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15 April 2016

BEST AMERICAS ECA FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR: Seaborn Networks closes first ECA-backed subsea fibre optic cable deal

Seaborn Networks secured an innovative project financing to fund the establishment of high-speed telecommunications infrastructure between US and Brazil.

01 April 2016

Exclusive: Sierra Rutile seeks debut PXF

Sierra Rutile is in talks with banks for its first pre-export financing as it plans to restructure its existing debt. However, many banks continue to be wary of lending...

14 March 2016

Oman’s Liwa Plastics successfully concludes $3.8bn debt financing

Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) has closed the $3.8 billion project financing facility for its approximate $6.5 billion Liwa Plastics...

02 March 2016

Nigeria’s NNPC bid for transparency attracts lenders

International banks are showing renewed interest in investments in Nigeria’s oil sector, as the new management of state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation...

16 February 2016

A changing world: tapping in to trade opportunities

At a BNY Mellon-hosted roundtable in Abu Dhabi, TXF sat down with a number of UAE banks to discuss the region’s economic developments, the evolving trade arena, and how...

16 February 2016

Nokia leans on Finnvera for global expansion plans

Nokia — Finland’s premier telecoms company — is in the process of finalising its takeover of France’s Alcatel-Lucent in a $16.6 billion deal that will propel the ailing...

12 February 2016

Bank-fintech alliances set to revolutionise B2B payments

In a new report just released, it asserts that banks and fintechs should collaborate rather than compete, as a strategy to overcome some of the challenges facing the...

01 January 2016

CACIB and FMO team to finance Argentinean grain port

Crédit Agricole CIB (CACIB) and the Dutch development bank FMO, have combined to arrange and provide a $32.5 million facility for the construction of a green-field grain...

01 January 2016

Kuwait’s Burgan Bank signs inaugural $350m club facility

Kuwait’s Burgan Bank has signed an inaugural $350 million two-year club facility with a group of its relationship banks. Wells Fargo Bank, London branch, acted as...

01 January 2016

MIGA provides guarantee for Sirajganj 2 power plant in Bangladesh

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is providing guarantees to back loans by Standard Chartered Bank and Siemens Bank to North-West Power Generation...

01 January 2016

Banks and JBIC combine for $345m in loans to Diamond LNG Shipping

Japanese banks and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have signed loans under co-financing agreements totalling ¥41.6 billion ($345 million) for the...

28 December 2015
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Oil & gas

Year in review: commodity financing

Jonathan Bell, TXF’s Editor in Chief, picks his favourite commodity financing stories from 2015.

21 December 2015
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Infrastructure, Other, Transport

SG appoints global head of infrastructure finance

Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) has appointed Hervé Le Corre as the new global head of infrastructure finance. He will be based in Paris and take...

18 December 2015

Orpic signs contracts for Oman’s $6.4bn Liwa plastics complex

Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) has signed agreements to build, operate and finance the $6.4 billion Liwa Plastic Industries Complex (LPIC)...

18 December 2015
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Transport

Coface backs first ATR aircraft bond

Singapore based aircraft lessor, Transportation Partners, has issued a $143.7 million bond guaranteed by French export credit agency (ECA) Coface to refinance 10 ATR...

11 December 2015
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Infrastructure, Transport

Banks revealed in Eu1.5bn Carnival financing arranged by KfW IPEX

KfW IPEX-Bank recently arranged an approximate €1.5 billion ($1.65 billion) export credit agency-backed financing for AIDA Cruises, with the loan being taken by parent...

11 December 2015

Hiren Singharay departs from Standard Chartered

Hiren Singharay, managing director, syndications – Europe, Middle East, Africa and South Asia - for Standard Chartered has decided to leave the bank and the commercial...

11 December 2015

Doha Bank closes $575m syndicated loan facility

Doha Bank has signed a new $575 million syndicated senior unsecured term loan facility, its first since 2007. The loan was oversubscribed, bringing in a diverse range of...

10 December 2015

Cofarco expands its project and natural resources finance team

Paris-headquartered finance arranger and trade credit insurance broker Cofarco has hired Stephen Dimon to strengthen its project and natural resources finance team

04 December 2015

US industry buoyant following formal reauthorisation of US Ex-Im

After over five months of political wrangling in the US House of Representatives and the Senate, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has finally and...