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GTR Leaders in Trade: The shortlist

GTR is pleased to reveal the shortlist for this year’s Leaders in Trade awards, which highlight excellence in the trade, commodity, supply chain and export …

Global / 14-02-23 / by Shannon Manders

Trafigura accuses TMT Metals, others of “systematic” US$577mn nickel trading fraud

Trafigura has revealed it could lose more than half a billion dollars after falling foul of a “systematic fraud” allegedly carried out by a …

Global / 09-02-23 / by John Basquill

Misinvoicing responsible for 63% of trade-based money laundering cases, research finds

Nearly two-thirds of trade-based money laundering over the past decade relied on misleading or false invoices, with metals and minerals among the sectors most …

Global / 08-02-23 / by John Basquill

Demand for commodity finance set to skyrocket, with large traders to reap rewards

Commodity traders’ demand for working capital could be set to treble, with margin calls rising to US$1.5tn in the energy sector alone, fresh research …

Global / 01-02-23 / by John Basquill

Analysis: Getting in on the growing buy now, pay later trend

After taking the world of consumer payments by storm, buy now pay later (BNPL) is slowly entering the B2B domain, bringing with it new …

Global / 01-02-23 / by Eleanor Wragg

Natural catastrophe losses of US$140bn increase pressure on insurance sector

The insurance industry sustained US$140bn in losses due to natural catastrophes in 2022, ramping up costs for a sector already under pressure from geopolitical …

Global / 01-02-23 / by Jenny Messenger

Pandemic, disasters, war: Michal Ron looks back on Berne Union presidency

Michal Ron was elected president of the Berne Union, the international association for the export credit insurance industry, at a particularly unstable time for …

Global / 30-01-23 / by Jacob Atkins

Trade costs rise as war risk cover cancellation takes effect

Shipowners are seeing the cost of carrying out trade in the Black Sea region increase after protection and indemnity (P&I) clubs pulled cover for …

Global / 18-01-23 / by Jenny Messenger

Demand-supply gaps and geoeconomic confrontation top WEF risk report

Major risks facing global trade over the next two years include crises in food and energy supply chains and geoeconomic conflict, according to a …

Global / 11-01-23 / by Jenny Messenger

New banks bolster Gunvor’s US$1.56bn LNG facility

Energy trader Gunvor has picked up six new banks for a syndicated borrowing base facility to finance its liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations, boosting …

Global / 11-01-23 / by Jacob Atkins