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The global financial crisis –in combination with the trend toward increased use of open account trading and pressure from major customers to increase payment terms –has made financing a critical concern for suppliers everywhere, but the problem is particularly acute for suppliers in emerging markets.

A new study by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Nordic business consultancy Capacent underscores the issue and shows that suppliers in emerging markets are now eager to find financing solutions.

The Global Supply Chain Financing Market Study, conducted between May and November 2009, analyzes the need and interest in supply chain financing, focusing on Bangladesh, Brazil, Guatemala, Indonesia, Romania, Turkey, and Vietnam.  The study also includes proposals for how IFC might create a platform that would being supply chain financing to emerging markets. (more…)

Evidence is mounting that the UK is at the mid-point of a ‘W’-shaped recession, so brace yourself for a “deluge” of business failures in 2010, Begbies Traynor, a business recovery and restructuring firm, warned in a report released yesterday.

The report, which focuses on Q3 2009, points out that statistics from recessions over the past 40 years confirm that insolvencies peak between one and two years after GDP stops shrinking. This time around, scarce credit post-recession may intensify this effect, causing a substantial rise in insolvencies during 2010 and into 2011. (more…)