Localisation requirements in emerging-markets projects are meant to be a way of giving back; an attempt at ensuring a lasting beneficial legacy for the local population...

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

There are two distinct possibilities for the future of sustainable trade. One is a positive vision in which deeper globalisation trumps protectionism, and the march of...

Earlier this week, US working capital financier PrimeRevenue announced it had partnered with global insurer AIG to launch Supply Chain Finance, a new supply chain finance...

Singapore-headquartered, agri-commodity trader, ~Olam International^, has signed a revolving credit and term loan facility amounting to $1 billion. The facilities...

An export credit financing agreement totalling ¥69.24 billion ($563.2 million) has been signed by international banks and Japanese agencies to fund the importation and...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and IE Singapore have collaborated to launch the ICC Academy, which aims to provide “rigorous and relevant” business education...

Italy’s export credit agency, SACE, has signed two agreements with the United Arab Emirates for project development in the Emirates – and coupled with this is an umbrella...

Sinosure's chairman, Wang Yi, describes how the world’s largest ECA has changed both procedures and structure as it undergoes rapid growth.

Over the past four years the global level of risk has been relatively stable, notwithstanding differences between the advanced economies and the emerging markets: the...

Geopolitics and international conflict were identified by the WEF at the beginning of 2015, as the primary risks facing business in the world today. However, the...

If we think about academic research, we often think about theory development and testing with no or little concern for impact on the real world. We sometimes believe that...

Accuity, a global provider of payments, KYC, risk and compliance solutions, has partnered with China Systems, the trade finance software solutions vendor, to create a...

After five years of negotiations, agreement has been reached today in Atlanta on the far-reaching Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. The TPP – an agreement...

TXF’s Hesham Zakai ventures into the brave – but not so new – world of supply chain finance vendors and their respective offerings.

The Swiss-headquartered Russian agrichemical EuroChem Group AG has signed a $750 million pre-export finance facility with a club of leading international banks. The funds...

Antwerp-headquartered, tanker shipping company Euronav has signed a new $750 million senior secured amortising revolving credit facility (RCF). The facility provides the...

In an announcement today, Deutsche Bank has implemented a Receivables on Behalf Of (ROBO) solution for Siemens Financial Services (SFS) in China, for both intra-group and...

Global trade growth built up expectations with a healthy recovery following the crisis, but it has since relapsed to a snail-like pace of advancement. Despite their...

ABN AMRO has appointed Robbert Booij as the new country executive for the United Kingdom and general manager of ABN AMRO Bank UK branch.