Sow and reap: Glencore secures RCF refi amid agri push
Glencore has secured refinancing for its RCF as the company continues to impress following its 2015 difficulties. The recent emergence and success of its agri business...
Glencore has secured refinancing for its RCF as the company continues to impress following its 2015 difficulties. The recent emergence and success of its agri business...
The largest structured commodity trade finance syndication done by a chinese copper producer to date, Dongying Fangyuan made clever use of China’s SAFE rules to go...
Hon. Dan Kazungu Muzee, Cabinet Sectary at the Ministry of Mining in Kenya, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for TXF Africa 2017.
Following the departure of its grains chief executive, Matt Jansen, Cofco Agri appears to have altered its plans to become a global agricultural trader. The shift could...
Despite margin pressure in some of its key markets in 2016, Louis Dreyfus has added $200 million to its European RCF – pulling 38 banks into the facility with pricing...
Smithfield Foods, one of the US’s largest pork producers, is purchasing grains and grain elevators directly from farmers and steadily removing traders from parts of their...
The ICC Trade Register for 2016 finds that trade finance continues to have a favourable risk profile. However, some within the trade finance community question whether...
As we approach the end of a year that has made the headlines for a variety of reasons, many surprising, shocking and unexpected events have also played out in the...
Agricultural trader Nidera has had a string of problems in recent years as it continues its integration into Cofco Agri. However, lenders are still confident that Cofco...
Reduced growth forecasts for global trade from the WTO has caused consternation among businesses and economies as the gloomy outlook sees trade flows dip below GDP...
In a ground-breaking transaction for Ghana, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank have issued a $500 million stand-by letter of credit on behalf of Ghana National Petroleum...
Olam’s acquisition of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)’s cocoa business provides the perfect opportunity to investigate the trader’s track record for sustainable cocoa and...
Cargill and Bunge stood out as the only traders not to cut ties with Malaysian palm oil producer IOI after its sustainability certificate was suspended, throwing up...
Mercuria Energy Trading has closed its $2.2 billion multi-currency revolving credit facilities. In a sign of the times of banks’ appetite for strong commodity trading...
Banks are continuing to withdraw from many of their correspondent banking relationships - a process which threatens global trade, especially in poorer countries. TXF...
Daniel Riordan has been appointed as president, XL Catlin Global Political Risk and Trade Credit. This represents a significant move from the private insurance...
In the face of precarious politics and a troubled economy, Argentina's largest soy bean producer Vicentin closed a $135.3 million PXF in the country's largest...
Daniel Schmand, Deutsche Bank’s EMEA head of trade finance & cash management corporates, was elected the new chair of the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC)...
TXF has announced the winners of the 2015 Exporters’ Choice Awards. Only three banks and three export credit agencies (ECAs) have qualified for the award.
Below are the 10 people moves that defined the trade and supply chain world in 2015. We have listed the 10 biggest trade and supply chain market moves that we...
Pauli Heikkilä, CEO of Finnvera, reflects on the swinging pendulum for export financing he’s seen in two decades heading Finland’s ECA. Global swings from market forces towards protectionism using public money is not risk free, he warns.