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17 February 2022

Why can't commodity traders be more ESG transparent?

At the end of 2021, Bunge closed an amendment and extension of its ESG-tied loan, boasting more ambitious KPIs and a higher margin reduction if sustainability goals are...

16 February 2022
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Metals and Mining

Shalina Resources: The offtake impact

In securing a $600 million loan from Trafigura to finance its mining operations in the DRC, producer Shalina Resources is not only using secondary bank financing in a...

07 February 2022
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Chemicals/Petrochemicals

Sullivan: A new guide to risk management in trade, export and commodity finance

Sam Fowler-Holmes, partner, and Jacqueline Cook, senior knowledge development lawyer, trade and export finance, kick off Sullivan's first seminar of 2022.

26 January 2022
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Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables

LNG: Price goes up as growth goes down in China

Seasonal price volatility is causing Chinese LNG buyers to seek out more long-term contracts for the greener fossil fuel gas, but high prices also mean growth will slow...

20 January 2022
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Oil & gas

Mercuria: Asian loan market bounces back for commodity traders

Mercuria returned to the Asian loan market for its annual revolver at the end of last year. But this time round the trader upsized the facility by nearly twice the debt...

23 December 2021

Stages for Change: Haas on why the industry can be harder for women

“The more people that look beyond the stereotypical type of person that ‘belongs’ in this industry, the more positivity and different perspectives will be brought into...

17 December 2021

The year that was – the year that will be

As the end of 2021 nears, TXF takes a look at current trends and challenges in commodity trade finance and their implications for 2022.

16 December 2021
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Power

The energy crisis: Will ESG take the back seat?

As the energy crisis worsens, a multitude of issues surrounding ESG arise – will consumers be able to afford the price hike? And will the recent retreat of investments in...

24 November 2021

TXF Madrid: Top takeaways

TXF’s top takeaways from the biggest gathering of the export and project finance community in the world, TXF Global 2021, are here.

18 November 2021
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Other, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Stages for Change: “If you’re about diversity, you need to be about all aspects of diversity”

In this fortnight’s Stages for Change instalment, TXF’s Aife Howse speaks to Allen and Overy’s Catherine Lang-Anderson, who heads up the firm’s trade and commodity...

17 November 2021
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Other, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

TXF’s Bespoke Bank Heatmap Research Reports

The TXF Bespoke Bank Heatmap Research Reports - comprising both quantitative and qualitative data - delve into the strengths and weaknesses of the top 15 commodity trade...

04 November 2021

Stages for change: ‘Small tickets are important, but hardly anybody gives them credit’

In this week’s edition of the Stages for Change interview series, Sabine Vigneron and Angie Dorschel discuss the power of coincidence, working together to champion small...

21 October 2021
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Other, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Stages for Change: ‘If you want to be part of the solution, then export finance is the industry for you’

In this fortnight’s Stages for Change interview, TXF’s Eavie Burnett speaks with Nedbank’s Mbali Kubheka on her growing career in export finance and the capacity it gives...

20 October 2021
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Other, Power, Renewables, Waste and water

ESG: Social gets some airtime in commodities

ESG was at the forefront of the discussion at the TXF Global Commodities event in Geneva. But it wasn’t just climate change and carbon neutrality on people’s minds. The...

13 October 2021
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Other, Power, Waste and water

ECAs up innovation and flexibility in Africa

Ahead of TXF Global in Madrid next week, Max Thompson takes a look at the increased innovation and flexibility ECAs are showing around the structure of export credits in...

08 October 2021

Stages for change: Gunvor’s Pernot on breaking the cycle

“At the moment, there's still a traditional bias related to a lot of jobs in the commodities industry, and we need to break this, in terms of gender as well as diversity...

06 October 2021

Global Commodity Trade Finance Industry Report 2021: The top takeaways

The TXF Global Commodity Trade Finance Industry Report 2021, which offers an independent, comprehensive, and unique exploration of some of the key trends in the industry...

05 October 2021
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Other, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

TXF TV - Leaders in export finance: A look behind the data

6 October 2021, 14:00 BST. Register now for this exclusive TXF TV webinar, sponsored by Nedbank CIB, in which we take a look at the African ECA export finance market...

23 September 2021
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Other, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Stages for Change: ‘We have the opportunity to be a part of the change, and this is extremely powerful’

In this week’s edition of the Stages for Change series, TXF’s Eavie Burnett speaks with Johanna Wissing about her extensive international career in trade, and the work...

16 September 2021
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Olam: Revamping and showing resilience

Following its reorganisation last year, Olam has secured a massive $5.2 billion across three separate facilities to set its new operating groups in motion. With agri...