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23 September 2020

TXF TV: Advocating for the commodities industry

Live Webinar | 23.09.2020 | 14:00 UK | Join us for a one-on-one interview with the STSA's Secretary General, Florence Schurch.

17 September 2020

Intra-Asian supply chains to grow significantly says HSBC

The prolonged Covid pandemic is encouraging significant changes in global trade patterns, and according to a recent HSBC survey, Asian corporates are expanding their...

14 September 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities

TXF TV: Czarnikow's CEO discusses the world's first sustainable sugar supply chain partnership

Webinar | 16.09.2020 | 14:00 UK | Amidst current concerns over the future of food security and supply chain resilience, global sugar trader Czarnikow recently announced...

09 September 2020

EV gigafactories: Europe moves up a gear

Tesla has been running the show on so-called gigafactories for electric vehicles for some time. But now Europe with considerable support from DFIs and backing by ECAs for...

08 September 2020

TXF TV: Key findings from the H1 Export Finance Data Report

TXF is excited to announce the launch of TXF TV, an exciting new channel featuring weekly broadcasts of the latest trade, export and commodity finance content, directly...

07 September 2020
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Oil & gas

Mozambique LNG: Turning up the LNG funding tap

The Mozambique LNG project raised the project finance benchmark for large-scale schemes after it closed amid the Covid-19 crisis with a surprising tenor given the volume...

02 September 2020

Export finance report H1 2020: Volumes remain high despite crisis

Overall volumes of global export finance fell by roughly $7 billion compared to H1 2019 according to the TXF H1 2020 Export Finance report. However, the drop in volume is...

02 September 2020

19 reasons why Covid will accelerate digitisation in trade

Jacob Katsman, director at GlobalTrade Corporation, outlines the reasons why the Covid-19 crisis will speed up the digitisation of trade.

01 September 2020

Shop talk: Marco Polo-Pole Star on smoothing maritime trade transactions

TXF sat down with Simon Ring, global head of financial markets compliance at Pole Star, and Jeff Handler, global head of special projects & network adoption strategy at...

26 August 2020

Time to double down on trade digitisation? On counting virtual beans

TXF looks at distinctions between virtual and real in trade digitisation. How much is the current crisis helping drive change? The challenges are more than simply...

20 August 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas

Commodity trade finance: Please mind the funding gap

With European banks retreating from the commodity finance space, amid a raft of corporate losses and fraud cases in the wake of the pandemic, the risk perception of the...

19 August 2020

Export finance in the Covid-19 epoch

TXF’s editor Max Thompson takes a look at how the export finance landscape - including the super low CIRR rate on offer - is faring amid the crisis, and what the market...

11 August 2020
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Infrastructure, Oil & gas, Other, Transport, Waste and water

BNDES: A little more like other DFIs

BNDES is shifting its mandate, with project origination and structuring now higher on the corporate agenda, as Brazil’s DFI looks to attract other sources of financing...

05 August 2020

TXF Stages for Change 2020: Top takeaways and actions

On 17 July, TXF gathered a diverse group of trade finance professionals to celebrate our female and minority leaders. TXF’s Eavie Burnett highlights a few of the...

03 August 2020
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Renewables

Al Kharsaah: How low can solar tariff bids go?

The first phase of the 800MW Al Kharsaah solar PV project in Qatar has reached financial close despite the Covid-19 crisis. The project is backed by a world record low...

29 July 2020

Mozambique – it’s a gas, gas, gas?

Mozambique has pinned considerable hope on two mega LNG projects. Jonathan Bell assesses the situation and examines the fortunes of Mozambique LNG and Rovuma LNG.

28 July 2020
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Oil & gas, Power, Renewables

Shop talk: VTB on combating trade loan turbulence

TXF spoke with Anna Ponomareva, head of ECA and agency finance at VTB to discuss the challenges the Russian bank has faced in responding to the Covid-19 crisis, as banks...

27 July 2020
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Oil & gas, Power

Mercuria’s European refi: The end of costly 'Covid-19 premiums'?

Mercuria sealed tight pricing on its European RCF refinancing despite sounding out banks in the midst of the pandemic. The deal signed when other investment grade...

23 July 2020
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Oil & gas

Don’t put the brake on Europe-Africa trade relations

Jeff Fallon, head of client coverage at British Arab Commercial Bank (BACB), explains why keeping Europe-Africa trade relations on course could reap considerable reward...

22 July 2020

TXF-ICC Global Survey on Trade Finance 2020

The 11th edition of the ICC Global Survey on Trade Finance incorporates the views of 346 respondents in 85 countries - from international banks to regional and local...