The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project is a deserved winner of TXF’s Best ECA-Backed oil and gas award after project sponsors sealed a heavily ECA/DFI-backed €3.76...
The world’s second largest continent faces vast challenges in accessing trade financing with SMEs particularly affected by a vastly increased trade financing gap,...
At the TXF Africa 2016 conference in Addis Ababa recently, Ollie Gordon caught up with Jef Vincent, chief underwriting officer at the African Trade Insurance Agency...
Ghana has approved its new Export-Import Bank after months of political wrangling. But will export financiers be prepared to engage with Africa’s latest export credit...
According to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 2015 Global Survey of Trade Finance, SMEs are struggling to access finance despite playing a key role as both...
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are among the hardest-hit by the trade finance gap – accounting for more than half of all rejected transactions, according to...
The central bank of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reached an agreement with the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) whereby banks will receive up to 50%...
Shipping company Maersk Line has announced that Pierre Danet will become the new chief financial officer of the company as of 7 April 2015. He will also be part of the...
Lloyd’s of London has officially opened a new specialist underwriting platform in Dubai today to provide tailored risk solutions across the Middle East and North Africa...
Agricultural and food commodity trading company Bunge has become the latest global trading house to move its documentation to full electronic format through an agreement...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) held its annual trade facilitation programme (TFP) trade finance forum in London on the 22nd and 23rd of...
TXF talks to Vincent O’Brien, chair of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission’s Market Intelligence Group on the ICC’s Global Survey 2014:...
Today, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) released its Trade Register Report 2014. The empirical evidence from the report points to the fact that trade and...
Senior practitioners of the trade and export finance community will gather at the University of St Gallen this autumn for another edition of IfTI’s Global Symposium. Expect lively debate around case studies and best practices in trade as geopolitical tensions rise.
This year's winners of the TXF Export Finance Deals of the Year beat a lot of worthy contenders, with ESG credentials the running theme across those winning deals.
Since the first announcement of a partnership between Euler Hermes and Trafigura in 2022, European ECAs have built steady relationships with commodity traders. Today, as supply chain dislocation fades and funding demands ease, what role does the ECA-trader deal still have to play?
How do you have a thriving offshore wind export business when you don’t, technically, have an offshore wind industry? Norway’s exporters are finding the answer, and of Norway’s green exports, offshore wind is by far the largest supported by Eksfin. Tone Lunde Bakker, CEO of Eksfin discusses how the restructured agency has been helping support the pivot away from fossil fuels, into wind, marine, onshore aquaculture, to name a few.
Unveil Amsterdam's allure! Elevate your pipeline with top dealmakers. An Industry Awards dinner adds glamour to this unmissable adventure.
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Join us on a mythical adventure through all things export, agency & project finance as TXF Global 2024 travels to the historic city of Athens for the first time!
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