TXF wants to hear from ECAs, banks and borrowers, importers and exporters, in a bid to paint an up-to-date picture of the ECA landscape and garner marker sentiment via our export finance industry survey 2022.

TXF spoke with Dominique Meesen, Berne Union’s medium/long-term (MLT) committee chair, head of reinsurance at Credendo, and vice-chair Andrew Underwood, also chief underwriting officer at AXA XL to discuss the resilience of the MLT private insurance market, the importance of collaboration between ECAs and private insurers, as well as fostering more visible data exchanges between BU members.

TXF caught up with the Berne Union’s new ECA committee chair Isabel Galdiz (US Exim), vice-chair Yuichiro Akita (NEXI), and Berne Union ECA committee manager Didem Bayseferogullari, to discuss evolution of the role of the Berne Union and what the future holds for the ECA sector in a post-pandemic world.

The approximately NT$75 billion ($2.67 billion) non-recourse multi-tranche holdco financing backing the acquisition of CDPQ and Cathay Private Equity’s 50% interest in Orsted’s Changhua 1 offshore wind project marks the first use of Orsted's farm-down strategy in Asia Pacific.

TXF sat down with Saad Alkhalb, CEO at Saudi Exim Bank to outline the recently formed ECA’s progress to date and how it plans to increase support to Saudi exporters doing business in new sectors and markets.