Joe Blenkinsopp, global head of market development and distribution for political risk, credit & bond insurance at AXA XL, a division of AXA, talks to TXF from the sidelines of TXF Global Berlin, about being part of the XL Catlin-AXA merger. He discusses the consolidation and the healthy state of the private insurance market.

Glencore’s decision to temporarily mothball the world’s largest cobalt mine in the DRC raises many questions about the state of mining in the central African country. Jonathan Bell examines the reasons behind the decision and assesses what the future could hold for both the country and Glencore.

Australia’s energy-from-waste (EfW) sector is in project finance adolescence. But a lack of developers and varying waste supply agreements from councils are proving challenging for lenders looking for bankable large-scale projects.

TXF spoke with Adam Harris, head of civil, infrastructure and energy at UKEF, to find out more about the UK ECA's cutting of exposures, while at the same time upping its direct lending capacity by £2 billion.

The TXF half-year 2019 export finance report shows a bullish start to the year in the power sector, Japan’s JBIC coming in as top direct lender and the US and Australia being the two top destination markets. Jonathan Bell provides some teasers.