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☆ IMF calls on global financial regulators to step up supervision of nonbank financial institutions
  + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Jenna Mcnamee | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
The news: In a recent blog post , the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stressed the risks that nonbank financial institutions (NBFIs) pose to the financial system and warned that their lack of regulatory oversight could cause the next global financial crisis. Global acceleration: Since the 2008 financial crisis, the growth of NBFIs—institutions like pension funds, insurers, and hedge funds—has exploded. As of 2021, NBFIs held about $239 trillion in assets, according to the Financial Stability Board, or nearly half of global financial assets.
Persons: NBFIs Organizations: International Monetary Fund
☆ Analysis-Investors expand footprint in commodity trade finance as banks retreat
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Julia Payne | Pratima Desai | Peter Hobson | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File PhotoCommodity trade finance covers many types of loans, typically from banks, that facilitate global movement of goods from wheat to gasoline. Most trade finance loans are short-term, less than a year. Traders’ credit lines became strained last year when natural gas prices sky-rocketed in the fourth quarter. ‘DESIRE TO DIVERSIFY’Lending for commodity trade finance has become more diverse, with non-bank financial institutions (NBFI) stepping in. The underlying issue was the retreat of major banks from commodity financing after some 2020 defaults in the sector while Russian banks Sberbank and Gazprombank that were set to expand have now been shut out of Europe.
☆ Analysis: Investors expand footprint in commodity trade finance as banks retreat
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Julia Payne Pratima Desai Peter Hobson | Julia Payne | Pratima Desai | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
Commodity trade finance covers many types of loans, typically from banks, that facilitate global movement of goods from wheat to gasoline. Most trade finance loans are short-term, less than a year. The involvement of hedge funds in commodity trade finance has created a lifeline for smaller firms, deemed to be higher risk for banks due to strict capital requirements and clean energy goals. 'DESIRE TO DIVERSIFY'Lending for commodity trade finance has become more diverse, with non-bank financial institutions (NBFI) stepping in. The Swiss firm specialises in financing small to mid-sized commodity merchants and has achieved returns between 6% to 10% over the last 10 years.
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