Commodity trading company Louis Dreyfus Commodities has appointed Vijay Anand Ramanujam as its new regional head of trade finance for Asia. He is based in Singapore.

FIMBank group has recently announced its financial results for 2014, in which it posts a pre-tax loss of $53.43 million. This compares to a pre-tax loss of $6.4 million...

Project sponsors, Northland of Canada and RWE Innogy (RWE) the German utility, have announced that the €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) Nordsee One wind farm project has...

Global mining company First Quantum Minerals has reached an agreement with its bankers to amend a covenant within its existing trade facilities. Making the...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission is preparing for its annual meeting in Singapore, which will feature the launch of the eagerly-anticipated...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Taiwan’s Export-Import Bank of the Republic of China (Eximbank) have agreed to boost their cooperation and...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has officially launched its new education and training project, the ICC Academy.

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) together with private financial institutions has signed to provide a $40 million credit line to SMFL Leasing...

Dubai-headquartered Oman Insurance Company (OIC) and credit insurer Coface have signed a partnership agreement to offer joint credit insurance solutions.

The Dubai-headquartered oil and gas services provider National Petroleum Services Group (NPS) has successfully secured a $200 million refinancing arrangement through...

French President Francois Hollande has announced the creation of a new ‘Bank of Exports’, to facilitate the finance of major international trade contracts, especially...

Following resignations of top officials at the Brazilian oil company Petrobras, the company has appointed a new CEO, CFO and other senior officials.

Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim), India’s premier export finance institution, successfully launched a 5.5-year Reg S Bond issue of $500 million yesterday. The...

An estimated 1,300 members of the international trade community attended Coface’s yearly Country Risk Conference at the stunning Carrousel du Louvre in central Paris this...

In the second of our series of exclusive interviews with the world’s top commodity traders, Helen Castell talks to Siva Pillay, managing director at Ocean Partners....

Houston-headquartered energy company, Plains All American Pipeline, has secured a major new credit facility, giving it the additional liquidity needed for working capital...

US Ex-Im Bank, the American ECA, has appointed a new vice president for project and structured finance

Swiss-headquartered commodity trading company Mercuria Energy has moved more intensely into the shipping fuel sector with the hire of personnel from the Danish-owned OW...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $100 million loan agreement with the government of Fiji for a project to improve the safety and durability of the country’s...

The Export-Import bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has announced it will guarantee a $50 million loan to finance the export of 55 US-made bridge sets to Cameroon.