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After GNA 1: Will banks turn up the Brazilian LNG-to-power funding tap?Following the recent financial close on GNA 1, and the Sergipe project the previous year, is the Brazilian LNG-to-power sector ready for commercially banked deals with little or no DFI and ECA support? Some DFIs beleive so, but GNA 2 will be the real test.READ MORE -
Green and lean: TXF’s Sustainable Deals H1 2019 reportTXF’s debut Sustainable Deals H1 2019 report partnered with Acre Impact Capital to help provide a comprehensive methodology and classify sustainable deals in the ECA market.READ MORE -
TXF Export Finance Industry Survey 2019TXF’s Export Finance Industry Report 2019 is here. The survey, which comprises the views of 259 individual senior export finance practitioners at banks, ECAs, importers, exporters, insurers, lawyers and alternative financiers, is by far our most comprehensive yet...READ MORE -
Grand Eweng: Controlled flow or flood?Nachtigal set the financing template for hydro in Cameroon in late 2018. Now a very ambitious project more than four times the size of Nachtigal is underway, but is it too much too soon in terms of of bankability?READ MORE -
Al Dur 2: A Saudi nightmare on ECA streetThe $1.5 billion Al Dur 2 independent water and power project (IWPP) financing achieved a record length tenor for an uncovered local bank tranche, an indirect benefit of ECA support. But according to sources close to the deal, Saudi Exim’s direct loan debut proved a ‘nightmare’ to structure.READ MORE
Rusal: Going green or a tinge of greenwash?
Given its status as the world's second largest aluminium producer, Rusal's sustainability-linked loan debut is good news for the growing ESG movement. But like other deals in the commodity sector that have closed before it, the financial structure in Rusal's deal lacks the teeth to leave no doubt that it is not tinged with a bit of greenwash.
