UKEF’s Carl Williamson outlines how record funding, digital tools, and risk management are helping UK exporters grow globally amid geopolitical uncertainty.

The World Bank Group’s private sector arm, IFC, has completed its first global securitisation of emerging market loans, a $510 million collateralised loan obligation (CLO) listed in London.

The Berne Union’s Business Confidence Index (H2 2025) highlights a cautious but steady picture for short-term export credit insurance, alongside a more confident outlook for medium-to-long-term (MLT) business. The findings reflect the dual pressures of tariff-driven trade disruption and the financing demands of large-scale infrastructure and energy projects.

At the International Chamber of Commerce’s headquarters, Trade Treasury Payments (TTP) sat down with John Denton to discuss the health of the World Trade Organization, the ICC’s future role in multilateral decision-making, export finance for Ukraine’s rebuild, and the plumbing that holds climate finance back.

Norton Rose Fulbright, a law firm, has advised Ocean Network Express (ONE), a shipping company, on a structured ship financing transaction involving both the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI).

A new report from Britain’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), highlights its highest-ever support for exporters: £14.5 billion in guarantees, loans, and insurance, up from £8.8 billion the year before.

TTP editor Deepesh Patel spoke to Benjamin Mugisha, Chief Underwriting Officer of ATIDI – African Trade & Investment Development Insurance, who shared how ATIDI has evolved, from issuing standalone guarantees to building portfolio approaches with financial institutions.

Official export credit agencies (ECAs) have been formally recognised by the United Nations as key actors in mobilising private capital to advance the Sustainable Development Goals, following their inclusion in the outcome document of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), known as the Compromiso de Sevilla.

UK export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) has unveiled a £13 billion expansion of its Direct Lending Facility, reinforcing the agency’s role in delivering the government’s new Industrial Strategy and supporting British exports across priority sectors.