In this article, Charles Berry, Chairman, BPL Global, argues that, increasingly, the ECAs are needed to provide additional capacity for risks for which there is market...

Hesham Zakai assesses the impact of the Russia-Ukraine political problems on trade.

Jonathan Bell examines the renaissance of shipbuilding in Asia in a sector assisted by the demand for specialised vessels.

Belgian-incorporated metals and mining company Nyrstar has signed a binding agreement for the final funding and support package for the redevelopment of the Port Pirie...

Canadian power-producer Northland Power has reached financial close for its Project Gemini wind farm at €2.8 billion ($3.8 billion), making it the largest project...

the role of head of financial institutions (FI) regional unit London. Her responsibilities will be to, drive the FI portfolio and work with new and existing clients....

Malta-headquartered FIMBank has appointed Maarten van Alkemade as head of its trade finance department. A Dutch national, van Alkemade joins FIMBank from Coalogic,...

Commodity producers, traders and financiers gathered in Amsterdam last week for TXF's inaugural Natural Resources & Commodities Finance conference. Held at the Beurs van...

ABN AMRO has promoted Jacqueline Chang to the newly created role regional head of commodities Asia, as part of an expansion of the bank’s global commodities activities...

Trade documentation software specialist Bolero International has appointed Ian Kerr as its new chief operating officer (CEO).

First Quantum Minerals has closed the syndication of its $2.5 billion five-year term loan and revolving facility, which was increased to $3 billion through...

Orpic (Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company) and a consortium of 21 international and national financial institutions have signed a $2.8 billion umbrella...

Commodity trader Trafigura has published a whitepaper analysing the economics of commodity trading firms.

This is a particularly big year for the Berne Union, which has now been supporting exporters, borrowers, investors and the overall export financing sector for the past 80...

Jonathan Bell, editor-in-chief at TXF, talks with Dan Riordan, president of the Berne Union, about taking the organisation forward in its 80th year.

It is now over a year since it became apparent that a major coffee rust outbreak was developing over a wide area of Latin America, ranging from Mexico in the north, to...

Global trade and foreign direct investments have seen dramatic changes in the 80 years since the Berne Union was founded. Not surprisingly, the Berne Union itself has...

"It’s different this time.” A simple phrase, but a potent one. Its reappearances all feel novel, and more’s the pity

Having turned their attention further towards developing economies to compensate for a lack of demand from traditional western markets following the global financial...

Capacity in short-term credit insurance has been steadily returning since the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC) and premiums have recovered. According to Berne Union’s...