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Palmer Square yield reaches 11.95% as NAV stays 16%...

Palmer Square Capital BDC increased its portfolio yield to 11.95% during the second quarter, but lower investment income and a net asset value that remains almost 16% below its year-earlier level point to continuing pressure across parts of the private-credit...

#CLO refinancing#direct lending#net asset value

Receivables Finance: The Verification Gap After First Brands

By Igor Zaks, CFA – President, Tenzor Ltd.   In the 2022 World Supply Chain Finance Report, I wrote that the Greensill…

#First Brands#Greensill#invoice verification


Would FIFA’s failed US$20bn plan have created governance risk...

FIFA’s abandoned plan to sell a stake in its commercial operations was presented publicly as an equity transaction. Beneath that…

#broadcast rights#FIFA#FIFA Forward Enterprise


UK factories hit near two-year output high, but stockpiling...

UK manufacturers increased production at the fastest rate in almost two years during July, although precautionary inventory building and renewed…

#CIPS#energy costs#export orders


UK business failures fall 6% but start-up appetite weakens

UK insolvency-related activity fell during the second quarter of 2026, but a parallel decline in company formations points to continuing…

#business failures#Cash flow#company formations


Creditinfo and Equifax take Kount fraud controls across 10...

Creditinfo Group and Equifax UK have formed a partnership to provide digital fraud-detection capabilities to Creditinfo clients in 10 European…

#account takeover#credit risk#Creditinfo


Bank of England holds at 3.75% as three policymakers...

The Bank of England has held Bank Rate at 3.75%, but a widening split among policymakers has increased the risk…

#Bank of England#Bank Rate#Business lending


Europe’s heatwave turns crop losses into a working-capital test

Severe heat and drought across Europe are placing pressure on grain output, creating a potential working-capital squeeze for farmers, food…

#agricultural commodities#barley#commodity finance


Bangladesh’s 3% trade-finance cap risks pushing local banks out

Bangladesh’s ceiling on foreign-currency trade-finance charges is placing severe pressure on local banks’ margins and could reduce their access to…

#Bangladesh bank#correspondent banking#export bill discounting


US tariffs raise trade-finance pressure across 60 economies

The US has imposed additional tariffs on imports from 60 trading partners under a series of Section 301 investigations into…

#export finance#forced labour#import finance


Eurozone banks tighten corporate credit as working-capital demand rises

Eurozone banks tightened lending standards for businesses during the second quarter even as demand for working-capital and inventory finance increased,…

#alternative finance#bank credit#corporate lending


Energy costs darken UK business outlook despite easing input...

UK businesses have become more cautious about their near-term turnover as energy costs and economic uncertainty continue to weigh on…

#business confidence#economic uncertainty#energy costs

Atradius warns UK inflation dip may not ease trade...

A fall in UK inflation to 2.6% may provide only limited relief for businesses facing persistent financing, energy and customer-credit…

#Atradius#customer credit risk#liquidity

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