By Igor Zaks, CFA – President, Tenzor Ltd. In the 2022 World Supply Chain Finance Report, I wrote that the Greensill collapse had “served as a litmus test for policies and controls needed to operate supply chain finance and receivables businesses.” I argued that the industry needed to look behind the product’s name – SCF, credit insurance or securitization –… Read More »Receivables Finance: The Verification Gap After First Brands
Tenzor’s specialist contribution to the World Factoring Yearbook 2026, published by BCR Publishing, is now available. When due diligence is not enough: Lessons from Greensill, First Brands, and HPS/Carriox is a comparative diagnostic across three of the largest receivables-finance failures of the past five years. The cases are structurally different — a fintech securitising supply chain finance, a leveraged manufacturer… Read More »When due diligence is not enough — Tenzor’s article in the World Factoring Yearbook 2026
What the First Brands Litigation Reveals About Industry Practice, Accounting Standards, and Investor Risk Igor Zaks, CFA | President, Tenzor Ltd. The collapse of First Brands Group and the investor litigation that has followed is doing something beyond resolving individual disputes. It is generating a body of legal interpretation that may reshape how factoring and receivables finance structures are understood… Read More »When Courts Rewrite Factoring
Why a 2009 supply-chain framework is the right diagnostic for 2026 Igor Zaks, CFA, President, Tenzor Ltd. May 2026 The week the framework went on the record In the last days of April 2026, two senior figures running the largest PE-backed SaaS distress cycle in history said things in public that should have surprised no one — and yet did.… Read More »The PE-Backed SaaS Distress Cycle: A Layering Problem
Igor Zaks, CFA, President of Tenzor Ltd. recently updated a presentation on operational restructuring and turnaround that brings together several themes I have worked on over the years: working-capital diagnostics, supply-chain dependencies, business model redesign, and the growing role of asset-based and structured financing in distressed situations. The core argument is simple: in many restructurings, liquidity is necessary, but understanding… Read More »Operational Restructuring and Turnaround: Why Supply Chains Matter More Than Most Lenders Think
Igor Zaks , CFA, President of Tenzor Ltd was quoted by Bloomberg’s CFO Briefing about Factoring and Supply Chain Finance implications of First Brands Bankruptcy:“”I don’t see anything fundamentally wrong with the product, if it is used and disclosed correctly,” said Igor Zaks, president of Tenzor, a firm that advises clients on working capital issues. “What I see is people… Read More »Igor Zaks quoted by Bloomberg about First Brands
Igor Zaks , CFA, President of Tenzor Ltd, published an article How embedded finance is reshaping supply chains amid tariff pressures in TRF News by BCR Publishing. How embedded finance is reshaping supply chains amid tariff pressures Introduction: Tariffs, Trade Disruption, and the Rise of Embedded FinanceTariffs are redefining the global trade landscape — increasing costs, disrupting supplier networks, and… Read More »How embedded finance is reshaping supply chains amid tariff pressures
Igor Zaks, President of Tenzor Ltd., chaired day 2 of the RFIx – Receivables Finance International Convention 2022 by BCR Publishing. Igor also moderated a panel: Panel session: Trade credit insurance post-pandemic challenges The economic fallout from the pandemic has been unprecedented in its scale and speed. State support, however, has set the stage for a broad-based and rapid global economic… Read More »Igor Zaks chaired RFix22 conference in London
Igor Zaks, President of Tenzor Ltd. will present at the FCI (formerly Factors Chain International) 54th Annual Meeting – Washington DC 19-23 June 2022 Igor will be moderating a panel: Panel Discussion on the Trends in Receivables Finance including ESG Impact In times of significant economic contraction followed by a huge swing in economic growth, rising inflation and interest rates,… Read More »Igor Zaks to present at the FCI annual meeting in Washington DC
Igor Zaks, President of Tenzor Ltd., presented at WOA- World of open Account webcast, Managing and Mitigating risk when investing in Receivables