The recent A49 road PPP concession financing is the third of Germany's new generation availability-based road schemes to close. All three have been heavily backed by the EIB. But with EIB lending policies under environmental review – EIB support for future roads projects that are easily able to raise competitive finance in the commercial market must be less certain.

With last minute trade discussions ongoing, the potential of the UK leaving the EU in a ‘no deal’ situation is very real. Whatever the scenario, the wrench from the EU will have a massive impact on many UK companies, but also for other European counterparts too. The devil is always in the detail. Here, Robert Lyons, a specialist business and corporate lawyer at Excello Law, sets out the implications.

With the complicated transition away from LIBOR looming at the end of 2021, Olam has secured Singapore’s first club deal pegged to the country’s new Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA) benchmark. But not every corporate borrower is as prepared as the Singaporean food and agri-business for the change away from LIBOR, a daily benchmark which has determined interest rates for $250 trillion of debt and derivatives for over 40 years.

The TXF World Fair, our blockbuster virtual export finance event, has provided the ECA community with a new platform to discuss the most prevalent market trends, network via private meetings, and in turn, push a multitude of deals across the financial line. With over 2,500 delegates registered, the event is not to be missed with lending, borrowing and advisory opportunities galore.

Given the vast Covid-19 relief packages they are putting together, are DFIs really in a position to play a bigger role than usual in planned infrastructure stimulus packages that are being proposed by governments to get the global economy back on track?