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Trade finance is old, essential and still under-allocated. For investors, the opportunity starts with a US$2.5tn funding gap.
The trade finance story is not really about shipping containers, letters of credit or the mechanics of cross-border commerce. Investor capital can do something different here: finance the movement of real goods and loosen the grip of the return drivers that dominate most portfolios.
The timing couldn’t be more relevant. Investors are still demanding income, defensive diversification, and a clearer account of what their money is actually financing, and conversations may well begin with the scale of the problem itself.
For professional investors only. Capital at risk.
Monday 13th July 2026
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