HSBC has appointed Luiz Simione as global head of forfaiting and risk distribution for global trade and receivables finance (GTRF). He will be based in London and takes...
As external funding withdrawal in emerging Europe generates increasing concern, agencies and banks have met to discuss the issues and trends. The Vienna 2 Initiative...
Fred Hochberg has been confirmed as by the US Senate to serve a second term as president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im). This move followed...
Brazilian oil company Petrobras has signed two financing programmes with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for the offer of two lines of credit...
BAFT-IFSA, the US-headquartered international financial services association, has appointed Stacey Facter as the association’s new senior vice president of trade...
FX Energy has finalised a new five-year, up to $100 million senior reserve based lending facility. BNP Paribas (BNPP) acted as coordinating mandated lead arranger....
Italy’s export credit agency Sace is guaranteeing loans in favour of Eskom Holdings (Eskom), the South African energy public utility wholly, related to some of the...
The two separate loans from HSBC total $55.6 million. Both loans are backed with comprehensive guarantees from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im).
The transaction marks the beginning of a new collaboration between both parties.
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has agreed to provide guarantees for a new financing package arranged for South Africa’s freight rail and logistics...
Deutsche Bank has appointed Susan Skerritt as its new regional head Americas for its global transaction banking division. She will be based in New York. Skerritt joins...
Trade industry specialist David Hennah has moved back to Misys after an eight-year stint with SWIFT. He has been hired by Misys as head of product management practice for...
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) has named Jennifer Boussuge as head of global transaction services (GTS) for EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa). This is an...
Oil producer Shoreline Natural Resources (Shoreline) in Nigeria has secured a refinancing facility which gives it better terms, structure and a longer tenor over an...
Swiss-headquartered Mercuria Energy Trading has signed its latest revolving credit facilities totalling $1.8 billion. The transaction was signed on 1 July, 2013.
The Netherlands-based arm of energy trading company BB Energy has secured a revolving credit facility (RCF) arranged by relationship banks. The $125 million, one-year...
Alternative trade financier Falcon Group has recruited Emma Clark as its new head of business development UK and Europe. She joins from insurance brokers RK Harrison...
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has signed a reciprocal risk participation agreement (RRPA) with the Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) to boost...
Proparco has signed a $25 million senior loan to finance two solar power plants in the mining region in northern Chile. The two plants, developed and owned by Solarpack...
Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion, the Chilean wood pulp and forestry products company has signed a medium-term loan with direct support from Export Development Canada...
In advance of her appearance at TXF Global in Athens, Reta Jo Lewis, President and Chair of Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Exim) spoke to TXF about the importance of ‘getting out there’ to be face to face with exporters, financiers and the industry. There’s no point sitting back and waiting for business to come to the agency, she says.
Pauli Heikkilä, CEO of Finnvera, reflects on the swinging pendulum for export financing he’s seen in two decades heading Finland’s ECA. Global swings from market forces towards protectionism using public money is not risk free, he warns.
Tim Reid, CEO of UK Export Finance, discusses the lenses through which the ECA will define the success of its new business plan, which builds on its record as the fourth most active ECA in 2023 according to TXF Intelligence.
In advance of her appearance at TXF Global in Athens, Reta Jo Lewis, President and Chair of Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Exim) spoke to TXF about the importance of ‘getting out there’ to be face to face with exporters, financiers and the industry. There’s no point sitting back and waiting for business to come to the agency, she says.
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