Maxence Mormède, chief investment officer (CIO) advanced fixed income* at Allianz Global Investors explains the approach taken in assessing and analysing claims and...

KeyBank of the USA has contracted BNY Mellon to provide private label trade processing services to KeyBank’s global trade group. The arrangement will see KeyBank...

While whole turn-over credit insurers are accustomed to dealing with seven to 10-year economic cycles in their core OECD market, and to dealing with thousands of small...

The world continues to present insurers with lots of challenges. The global financial crisis hit insurers hard and we are still making strong recoveries. In the old...

Geopolitics and international conflict were identified by the WEF at the beginning of 2015, as the primary risks facing business in the world today. However, the...

Seung Dal Baek, K-sure’s senior director of short-term business department, reviews how insurers are coping with new demands from corporates in a difficult market.

If we think about academic research, we often think about theory development and testing with no or little concern for impact on the real world. We sometimes believe that...

In the years following the 2007-08 financial crisis, UK Export Finance (UKEF) watched the increased use of direct lending schemes by ECAs with interest.

The valley on the shores of the saline Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is sometimes described as extraterrestrial. The area is a desert, dry and sparsely populated, mostly...

Exporters – large, medium, small or tiny – play a vital role in any economy. Creating a business-friendly environment for these companies to help increase exports is...

By Markus Wohlgeschaffen, global head of trade products, UniCredit and member of the banking advisory board, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); and Andre Casterman,...

A new report released by BNY Mellon explores the influence of fintech alliances on global payments, and suggest that these changes taking place in the payments space...

40 moderate Republicans led by Republican Rep. Steven Fincher of Tennessee signed a "discharge petition", a rare parliamentary manoeuvre, to force a vote on...

Trade & Export Finance (TXF) is to host its first African event aimed at ECA and project financiers this February in Addis Ababa. The two-day event, TXF Africa...

Accuity, a global provider of payments, KYC, risk and compliance solutions, has partnered with China Systems, the trade finance software solutions vendor, to create a...

A critical trade route between Kenya and South Sudan will be upgraded after the two nations inaugurated the project with the support of $500 million World Bank Group...

The benefits of Singapore being a commodities trading hub for Asia have been recognised in a new report. Businesses have cited Singapore's marketplace - with 60 to...

Hong Kong-headquartered Noble Group has hired former Trafigura executive Wael Amer as the group continues to restructure its operations. Based in Dubai, Amer will help...

The global economy finds itself in an exceptional position: while world GDP continues to grow at a healthy rate, world trade is declining and facing some gusty headwinds....

China has today officially launched its new global clearing platform for real time renminbi (RMB) settlement, known as the Cross Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS),...