Sponsors of the Nam Theun 1 hydro project in Laos closed a tightly priced ECA-backed facility last month. The deal, which took three years from start to finish, has...

Size matters - but innovation, strong marketing and a willingness to take on risk are the key traits that this year's winners of the TXF Perfect 10 Deals of the Year all...

As Argentina prepares to award the first roads concessions in its ambitious $25 billion-plus PPP programme, bankers are already working with sponsors on plans to raise...

Since the CDP-SACE-SIMEST restructuring in 2012, SACE has transformed from tired state relic into one of the world’s leading providers of export credit cover. It has the...

Amongst the coffee and croissants, Sullivan and Worcester’s breakfast seminar discusses the importance of financial and cyber resilience for firms regulated by the...

The Kosovo E Re coal-fired power project is a potential candidate for World Bank funding. If it goes ahead it may set the precedent for a more practical approach to...

Three ECA practitioners highlight their predictions for the industry in 2018. From the fate of US Ex-Im to the UK government rescinding on Brexit, there is something for...

The TXF commodity finance report has revealed a year-on-year rise in global volumes from 2016. With Middle Eastern traders turning up the heat, Russian producers looking...

The DFI-backed Almaty ring road PPP is being promoted as the financing template that will kick-start the Kazakh PPP market. But it comes with a knot of heavy sovereign...

Nigeria’s plan to finance 14 utility-scale solar IPP projects by the end of June 2018 is looking uncertain. Potential DFI appetite is waning as state-owned offtaker...

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...

The cost of generating offshore wind power in Europe is finally being driven by the economics of the industry rather than the government subsides that founded it. But has...

The PPP Canada fund is expected to be replaced by the C$35 billion Canadian Infrastructure Bank in 2018. While the new bank will have a wider mandate and larger budget,...

Electrogas Malta closed a tightly priced refinancing for its 215MW LNG-to-power scheme last month. The 17-year deal is the first ever integrated LNG-to-power project...

TXF caught up with Olivier David, head of special products at Atradius, to find out more about their tailored credit and political risk insurance products and why data...

TXF caught up with Vincenzo Pedicini, head of reinsurance at Sace, to find out why reinsuring an ECA loan via the private market is such an important tool for risk...

The hottest ticket in town, TXF Americas 2018, just got more exciting, welcoming an exclusive case study on the recent Verizon ECA-backed transactions, with in depth...

The JBIC/NEXI deal for Gulf of Suez Wind IPP (Ras Ghareb) – a rare ECA-backed deal in an Egyptian renewables market fuelled by DFI debt – is both reasonably priced and...

TXF caught up with Robert Besseling, executive director at EXX Africa, to find out more about the current challenges private insurers face doing business in Africa, as...

The Basel Committee published a discussion paper earlier this month on the regulatory treatment of sovereign exposures. The review raises some very important questions...