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17 February 2020

Bollington Wilson buys trade credit specialist Prophet

The Bollington Wilson Group has bought Harrogate-based insurance broker Prophet Trade Credit for an undisclosed sum.It follows Bollington Wilson's deal to buy North...

14 February 2020
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Infrastructure, Transport

Ottawa council seeks independent review of Trillium award

Ottawa city council is asking senior staff to produce documents related to the controversial award to  SNC-Lavalin of the Stage 2 extension of the Trillium Line, and...

04 February 2020
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Infrastructure

NIB helps finance €145m central hospital building in Finland

The Nordic Investment Bank and the Vaasa Hospital District have signed a loan agreement of €72.5 million for the construction of a new hospital building in the Vaasa...

03 February 2020
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Power, Transport

Keynote: SERV’s CEO thinking outside the box

What does being a modern ECA mean? Peter Gisler, CEO of SERV has strong views on the Swiss ECA’s ability to be proactive, flexible and to think outside the proverbial box...

22 January 2020

Into the sunshine: Telling tales about SCF

The US SEC is on a drive to get companies to disclose supplier finance more explicitly. Companies would do well to tell their stories. The US accounting regulator has...

22 January 2020
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Oil & gas

BP exits Iraq’s Kirkuk field as expansion plans are delayed

BP has pulled out of Iraq’s Kirkuk oilfield after its $100 million exploration contract ended with no agreed plans for the field’s expansion. BP informed...

14 January 2020
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Infrastructure, Other, Renewables

Shop talk: Fonroche sheds light on ECAs for off-grid solar dream

At TXF's PRI conference last month, Pierre Vergnes, head of institutional financing at Fonroche Lighting, explains why the off-grid solar manufacturer taps ECA support...

13 December 2019
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Infrastructure, Transport

ADB agrees $200m loan to support Philippine's Build, Build, Build program

The Asian Development Bank has approved a $200 million loan to help the Philippine government prepare and implement major infrastructure projects under its flagship...

10 December 2019

Shop talk: Basel IV tests alternative funds in commodity finance

With banks having to implement the finalised version of Basel III (commonly called Basel IV) by 1 January 2022, regulatory requirements are becoming ever complex. TXF...

29 November 2019
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Metals and Mining

CDPR buys Cerro de Pasco in Peru from Volcan

Peru's Cerro de Pasco, one of the oldest and largest polymetallic mines in the world, operating for almost 400 years, is changing hands.CSE-listed Cerro de Pasco...

15 November 2019
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Bunge 'reorganizes trading in latest restructure'

US-based Bunge has reorganized its trading business, as one of the world's top agricultural commodity merchants presses ahead with its restructuring plan.After...

29 October 2019

Accuity survey reveals cargo industry's concerns over trade sanctions and export risk

Financial crime screening, payments and know your customer solutions provider Accuity says 80% of cargo firms are concerned about protecting their brand and reputation...

28 October 2019

Expert briefing: Do you know where your money is?

Ann Rutledge, CEO of CreditSpectrum, reflects on the graveyards of ABCP and looks at the dangers of the debt capital markets’ obsessive fixation on origination and...

21 October 2019

BNDES fires director Andre Laloni after divestment dispute

BNDES has dismissed director Andre Laloni, who requested a leave of absence last week amid disagreements over asset sales, two people with knowledge of the matter...

17 October 2019
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Infrastructure

Bath NHS Trust issues EOI for staff housing partnership

The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Trust has published a tender notice in the Official Journal of the European Union for a staff and student housing development...

16 October 2019

UK SMEs least likely to invest as Brexit bites, say BFS and Euler Hermes

UK small and medium-sized enterprises are least likely to invest in their businesses during the remainder of 2019, according to the latest Global Business Monitor from...

30 September 2019
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Infrastructure, Transport

ADB agrees $167m loan for Kazakhstan road project

The Asian Development Bank has approved a $167.02 million loan for a project that will rehabilitate and reconstruct 89km of road between Aktobe and Kandyagash, which will...

24 September 2019

Heureka: A digitised solution for small-ticket ECA finance

Ahead of TXF Germany this week, Sabine Vigneron, vice president of platform business and product development at AKA, outlines the digital transformation taking place for...

18 September 2019
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Infrastructure, Oil & gas, Power, Transport

TXF Export Finance Industry Survey 2019

TXF’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,...

06 September 2019
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Bunge 'lays off grain traders in Geneva' as company seeks to minimize risk

US agribusiness firm Bunge laid off up to ten grain traders in Geneva in recent days as it pursues a global restructuring to cut costs and reduce market exposure, five...