IfTI Global Symposium 2024: NEXI on risk management tools amid geopolitical challenges

Ralph Ivey

Commodities Editor

TXF spoke with Yuichiro Akita, General Manager at NEXI, to discuss the importance of reinsurance and other forms of risk management amid a push to develop mission-oriented export finance products.

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