The export finance sector has remained robust and resilient throughout the pandemic. TXF’s Industry Report and the Deals of the Year 2020 demonstrate this clearly. But what is the sector outlook for 2021 and beyond?

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the climate change agenda and 2021 could prove to be a line in the sand for the green economy. Orbian's CEO Tom Dunn and Climate & Capital Media's Peter McKillop joined TXF TV to discuss the future of the climate economy post Covid-19 as well as the mainstreaming of climate considerations within the investment agenda and political sphere.

Viacheslav Oganezov, CEO of Finverity, a cross-border supply chain finance platform for mid-market and alternative lenders, outlines the role fintech platforms can play in promoting greater transparency in the SCF market.

Overall volumes of global commodity trade financing fell by almost 50% according to the full-year 2020 TXF Commodity Finance report. Max Thompson reviews this significant drop and assesses the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on commodity-linked corporate fundraising alongside the retreat of several major international banks from the sector.

Peter Lugli, a supply chain finance expert and a veteran of Ariba, Amazon Business and Prime Revenue, takes a closer look at the financial engineering employed by Greensill Capital, especially the term ‘prospective receivables’, a contentious new asset class better coined as ‘ponderables’.