Keynote: Finnvera’s CEO warns on pendulum swings for export finance
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...
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...
In her first interview since her appointment on 7 May, Shona Tatchell, the new head of trade and supply chain finance, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development...
How do you have a thriving offshore wind export business when you don’t, technically, have an offshore wind industry? Norway’s exporters are finding the answer, and of...
The wait for the winners of the TXF Perfect 10 Commodity Finance Deals of the Year is over. Here are the landmark deals of 2023.
This year's winners of the TXF Export Finance Deals of the Year beat a lot of worthy contenders, with ESG credentials the running theme across those winning deals.
The export finance community’s calls for OECD reform are being answered. But amid the news certain ESG-friendly projects can tap longer tenors, there remains scepticism...
Michal Ron, Chief International Business Officer at SACE, discusses Italy’s record export finance volumes as it moves into ‘fifth gear’ on its ambitious ‘push strategy’....
While the growth of untied ECA lending provides flexibility for ECAs to compete with non-OECD ECAs, the inconsistent methodologies of this nascent product are a reminder...
ECA volumes into developing markets continue to lag far behind developed markets despite a record-breaking year for export finance. Reforms to the OECD Arrangement could...
The Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) has the ‘gift of wind’ which has helped it position itself as a changemaker in renewable energy financing. But it’s not...
ECA-backed project finance took centre stage this year at TXF MENA 2024 with the spotlight on energy transition, longer tenors, and untied lending. ECA flexibility...
Janusz Wladyczak, CEO of KUKE, Poland’s export credit agency, highlights KUKE’s enhanced role in supporting reconstruction in Ukraine as conflict continues, the new tools...
North Africa’s two leading markets have taken very different approaches to encouraging energy and infrastructure investment. Which path looks more sustainable?
It may be younger than the Swiss Army knife, but the Berne Union’s stakeholder event reflects on how adept the nonagenarian organisation is at helping support financing...
With the recent release of TXF Intelligence’s export finance lender league tables, get the breakdown on the most active ECAs in the market. Read on to find out the...
It’s still positive, and the benefits of the changes in the OECD Arrangement are already showing, says Angela Perez, head of structured finance at Spanish infrastructure...
Northvolt’s latest big-ticket ECA-backed financing has set a benchmark for European gigafactory deals. But can Europe’s green industrial policy keep up with the pace of...
Irfan Bukhari, CEO and president, Export-Import Bank of Pakistan (EXIM Bank) discusses the next steps for the newly inaugurated agency.
DFI support mechanisms have tended to focus on the project-specific micro premium in cost of capital. But a report for the Climate Policy Initiative by Avinash Persaud...
After a record-breaking year, ECAs must face the challenge of ensuring that activity remains strong in 2024. Demand for low-cost financing is high in the current interest...
In advance of his appearance at TXF Global in Athens, 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.