ABN AMRO is continuing to strengthen its energy, commodities & transportation (ECT) division with two senior appointments. The bank has promoted Friso Koopmans as global...

UniCredit has successfully completed a Bank Payment Obligation (BPO) deal for M&G Polimeri Italia, the Italian importer which is part of the third largest PET resin...

Renewable energy development company SunEdison has secured $160 million financing and started construction on the 110-megawatt (MW) DC Quilapilun solar power plant in...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) working together with a group of international commercial banks has arranged a $ 300 million syndicated...

Jonathan Bell reviews this year’s Ghana Cocobod financing, analyses the record of pricing, and looks at the prospect of further value-added for African soft commodities.

Gunvor Singapore, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the international commodity trading company, Gunvor Group, has increased its $911.7 million syndicated revolving credit...

International commodity trading company Gunvor Group has signed a $525 million secured uncommitted borrowing base facility for its operations in the Middle East. The...

Berry Palmer & Lyle (BPL Global), the specialist credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) broker, is to open a representative office in Dubai as part of the group’s...

The UK export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) and HSBC have teamed to arrange the first ever offshore renminbi (RMB) financing for an aircraft purchase – in this...

ANZ has boosted its global transaction banking (GTB) business with the appointment of Francyn Stuckey as global head of capabilities and client solutions in its...

Asian American Gas Holdings (AAG Energy) a leading and independent coalbed methane (CBM) producer in China, has secured a $250 million reserve-based lending (RBL)...

Russian iron and steel producer Metalloinvest has signed a new $750 million pre-export finance (PXF) facility with a club of international banks. TXF News understands the...

A consortium of local, regional and international banks has arranged a $350 million loan facility for Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) for a new fuel products pipeline to run...

Ukraine’s major Ukrainian sunflower oil producer and exporter Industrial Group ViOil (ViOil) has secured a $40 million pre-financing through Dutch bank ING and the...

BNP Paribas and Intesa Sanpaolo are providing export credit financing to fund the €306 million ($334.7 million) Itare dam project in Kenya. The project, which is backed...

Malta-headquartered trade finance bank, FIMBank has appointed Murali Subramanian as its new chief executive officer (CEO). The change comes following a seven-month period...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) is providing a $37 million loan to assist with the financing of a new 400,000 tons per year steel production plant in...

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is committing up to $15 million for the development of the 10.6MW solar plant with 6MW of battery storage at Sandfire...

WTO director-general, Roberto Azevêdo, has urged development finance institutions to continue to work together to help close the gaps that exist in the provision of trade...

Bermuda-headquartered Textainer Group Holdings, the world’s largest lessor of intermodal containers based on fleet size, has secured an amendment to the margin on its...