Jesse Chenard, CEO of MonetaGo, a fintech which mitigates trade fraud, explores the rise of smaller trade routes in the APAC region and the ways of which digitisation of trade finance has boosted this.

Simon Cook, partner at Sullivan, presents on the issues and some potential solutions for structuring financings using physical commodities and the documents representing them.

Trafigura's latest bout of fundraising marked its debut in the Schuldschein loan market. And while introducing an attractive debt instrument to the trader’s financial toolkit, the deal has provided a financial blueprint for a robust backing of new private investors eyeing up commodity trade debt.

What has Covid meant for ECAs and their ability to attract smaller companies? How are ECAs responding to the needs of these new clients and how are they broadening their financing partners? Once the pandemic imperative is over, will those smaller businesses be back for more? TXF talks to four ECAs about their experience with SMEs – and finds out things may have changed for good.

TXF Research’s Global Export Finance Industry Report 2021 shows that 42% of the ECAs surveyed have unlimited access to CIRR and that 30% plan to increase their direct lending facilities in 2021.