Key insights you may have missed from the Berne Union Yearbook 2024

05/02/2025
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Key insights you may have missed from the Berne Union Yearbook 2024

In case you missed it...

We’ve curated a selection of articles from the Berne Union Yearbook 2024 - along with extra features and exclusive new video analysis from our contributors. 

This is a focused look at the themes and strategies defining the future of export credit and trade finance in 2025 and beyond.

90 years...

The Yearbook commemorates 90 years of fostering global trade while addressing the pressing challenges of 2024, from geopolitical instability to climate and technology risks. It spotlights the rapid pace of innovation and digitalisation in our industry and collaborative efforts in financing, risk mitigation, and sustainable development.

Featured highlights:

  • BU leadership: President Yuichiro Akita outlines his forward-looking “STRIDE” framework: Sustainability Through Resilience, Innovation, and Diversity for Empowerment.
  • Recovering from a sectoral crisis: Insights into how one ECA navigated a crisis with strategies that blended risk-sharing, restructuring, and deep expertise.
  • Africa’s mineral processing potential: Exploring how local mineral processing can transform economic prospects and foster sustainable industrialisation.
  • Global energy dynamics: Analysing the interplay between global energy demand and decarbonisation efforts.
  • Political and credit risk: How innovative insurance solutions unlock capital and bolster trade in volatile markets.
  • Digital transformation: Harnessing AI and automation to streamline underwriting, document management, and customer engagement.

Don't miss out

This is a must-read for trade professionals, policymakers, and financial institutions navigating an increasingly dynamic global environment. Explore these highlights and our new video content to take away actionable insights and fresh perspectives.

We extend our sincere gratitude to our advertisers for their support in helping this content reach our diverse international readership: ATIDI, AXA XL, Credendo, Dhaman, EKSFIN, Sovereign, Vantage Risk, Credit Report LatAm, IA Group, Recovery Advisers, and Tinubu.

Please contact Eve Hall at the Berne Union Secretariat should you be interested in advertising in our 2025 edition. 

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