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Export finance: 2020 year-end reviewExport Credit Agencies (ECAs) have proved robust amid the economic bulldozer that is the Covid-19 pandemic, and the product has never been in greater use with applications for cover ballooning. But ECAs are also becoming more risk averse as the pandemic shows no clear end in sight.READ MORE
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Russian corporates: Squeezing out pricing premiumsRussia’s syndicated loan market activity is set to boom at the beginning of 2021, according to sources, as corporates delay their Q4 2020 fundraising plans to avoid any lingering ‘Covid premiums’ in anticipation of more favourable pricing conditions early next year.READ MORE
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Trade finance funds: Confidence grows as banks retreatAlternative lenders cannot solely pick up the funding gap left by European commercial banks retreating from the commodity finance space in the Covid-19 epoch. But can bank-fund collaboration based on the different stages of the transportation of goods provide a viable deal template going forward?READ MORE
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Oyu Tolgoi furthers funding pitRio Tinto via its ownership of Turquoise Hill Resources has finally inked an agreement for the additional financing of the long-dated Oyu Tolgoi mining project in Mongolia - albeit with significant construction risk.READ MORE
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Africa: Export finance, PRI and life after CovidTXF is joined by Melanie Lawrence of Afreximbank, Gabriel Buck of GKB Ventures and Chris Mitman of Investec to discuss the challenges faced in providing export finance to Africa.READ MORE
Spotlight on Singapore as commodity banks nurse potential losses
The high-profile collapse of Singaporean-based oil trader Hin Leong and other certain suspect cases has highlighted malpractices within the sector and concern for future lendings. Jonathan Bell assesses what this all means for the commodity finance community in the city state.