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01 May 2020

ECAs and banks at the time of Covid-19

TXF is joined by Gabby Buck, managing director at GKB Ventures, to discuss the impact that Covid-19 is having and will have on export finance.

30 April 2020
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Infrastructure, Transport

Abidjan Metro: From PPP to pure EPC

The Ivory Coast decided to keep the ECA-backed financing of the Abidjan Metro on balance sheet after it initially launched the project as a PPP in 2013. TXF spoke with...

29 April 2020

Africa: Going cold turkey from Chinese infra finance addiction?

China’s president, Xi Jinping, pledged $60 billion in 2018 for African development over the next three years. But will the Covid-19 pandemic and global economic downturn...

28 April 2020

Shop talk: EASTvine – the rise of the small and flexible trade fund

TXF spoke with EASTvine Capital, a small alternative fund set up in Singapore in 2018 by three ex-bankers who saw an opportunity to fill the commodity trade finance...

27 April 2020

Keynote: Berne Union’s President and Secretary General, certain about uncertainty

Beatriz Reguero, President, and Vinco David, Secretary General, of Berne Union, the global export credit and investment insurance industry association, discuss the...

16 April 2020

It’s Fridayyyee! Giving something back in tough times

Please watch the video link below to see how one industry practitioner – Jerry Kohler of Texel - is making a difference by raising money for those less fortunate.

14 April 2020

Shop talk: Preugschat on the road to recovering ECA debt

TXF spoke with Kai Preugschat, Asia Pacific director at Recovery Advisers, based in Singapore, to outline his role at the international dispute resolution law firm that...

08 April 2020

Covid-19 Export Finance Survey 2020: Help us, to help you

TXF is sounding out bankers and borrowers, importers and exporters, for its Export Finance survey 2020, to garner market sentiment on the real impact of the Covid-19...

08 April 2020

Keynote: Pedal still to the metal on sustainability for France’s MoF

Gabriel Cumenge, deputy secretary of the French Ministry of Finance, DG Tresor tells TXF the importance of ECAs continuing their roles as the shock absorbers of global...

07 April 2020

Expert briefing: Keep trade flowing while borders are closing

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the supply chains that move medical goods and keep the world fed are under duress. But the crisis underscores the need to support trade to...

06 April 2020

Podcast: BPL Global on the impact of Covid-19 on CPRI

TXF spoke with James Esdaile, managing director at BPL Global, to discuss the significant exposure private insurers have to credit and political risk insurance (CPRI)...

03 April 2020

Expert briefing: Financial education - train hard to fight easy

Financial services staff and systems are already facing intense pressure amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but no-one knows what the economic effects of locking-down economies...

01 April 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Cocobod signs Africa’s inaugural ESG-tied loan

Cocobod has won TXF’s African Commodities Finance Deal of the Year for securing the first ever syndicated sustainability-linked loan for an African borrower – a milestone...

01 April 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Cofco seals largest ever sustainability-linked loan

Taking home TXF’s Overall Commodities Finance Deal of the Year Award 2019, China’s Cofco signed the largest loan for a trading company yet which is linked to...

01 April 2020

On financial triage: In viro veritas 3

TXF’s ‘in viro veritas’ series looks at the effects of the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic on trade and export finance. The first in the series was an early stage call to...

31 March 2020

Expert briefing: The Sum of All Fears? Letters of credit, lockdowns and force majeure

Tat Yeen Yap. the former head of product management Asia, trade finance, for Societe Generale, argues that the crisis could be a catalyst for electronic presentations of...

29 March 2020

Shop talk: Covid-19 – the new ECA and private insurance stress test

TXF spoke with Valentino Gallo, founding partner at Javalyn Partners, an independent structured asset management firm that specialises in infrastructure and trade...

25 March 2020

Commodity finance report 2019: Structured deal volume drops by nearly half

Overall volumes of global commodity finance fell by 16% in 2019 compared to 2018, according to the full-year TXF 2019 Commodity Finance Report, while structured commodity...

17 March 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas

Shop talk: Ashurst keeps cool as corporate debt restructuring heats up

During a volatile time for global trade and the commodities market amid the coronavirus pandemic, TXF spoke to Jean Woo, partner at Ashurst in Singapore, to discuss how...

10 July 2015

IFIs plan $400 billion injection for sustainable development goals

International financial institutions (IFIs) namely the multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the IMF, have signaled plans to extend more than $400 billion in...