The Luxembourg-based stainless-steel producer closed a $400 million borrowing base revolving credit facility in March, a month after Moody's upgraded the company to Ba1....

The lifting of Iranian sanctions following the country’s nuclear deal with the US heralded a wave of transactions and many predicted a gold rush.Global payment processor...

Petroleum Development Oman, who traditionally rely on state funding, has turned to commercial banks for finance in the wake of lower oil prices, as the oil company seeks...

Puma Energy, the international oil company, has closed a new revolving credit facility and extended previous facilities, showing it retains the confidence of lenders in a...

With their huge capacity and state backing, ECAs for many years dominated the market for absorbing risk on longer-dated export credits. That’s changed, say private...

Banks are continuing to withdraw from many of their correspondent banking relationships - a process which threatens global trade, especially in poorer countries. TXF...

In late April, only four months after the trade embargo on Iran was lifted, Italy's Sace took the lead in the ECA space, guaranteeing €4 billion in credit lines to...

Earlier this month, Noble launched a $1 billion debt refinancing. With the facility due to close next week, the struggling commodities titan is eagerly awaiting Fitch’s...

A spate of high profile ECA and trade finance departures from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has fuelled speculation that the bank is withdrawing from the business...

Last week, MSC Cruises signed a letter of intent with STX France for the construction of four LNG-powered ships with France's ECA, Coface, backing the $4.5 billion...

Basel regulators look to introduce new rules and export finance bankers will need to brace for further capital allocation on sovereign risks. Torsten Richter looks at the...

European multi-utility Engie announced a swathe of power generation sales on 25 February. The sales cover 13,000 Megawatt (MW) of capacity, as part of what Engie calls...

SUEK has secured a $1 billion pre-export finance facility showing Russian commodity producers buoyed by a cheap ruble can still access international financing despite...

US shale producers have maxed out their reserve-based loans in a sign of impending bankruptcies, but lenders can expect good recoveries from these, while some frackers...

Despite the fall in crude oil prices having taken its toll on demand for offshore vessels over the past year, DOF Brasil recently signed a loan agreement with Norway’s...

Banks are in talks with Russian aluminium giant Rusal as it restructures and refinances its debt once more amid depressed aluminium prices and a global glut

In an industry braced for change, JBIC continues a move into offshore wind with a joint €443 million refinancing on Holland's Luchterduinen wind farm.

The state of trade, commodity and export finance in Brazil: special correspondent Luis Waldmann looks at the avenues that Brazilian exporters have for export, commodity...

In a move which demonstrates the tightening of Russian ties with Chinese financing, Gazprom accessed its biggest ever loan from a private Chinese lender, signing 2...

Kazakhstan’s state-owned KazMunaiGas is closing a $3 billion prepayment deal with commodities trader Vitol for crude shipments, in an effort to increase liquidity in...