Jonathan Bell talks with Paul Cohen Dumani, general manager of MIT, about the company’s highly successful commodity finance collateral management software system for...

International law firm Ashurst has made a series of appointments and developments that will increase the strength of its finance practice in Asia-Pacific.

BNP Paribas Corporate and investment Banking has created a new global trade and transaction banking business line, headed by Marc Carlos in Paris.

Agri-trading company Cargill and Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer have reached agreement to combine their sugar trading activities in a new joint venture company.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has issued a capital markets funded guaranteed bond for $40.7 million for VRG Linhas Aéreas (GOL), the Brazilian...

The C$850 million ($771.4 million) K2 Wind Power project in Ontario, Canada has reached financial close.

Jonathan Bell talks with Paul Cohen Dumani, general manager of MIT, about the company’s highly successful commodity finance collateral management software system for...

Seaborn Networks (Seaborn) has mandated French bank Natixis to arrange the financing for Seaborn’s new submarine cable project, known as Seabras-1, linking commercial and...

Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) has expanded its trade teams in Hong Kong and Singapore with some recent appointments.

Canada’s export credit agency, Export Development Canada (EDC), has continued its expansion across the Andes with the establishment of a permanent representative office...

Houston-headquartered, specialist oil exploration company Pacific Drilling has appointed Paul Reese to the role of chief financial officer (CFO), effective 28 February...

HSBC has made three appointments to its global trade and receivables finance (GTRF) team, with Gerd Pircher becoming regional head, Latin America; Wei Wei Ng becoming...

ING Corporate Bank has named Anthony van Vliet as the new global head trade & commodity finance (T&CF). He takes over from Paul van Heerde who has been in charge since 1...

Deutsche Bank today has appointed Maria Cristina (Kika) Ricciardi as head of global transaction banking (GTB) Latin America and head of trade finance and cash management...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has appointed Charles J ‘CJ’ Hall as executive vice president and chief risk officer. He has 35 years of...

ABN AMRO has appointed Peter Boogers as global head of energy within the bank’s energy, commodities and transportation (ECT) business. Boogers is promoted from his...

TXF looks at two recent reports, one from HSBC and one from the IADB, which focus on infrastructure trade and infrastructure investment as vital cogs in the health of the...

Uralkali, the Russian potash producer, has signed its first ever ECA-backed transaction. The $236 million (€171.4 million) financing will fund the construction of two...

ABN AMRO is targeting growth in commodity structured inventory products (SIP) in Asia-Pacific with the launch of its first dedicated desk in Singapore. The services will...

Canada’s Scotiabank has completed the Canadian rollout of CGI’s cloud-based, ‘software-as-a-service’ (SaaS) solution, CGI Trade360. The announcement was made at Sibos...