Procter & Gamble Asia’s PV Mahajan shares his top tips for inventory and cash flow improvement, ahead of his presentation at TXF’s Trade, Treasury & Commodity Finance...

Ali Darzi, founder and principal of Iran Foreign Investment Consultants (IranFIC), discusses the cover available for foreign investments in the Persian country.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) will this year slash export financing for the first time in 40 years. The bank will cut its outlay to $62.7 billion and target...

China and Iran have agreed to an ambitious plan to increase trade to $600 billion over the next ten years. The two nations signed 17 documents and letters of intent,...

Supermarket giant Tesco deliberately delayed payments to suppliers in some cases to boost profits, according to the Grocery Code Adjudicator. The company has been told...

The slump in commodity prices is hitting producers and is a risk to the supply chain, according to a report by IHS. Many producers are operating at a loss, leading to...

Bibby Financial Services, the UK-based independent business funder, has hired Steven Box as international chief executive officer (CEO). He joined Bibby as European...

EFA Group, a Singapore-headquartered independent finance house, has hired Jacques-Olivier Thomann as its senior advisor. He joined the company from BNP Paribas, where...

Export Development Canada (EDC) provided a record almost $1 billion in financing to facilitate business between Canadian and Indian companies last year. EDC has...

The commodity price drop, rising debt in emerging countries and growing political violence has led to €5 billion in lost exports, according to Italian export...

US-based TriLinc Global Impact Fund has approved $15.2 million in term loan and trade finance transactions to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Argentina,...

Despite India’s massive size and forecasts that it could challenge China as the world’s growth engine within a decade, uptake of export credit in the country continues to...

The Asia-Pacific Project Preparation Facility, a trust fund managed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), has launched. The fund is to help developing Asia and the...

Richard Elman, the founder and chairman of Hong Kong-headquartered commodity trader Noble Group, expects the company to ride out the market downturn and recover from...

Doha Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bancomext, Mexico's export credit agency, in a bid to develop business and support trade finance...

Reliance Commercial Finance, the Indian supply chain financing (SCF) firm, has teamed up with online marketplace Snapdeal to boost small and medium-sized...

The Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (EXIAR) and the country's Sberbank have agreed to a working capital financing insurance policy. EXIAR...

Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has hired Azim Walli as head of trade and supply chain finance products from ANZ in Singapore. Three other people...

Japan's Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (BTMU) - the banking arm of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group - has opened an office in Colombo in a bid to encourage investment and...

The Indonesian government has listed four projects to submit this year for a $1 billion loan from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The projects include...