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07 November 2018
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Metals and Mining

Altiplano announces proposed debt financing with bonus shares

Canada's Altiplano Metals has arranged interim bridge loan financing to raise between $100,000 and $500,000. Under the terms of the financing, the loans will bear...

07 November 2018
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Renewables

Dudgeon offshore wind refi and OFTO debt priced

The refinancing for the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm – now sponsored by Masdar (35%), Equinor (35%) and China Resources, the latter having bought out...

07 November 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

China at a crossroads of international openness

China is hosting the world’s first international import expo. Jonathan Bell examines the development in what could be the start of a new era of trade focus for the...

06 November 2018

Shop talk: SMEs drive intra-African trade growth

SMEs are the engine behind Africa’s trade growth – but funding is scarce. Kofi Adomakoh, head of bank guarantees and special finance at Afreximbank, outlines the bank’s...

31 October 2018

Blockchain’s big opportunity: rebooting trade finance

Will blockchain be able to learn the lessons of previous failures in attempts to digitise global trade? Sen Ganesh, partner with Bain & Company’s Financial Services...

30 October 2018

S&W breakfast briefing: Leveraging fintech in trade finance

In the latest edition of law firm Sullivan & Worcester’s Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar, partners Joel Telpner and Geoffrey Wynne outline the benefits of blockchain as...

29 October 2018

Shop talk: Are ECAs stepping on the toes of the private market?

TXF spoke with Rachael Anstock, head of UK credit & political risks at Zurich, to discuss the insurer’s product innovations, and to find out whether the private market is...

29 October 2018
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Renewables

SECI moves hybrid wind and solar submission date again

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has extended the bid submission deadline for 1200MW of interstate transmission system (ISTS)-connected wind and solar hybrid...

23 October 2018

EIB and Credito Agricola unveil €200m SME financing in Portugal

The EIB is granting a €100 million loan to Credito Agricola aimed at facilitating access to credit for small- and medium-sized enterprises and mid-caps mainly...

18 October 2018
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Telecoms and Communications

Brookfield launches AT&T data centre acquisition facility

Dawn Acquisitions – a solely owned subsidiary of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners – has launched a $600 million financing to back its $1.1 billion...

18 October 2018

Room2Run: Untapping multilateral capital to full effect

A ground-breaking $1 billion synthetic securitisation by the AfDB could serve as the template for unlocking trillions of dollars of investment for emerging markets...

18 October 2018

Insurance underwriter perspective: Is the world becoming a riskier place?

Does an uptick in arms trade imports and exports and a rise in rhetorical weaponised language around trade point to a riskier trade credit insurance environment in...

16 October 2018
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Renewables

SECI halves capacity for wind-solar hybrid tender

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has made amendments to its tender for 2.5GW of ISTS-connected wind-solar hybrid power projects. It is now looking to procure...

12 October 2018

Exporters’ Choice Awards: EDC nails it – others snail it

According to 167 capital equipment exporters surveyed by TXF and Clevis Research, EDC was top performing ECA In 2017. But much of the competition was poor, with many ECAs...

12 October 2018

Shop talk: Trade credit insurance where it's due, eventually

Potential changes to PRA regulations, IFRS accounting standards and sovereign risk exposures, mean the trade credit insurance landscape will have to evolve. Gary Lowe,...

09 October 2018

Development Bank of Ethiopia's bad loans reach high of 39.4%

Non-performing loans at the Development Bank of Ethiopia have increased from 25% to 39.4% in the past fiscal year. The figure is far higher than the standard set by the...

08 October 2018

Breathing new life into insuring trade with Toredo

When it takes the same amount of time to underwrite the risks of a power station as a letter of credit, something had to give. Chris Hall, Senior Underwriter, Liberty...

08 October 2018
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Infrastructure, Waste and water

EBRD, EU and Bulgaria join forces to finance water sector development

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has been chosen by Bulgaria's Fund of Funds to manage up to €115 million provided for the country's...

05 October 2018
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Infrastructure, Transport

M25 refinancing: A choice decision?

The M25 motorway refinancing earlier this year was the UK’s largest since the Intercity Express deal in 2015. However, was the public bond market the right route given...

05 October 2018
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Renewables

The Crown Estate makes first assessment of 8 offshore wind proposals

The Crown Estate has completed its initial assessment of eight proposed UK offshore wind extension applications and found all have satisfied the application...