TADB and AGF team up on Tanzanian agri loans
TXF’s Global Trade Virtual 2021 event took us on the rollercoaster journey of financing international trade last week. Saying “yes, and” could get the markets to help financing trade more sustainably (and digitally)
Sullivan's Jacqueline Cook, senior knowledge development lawyer, Amanda Montano, associate, and Mark Norris, partner, present June's trade finance breakfast seminar on payment problems and practical solutions.
The $150 million IGF fund—run by and for indigenous communities—reached first close at the end of April. The innovative Canadian social impact scheme uses public sector funds to de-risk private sector investment in indigenous SMEs and could prove a template for similar funds in other countries.
One hundred years of an international trade body was a virtual party not to be missed. TXF spoke to Tod Burwell in the wake of the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade’s (BAFT) centennial celebration to find out what has been the secret of the trade organisation’s longevity, how it has helped moved international trade in a positive way, and what excites the organisation’s President and CEO about the future