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With inflation in full force and cost of bank debt on the rise, typically-more-expensive alternative finance is becoming more a competitively priced debt tool. But given the vast trade finance gap, much more investment is needed in the space. Another issue is that new investors in the commodity trades finance space are gunning for the biggest traders - which are experiencing no shortage of available bank liquidity. This session looks at what is needed to bring new investors into the SME space – where it is really needed, and how tech solutions and the service provider industry can mitigate risk for new investors
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TXF's editor in Chief, Jonathan Bell, welcomes delegates with a short introduction
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Russia’s war on Ukraine sent shockwaves through the commodities industry as it was forced to pick up the pieces left from the drop off of an entire market. But now that players have begun to get over this initial shock, massive opportunities are presented in other regions and jurisdictions, with the emerging markets becoming more crucial to mainstream supply. Trade lines have to come from somewhere and this capital may even be used more productively now. What can be done to make these economies more bankable, and is this an opportunity to boost ESG and CSR in emerging markets?
