Singaporean SMEs to be connected with global investors via bolstered trade finance fund

Singaporean SMEs to be connected with global investors via bolstered trade finance fund (Global Trade Review) SME lending platform Validus Capital and asset manager Lighthouse Canton are set to reopen their trade finance fund for Singaporean SMEs with double the capacity, now worth S$40mn (US$29.6mn). The LCV Trade Finance Fund will invest in SMEs that are suppliers of government-linked companies and large corporations. It was soft-closed in March following its initial launch in June 2018, having been fully deployed to Singaporean SMEs across a diversified spectrum of sectors, with the largest exposure in the construction, manufacturing and marine industries...

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