Singapore to launch Digital Standards Initiative (DSI). This initiative aimed to establish a globally harmonised, digitalised trade environment,… read more →

Lenders are being asked to allocate more capital than ever to manage risks and seize opportunities, as the world strives to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Contour, the digital trade finance network, announces partnership with the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) to enable the use of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) within its network, to financially… read more →

Trade finance as an asset class has benefitted from developments in loan and debt capital markets, which have led the way in sustainable product development.