Lending demand from South Africa’s mining sector has been sluggish at best – a symptom of poor economic governance, a new mining charter verging on the absurd and the...

Despite the endless stream of PR statements about banks exiting coal-related lending, none can actually track where the proceeds of loans to commodity traders go. When...

With interest in our TXF Singapore event greater than ever, the delegate list reads like a who’s who of trade, treasury and commodity finance professionals in Asia. Will...

Iran has yet to produce the project and trade flows bankers hoped for following signing of the JCPOA in 2016. The hurdles are largely born of the Trump administration –...

A boom in interest in Australian renewables projects could be curtailed by the government’s plans to introduce a National Energy Guarantee (NEG). Borrowers have benefited...

Amid the hype around blockchain, is the market losing sight of what the technology can really do for trade finance – and what it can’t?

Institutional debt is becoming increasingly viable for sponsors of European offshore wind as investors become more comfortable with the asset class.

Trade finance funds looking to attract capital from big-ticket institutional investors must provide more clarity about their strategies and where they sit within the...

Despite a complete overhaul of management at Sonangol - most notably the removal of Isabel dos Santos as chairperson - the ongoing refinancing of the state-owned oil...

The first non-recourse investment-grade bond to be used on a construction-stage offshore wind farm in the UK, the Walney Extension financing introduces a new UK asset...

The World Bank and the Islamic Development Bank have issued a report highlighting the potential for Islamic finance in PPP. And untapped pools of capital could boost...

The shift to open account trade continues to raise question marks over the future and relevance of traditional letters of credit (LCs).

Denmark’s EKF has cancelled a loan for the Teghout open pit copper mine in Armenia on environmental grounds. Is this a signal for ECAs to get tougher?

In a recent speech, Dr Benedict Oramah, president of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), outlined plans to seize upon continental political will,...

Rebecca and Jack Harding, authors of upcoming book ‘The Weaponization of Trade’, outline how trade is fast becoming a tool of foreign policy aggression, why a rise in the...

Forget twitter and the crassness, Donald Trump has an infrastructure plan that the PPP industry actually likes. But is it workable, and would it pass congress?

Lenders have responded strongly to the new breed of power purchase agreements on offer in Mexican renewables. But the market is only likely to get more merchant. TXF...

The US state of Indiana has terminated the contract and paid off the bond debt for the I-69 PPP. Was picking a shaky contractor bad luck or bad judgement? And what...

Despite intense pressure on VLCC charter rates, in mid-June DHT Holdings sealed a $300 million loan to part finance the purchase of 11 VLCCs from the BW Group - and at a...

US Ex-Im has been without authority to approve transactions above $10 million for over 18 months, provoking huge changes for some of Ex-Im’s largest clients. However,...