The rise of LNG: Saviour or stranded asset?
Europe’s energy crisis has provoked a scramble for LNG. In order to meet demand, investment towards specialist carriers and import terminals has ballooned. But can the...
Europe’s energy crisis has provoked a scramble for LNG. In order to meet demand, investment towards specialist carriers and import terminals has ballooned. But can the...
WISTA and PwC’s survey into gender diversity and equality in the Swiss commodities industry has crucially identified a gender gap in perception when it comes to equality...
As Asia transitions away from fossil fuels and ramps up clean energy infrastructure, what does this mean for trade and project finance? Where are we seeing innovation in...
As the world looks towards forecasts of recession in 2023, alarms bells are ringing about Africa's debt pile. What are the key hurdles to debt restructuring and can ECAs...
Exporters, banks and insurers are going to be impacted by future uncertainties and driven by past problems. What does 2023 trade and export finance look like from the...
COP27 was branded as the ‘implementation COP’ – this was the climate summit meant to finally fulfil financial pledges and translate talk into action. Aside from a few...
The convergence of the commodity finance sector with that of ECAs and DFI support has been a growing theme of the latter part of this year and is one that is set to stay.
TXF talks with Veridapt co-founder and chief technology officer Sean Birrell about the expansive role the company is taking in the monitoring of energy, agriculture, and...
As 2022 draws to a close, and the spectre of recession in 2023 looms, what can we make of the Black Swan events that shaped the past 12 months? Watch the latest episode...
The most prevalent trends across the export and commodity finance market in 2022 have been outlined by TXF’s editorial team, with each one expected to spill over into...
There have been steps forward, sideways and back in trade digitisation in 2022. Here we reflect on some of the developments in what has been a choppy year for certain...
With development of the EU Strategy on Export Credits underway, and longstanding debate over OECD Arrangement reform deserving of the label inert gas, are the OECD’s...
From the post-pandemic rebound to Russia’s war on Ukraine, which exacerbated the already troublesome energy crisis, 2022 has been an eventful year for the commodities and...
The TXF Global Trade Report 2022 is a snapshot of interviews and articles from the trade finance community, giving a broad view of what’s been top of mind this year.
What is the current state of how corporates are interacting with banks and fintech platforms? Patrick DeVilbiss, Senior Offering Manager, Trade and Supply Chain...
In the wake of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)'s recently proposed changes to the way companies disclose information related to supply chain finance, TXF...
TXF’s Perfect 10 Awards recognise the best and brightest in export and commodities finance worldwide, and submissions are now open. Submit your deals by 16 January, and...
The International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA) has unveiled a new set of industry rules that cover the transfer of electronic payment obligations, which can be...
Antje Rigo, director export finance at Jebsen & Jessen, spoke to TXF at the Dealmakers Assembly in October. She discussed the development of ESG reporting, changing...
The sugar market is suffering from a decade of underinvestment, despite growing consumption of sugar as both a food and a fuel. With fresh sources in limited supply,...
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.