The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has signed a $100 million financing agreement with the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA...

Glencore Xstrata, one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies, has struck an agreement with a Chinese consortium to sell its entire interest...

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has forecast that global trade will grow at a modest rate of 4.7% in 2014, and at a slightly faster rate of 5.3% in 2015.

Swiss-headquartered commodity trader MRI Trading has mandated ABN AMRO Bank and ING Bank to arrange syndicated loan facilities totaling $110 million for the group.

International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) has signed a dual currency syndicated term loan facility amounting to $160 million with a group of international banks.

Annette Maresh has been promoted to vice president for trade finance, a position she has already been filling, at the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im)....

Global law firm Dentons is extending its presence in Africa with a new office in Cape Town and plans to open further offices in Johannesburg and Francophone Africa later...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is providing Shelter Afrique (Shaf), a pan-African financing institution for affordable housing, with a $20 million trade finance loan...

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Florian Witt, head of Africa at Commerzbank, explains what corporates can do to mitigate their exposure to risks in the region and capitalise on Africa’s potential.

KfW IPEX-Bank, Crédit Agricole CIB and the Singapore branch of DNB Bank have arranged the financing for Hong Kong-Headquartered Star Cruises latest newbuild cruise ship....

Norwegian-owned, Bermuda-based shipping company Höegh LNG has secured export credit agency (ECA) backed funding amounting to $309 million to finance its latest floating...

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Russia’s Norilsk Nickel, the largest global nickel and palladium producer, has signed two bilateral credit agreements with Russian branches of Western banks totaling $750...

The United States senate has voted to reappoint Wanda Felton as first vice president and vice chair of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im).

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank group, has made two senior appointments,...

Russian energy provider RusHydro Group has arranged a refinancing facility through Sberbank amounting to RUB2.776 billion ($77.3 million).

Russian telecom company VimpelCom has closed its latest revolving credit facility (RCF) with 11 international banks and a term loan facility with Alfa-Bank. The combined...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the largest financial investor in Ukraine, has approved financing for two projects in the crisis-hit country...

Italy’s Enel Group has signed two long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contracts with Cheniere Energy of the US, with gas sourced from shale gas fields, for a...