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

Mathias Bucher

Founder, MatterSphere

Chris Rigby

Group CFO & CIO, Stenn International

Tina Mavraki

Managing Director, Ingenios Limited

Moderator

Jonathan Bell

Editor-in-chief, TXF