Shopping line credits are emerging as a key evolution in export finance. The tailored and flexible product is bound by procurement commitments unlike rigid buyer credits - but supplier pricing sensitives and the promise to buy more from one country can be tricky.

UKEF’s Chief Executive, Tim Reid, sat down with TXF in his offices in Horse Guards Road to discuss origination strategies for UK exporters, practical partnerships, defence, transformation, energy, and Africa amid the ‘neorealism’ of global geopolitics. He also gives a taster of his appearance at TXF Global in Prague in June.

The Future of Export Finance (FEX) network continues to expand its international footprint, with chapters across Finland, the UK, France, the GCC, the Netherlands and DACH building peer-led communities to support the next generation of export finance professionals through mentoring, education and networking.