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25 September 2018

Shipping confidence slips marginally on geopolitical factors

Shipping confidence dipped very slightly in the three months to end-August 2018, according the latest survey from Moore Stephens. The average confidence level expressed...

18 September 2018

Marsh & McLennan to buy UK broker JLT for £4.3bn

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc has agreed to buy London-headquartered Jardine Lloyd Thompson for about £4.3 billion as the US financial services group looks to...

17 September 2018
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Metals and Mining

How Anglo quietly built a commodity trader in Glencore's shadow

In just five years, miner Anglo American Plc has assembled marketing operations that now sell more metals than the company produces. Anglo's move into trading goes...

14 September 2018
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Renewables

Egypt sets low ceiling for 600MW solar tender

Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) has informed the five bidding groups on the ongoing 600MW solar capacity tender for the West of Nile Area that it has set...

14 September 2018

EC approves €1.39bn financing for new Bucharest metro line

The European Commission has approved €1.39 billion in financing for a project to build a 14.2km line that will link Bucharest with the Henri Coanda International...

11 September 2018

Qatargas agrees on 22-year LNG supply deal with China

Qatargas has agreed a 22-year deal with PetroChina International to supply China with around 3.4 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually. The Qatari...

10 September 2018
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Renewables

More Argentina RenovAr 2 contracts signed - RenovAr 3 to follow

Argentina's Ministry of Energy and Mines has signed contracts with winners of 27.34MW from the RenovAr 2 renewable energy auction. The eight contracts...

10 September 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Global export finance H1 2018: Numbers crunched without the headache

TXF has released its Global export finance results for H1 2018. From Bpifrance performing best in the first half of this year to Oil & Gas showing the largest volumes in...

07 September 2018
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Renewables

SECI extends floating solar bid deadline

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has extended the bid submission deadline for 150MW (50MWx3) of grid connected floating solar power projects at Rihand Dam (also...

05 September 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport

Sharp rise in marine fuel will impact global trade

The global shipping industry is preparing for a sharp rise in the cost of marine fuel come 2020. Jonathan Bell explores the implications of this – for the crude oil...

04 September 2018

Canopius in underwriting tie-up with Anvil

Global specialty lines (re)insurer Canopius has teamed up with credit and political risk managing general agent Anvil Underwriting. Canopius said the agreement will...

27 August 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables

UPDATE: Fonzi's weekly facts, figures and forecasts

TXF Data's top lending opportunities, latest Category A projects under consideration by ECAs, and provisional CIRR trends are here for this week.

23 August 2018

EXIM Thailand unveils two new credit facilities

The Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand) has introduced new credit facilities: EXIM for M Credit is as a pre and post-shipment revolving facility with a maximum...

21 August 2018

CDC appoints two new non-executive directors

CDC Group, the UK's development finance institution, has appointed two new non-executive directors, Dolika Banda and Andrew Alli, who will bring African experience to...

20 August 2018
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Renewables

SECI to tender 250MW of projects at Dondaicha Solar Park

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) is tendering five 50MW of grid-connected solar projects to be located at the Dondaicha Solar Park in Dhule district,...

17 August 2018
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Renewables

BNetzA launches wind and solar auction

Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur - BNetzA) is seeking bids by October 1 for separate wind and solar power tenders totalling 852MW of capacity....

15 August 2018

US wages economic war against Iran

With the United States' first wave of economic sanctions on Iran already having a heavy impact on the Iranian economy, Jonathan Bell looks at how this will also affect...

14 August 2018

Shop talk: SERVing up a more proactive ECA

Swiss ECA SERV has pulled off some major innovations in the bond markets - from guaranteeing a rouble bond refinancing to the Sergipe local currency bond deal earlier...

14 August 2018

Risky business podcast: From east to west

From the recent election in Pakistan to Trump’s tariffs, Dr. Rebecca Harding of Coreolis Technologies highlights the economic and political risk factors behind our latest...

10 August 2018

Compeon launches SME loans in Germany

Compeon has launched its Digitaler Mittelstandskredit, a digitised corporate loan for small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany. SMEs can access finance of up to...