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Perspective
06 December 2017

Dfin: From a different cut

With banks retreating from the midstream diamond financing sector, the cost of debt for diamond traders is spiralling and creating the ideal climate for alternative lenders. TXF talks to Christopher Ellis and Bryan Walker, co-founders of alternative midstream diamond lending start-up Dfin, about the opportunity they see in a high-demand-low-availability debt niche.

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