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Shop Talk: Egypt's petrochemical promiseA serial user of ECA and DFI debt, Carbon Holdings CEO Basil El-Baz expects to reach financial close on the $10.6 billion Tahrir Petrochemicals project by the end of the year – and with an oversubscription.READ MORE -
Identity chequesCould a 20-digit LEI number help banks cut their KYC and compliance costs while narrowing the SME trade finance gap? Yes – but not until regulators get behind it.READ MORE -
Financing international trade: FIT for purpose?A call for action. How to get FIT for trade, treasury and risk (without any physical exercise)READ MORE -
Blended finance: Coming out of its shellBlended finance techniques have been around for some time. But it is only recently that DFIs and the private sector have begun to give more urgency to the product in a bid to bridge the growing sustainable development funding gap in both developed and emerging markets.READ MORE -
Pricing dip: TXF-ICC Global Export Finance Survey 2018The TXF-ICC Global Export Finance Survey 2018 incorporates the pricing and liquidity views of 65 senior export finance practitioners at leading banks, ECAs, exporters and importers. The findings are familiar.READ MORE
Expert Briefing: Does structured trade finance still work?
Can structured trade finance still be used? Geoffrey Wynne, Partner at Sullivan & Worcester UK LLP in London, and head of the trade and export finance practice explores whether it can, and how. While one answer is follow the cash, follow the goods, then follow the cash again, regulators may continue to be an obstacle to market development
