Russian corporates are continuing a re-evaluation of their funding mix following a spate of post-sanctions unsecured loan firsts in 2017. A number of commodities-linked...

Sustainable financing in commodity trade finance has been slow to catch on. But adoption is now key for the market, with early movers in line to reap the benefits of...

Although the majority of banks believe fintech will cut their compliance costs and improve their ability to risk-assess SMEs, the proportion of small businesses being...

Thirty developers achieved financial close under Egypt’s solar Feed-In-Tariff (FiT) Round 2. However, with no commercial bank presence and heavy DFI funding this time...

In a new white paper, Pacific Life Insurance Company director of treasury Lance Doherty, and Adam Dener, managing principal at Fermat Capital Management, lay out the case...

As more governments explore the potential for LNG as part of their fuel mix, an increasing number of LNG regasification terminals are under construction around the world....

Construction risk has long been an impediment for the use of project bonds to finance greenfield infrastructure projects. The Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility...

ECAs and DFIs active in the emerging markets are getting increasingly capital markets savvy and matching support rhetoric with some very tightly priced borrowing of their...

Singapore-based commodity trader Olam’s debut European revolver is the latest signal that the Asian agri-trader label is outdated. Dramatic growth in recent years means...

India has experienced record low bids for solar concessions over the past year. While that is good news for offtakers – how low can offers go before they stop being...

Despite a growing deficit and the announcement of a $55 billion infrastructure budget for the next 10 years, the Australian government is adopting the CEFC template and...

The news that Glencore and Bunge have held informal talks about a ‘possible consensual business combination’ is the latest signal that the pace of consolidation in...

To coincide with the IMF Spring Meetings, MIGA recently held a panel discussion to showcase multilateral breakthroughs in credit enhancement that enable borrowers to tap...

Supply chain finance pure-play providers' use of traditional fee models is causing revenue to be far smaller than increases in new business volumes would suggest. Should...

Uruguay is the MacGyver of clean energy development. Equipped with just some pocket change from the UN’s climate fund, the country has become a global standard-bearer for...

Developers under Egypt’s FiT Round 2 programme are racing to secure international debt for solar power tenders by the end of the April. With revisions to key issues that...

US Exim’s lack of a quorum and inability to approve transactions over $10 million has necessitated some key changes in strategy at GE Energy Financial Services (GE EFS)....

Olivier Paul - Head of Policy, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission - outlines the continuing value of ICC’s Trade Register project, its...

Following the departure of its grains chief executive, Matt Jansen, Cofco Agri appears to have altered its plans to become a global agricultural trader. The shift could...

Smithfield Foods, one of the US’s largest pork producers, is purchasing grains and grain elevators directly from farmers and steadily removing traders from parts of their...