Source: International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) |

Joint Statement by heads of multilateral development banks and the World Trade Organization (WTO) on supporting trade finance during the COVID-19 crisis

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, multilateral development banks have stepped up trade finance programs to support essential imports and key exports

The COVID-19 pandemic has provoked the deepest economic downturn of our lifetimes. In addition to the ongoing shocks to supply and demand, international trade has been affected by a reduction in the supply of trade finance. Risk perceptions about non-payment in international trade are at the highest levels in a…

Source: International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) |

Federated Investors, Inc. and International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation to Develop a Trade-Finance Portfolio Focused on Sovereign Energy Sector

The portfolio will be Shari’ah compliant with investments realized through transaction structures that rigorously adhere to Islamic principles

Federated Investors, Inc. (NYSE: FII) (www.FederatedInvestors.com/FII/home.do), one of the largest investment managers in the United States, and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-IDB.org/en), member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, announced an agreement to launch a sovereign energy trade-finance portfolio. The ITFC Sovereign Energy Fund (ISEF) will…