The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) has recruited and appointed Karin Finkelston as vice president and chief operating officer (COO). In her new role,...
US-headquartered, Castleton Commodities International (CCI) has closed two committed credit facilities totalling $3.75 billion. The funds will be used for general...
Cruise ship operator Silversea has secured and finalised a $293.5 million export credit facility, backed by Italian export credit agency SACE. The funds will part finance...
As of midnight last night the charter for Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) officially expired, as no new vote on its reathorisation had taken place in...
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has hired lawyer Guillaume Ansaloni as a partner for the finance team in its Paris office. Ansaloni focuses his practice on structured...
Project finance debt totaling $720 million has been signed between banks and Turkey’s Gurmat Electric Generation Company for the Efeler geothermal plant project. With a...
Trade and commodity-focused, Amsterdam-based, GarantiBank International (GBI) has closed its dual-currency syndicated borrowing facility with two tranches amounting to...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) has signed an agreement to provide a €57 million ($63 million) credit facility for the construction of a five-star hotel and spa...
Detour Gold Corporation has amended its C$135 million ($106 million) senior secured credit facility following negotiations with its bank lending group.
ING has closed another export credit financing with Coface-guarantees for Korean Air Lines (Korean Air). This is the fifth such financing that the bank has arranged for...
Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking (GTB) division has embedded SWIFT’s Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry - a centralised repository that maintains a standardised...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Italian export credit agency SACE have combined to provide a €600 million ($669 million) loan to auto manufacturer Fiat...
The boards of the two international factoring associations - Factors Chain International (FCI) and International Factors Group (IFG) – have put forward a formal proposal...
Oil producer Statoil ASA has successfully signed a $5 billion multicurrency revolving credit facility, guaranteed by Statoil Petroleum AS. The syndication saw a healthy...
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has signed a $47 million loan to support the development of the Clarendon solar photovoltaic facility in Jamaica. The...
Independent Antwerp-based gas carrier and owner Exmar has signed a ship finance loan of $200 million. The funds will be used to purchase the world’s first floating LNG...
As part of the launch of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) some 50 countries of the founding country group have today signed the articles of agreement for...
Energy trader Vitol Group has successfully renewed its one-year revolving credit facility (RCF) for its Singapore-headquartered Asian arm Vitol Asia. The facility was...
Mining company Lundin Gold’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Aurelian Ecuador has appointed Endeavour Financial as its financial advisor to provide debt financial advisory...
Rabobank has appointed Muriel Schwab as head trade & commodity finance (TCF) Americas. She takes up the post as of 1 July, and will be based in New York.
Senior practitioners of the trade and export finance community will gather at the University of St Gallen this autumn for another edition of IfTI’s Global Symposium. Expect lively debate around case studies and best practices in trade as geopolitical tensions rise.
This year's winners of the TXF Export Finance Deals of the Year beat a lot of worthy contenders, with ESG credentials the running theme across those winning deals.
Since the first announcement of a partnership between Euler Hermes and Trafigura in 2022, European ECAs have built steady relationships with commodity traders. Today, as supply chain dislocation fades and funding demands ease, what role does the ECA-trader deal still have to play?
How do you have a thriving offshore wind export business when you don’t, technically, have an offshore wind industry? Norway’s exporters are finding the answer, and of Norway’s green exports, offshore wind is by far the largest supported by Eksfin. Tone Lunde Bakker, CEO of Eksfin discusses how the restructured agency has been helping support the pivot away from fossil fuels, into wind, marine, onshore aquaculture, to name a few.
Unveil Amsterdam's allure! Elevate your pipeline with top dealmakers. An Industry Awards dinner adds glamour to this unmissable adventure.
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Join us on a mythical adventure through all things export, agency & project finance as TXF Global 2024 travels to the historic city of Athens for the first time!
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