It’s easy to be gloomy, but a new year is a good point to look to the bright side. Here are some thoughts about why staying in bed for the whole of 2021 will not be the best option for trade, treasury and risk.

In what has been one of the most eventful years for commodity trade finance, we take a long hard look at some of the major happenings and assess what these mean for the sector at large and for future financing.

Most African economies have so far succeeded in navigating a year beset with economic challenges. Nabil Frik, Managing Director for Africa and the Middle East at British Arab Commercial Bank (BACB), discusses why Francophone Africa has beaten expectations, as it considers the future of its relationships with global trade partners.

In a discussion supported by Finverity, TXF looks at new ways for companies to effectively use digitisation in emerging markets to propel access to financing for sustainable international trade through supply chain finance (SCF).

Mark Norris, partner at Sullivan, reflects on the various issues that emerged in 2020 and how they will feed into 2021, for the final Sullivan breakfast seminar of the year.