Increased consumer demand and supply chain disruptions remain. This is creating three discussion points on the future structure of supply chains; namely diversification, reshoring and greater inventory holdings. Suppliers compete on a combination of price, quality and service. We are now in a prolonged period of higher prices and disrupted services. The Financial Times is […]
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A day doesn’t go by where there isn’t a news story on problems supplying and sourcing goods. Can trade finance help support businesses through this period? We seem to be in a perfect storm of increased consumer demand and supply chain disruptions, from logistics to raw materials, through to labour shortages. At the turn of […]
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‘McKinsey’ has calculated that the total addressable trade finance market could be in the region of USD$ 10 trillion of assets (growing at a rate of circa USD$ 45 billion per year, or close to 5%). However, it is also estimated that only 10% of those trade assets are financed. Trade finance means many things […]
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