Over the past two decades, digitalisation has sped up significantly. Whether it’s on Zoom, Slack, WhatsApp, email, text or the array of social media apps now available, we constantly speak to and work with each other digitally. Paper-based forms of communication have wilted in the face of new digital tools. Most of us probably can’t remember the last time we wrote a hand-written letter
Asia’s infrastructure markets can leverage the increasingly mature sustainable instruments and the availability of multilaterals to stay resilient amid rapid inflation and rising interest rates
Vietnamese automotive manufacturer VinFast recently made headlines after receiving a $135 million climate financing package to manufacture the country's first fully electric public transport bus fleet and national electric vehicle charging network. IJGlobal shares insights about the deal and the emerging subsector
Fraud is ever-present in international trade, but opportunities have arguably increased with the permanent adoption of remote working, allied to use of unsecure messaging channels
Global supply chain and energy shortage issues are having a continued impact on limited recourse project financed mining projects. Norton Rose Fulbright has identified the current issues being faced by mining companies in the procurement and development of their projects, what steps mining companies can take to proactively deal with these challenges
The first direct link between UK and Germany’s electricity grids – the NeuConnect interconnector – reached financial close in July 2022, in a deal supporting post-Brexit cooperation on energy policies
When it comes to ambitious projects, Namibia is leading the field with a fascinating project that will establish the southern African nation as a significant player in the fast-evolving hydrogen market.
Digital transformation, particularly in the realms of international trade and trade finance, has been widely talked about in recent years. But at the end of the day, it has mostly just been talk, writes Jacco de Jong, global head of sales, Bolero International
Almost every organisation in the physical and financial supply chain should by now appreciate the need to digitise trade processes, writes Jacco de Jong, global head of sales at Bolero International
TradeSun chief executive Nigel Hook investigates trade-based financial crime... a trillion-dollar business for malign actors
The state government of Rio Grande do Sul has scrapped plans to privatise state sanitation provider Corsan via IPO, though it remains committed to the principle of selling off the company
Digitisation still has a long way to go in global trade, with many processes still reliant on paper documents such as bills of lading used under open account, documentary collections and letters of credit transactions
Trade Finance Analytics sister title IJGlobal published its Infra Dig podcast focusing on one of the most exciting projects on the planet – Xlinks – a landmark renewable energy development in Morocco with a 3,800km HVDC sub-sea cable to the UK
89% of UK trade banks have missed out on sustainability-linked finance business, compared with 56% of Switzerland-based counterparts, Pole Star research reveals
Financial institutions have continued to fall victim to trade finance fraud while an industry-wide solution has remained elusive. Ronen Cohen, VP of strategy at Duality Technologies, discusses how lenders are now navigating data privacy barriers to define new approaches
With the nickel market’s prospects transformed after 2 years of intense focus on the practicalities of the energy transition, Horizonte Minerals last month closed a $633 million project finance package for its Araguaia ferronickel mine – a Tier 1 project which could bolster Brazil’s status as a long-term source for the world’s nickel needs
Trade finance is the backbone of the global economy, yet the ecosystem remains constrained by capital requirements, outdated processes and a lack of standardisation. Christoph Gugelmann, CEO at Tradeteq, discusses how greater collaboration is leading to new approaches
Trade finance is notorious for its stubbornness to embrace digitisation, but technology has now matured to the point where it is ready to direct the industry onto a more sustainable and efficient path. Against a backdrop of continuing supply chain disruption, bottlenecks and delays, now is the time to harness digital solutions to implement widespread and strategic change
IJ Podcasts' Episode 1 – The almost right word – of its inaugural season focuses on unpacking infrastructure as an asset class and the contours of infra finance. The venture capital industry, in particular, has tended not to have infra finance in its opportunity set. Our guests examine what infrastructure is and how the private sector has taken an increasingly expansive view of the asset class
