The ICC Trade Register for 2016 finds that trade finance continues to have a favourable risk profile. However, some within the trade finance community question whether...

Commodity trader Glencore has stolen a march on its rivals, securing an unexpected deal with state-owned Russian oil company Rosneft. The Switzerland-based trading house...

Following a tough 2015 which saw the share price of commodity trader Glencore drop dramatically, signs of improvement have been evident in 2016. The resumption of...

In a ground-breaking transaction for Ghana, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank have issued a $500 million stand-by letter of credit on behalf of Ghana National Petroleum...

An industry survey at TXF's Geneva commodity conference has pointed to suggestions that banks are refocusing how they approach commodity finance structures due to the...

Swiss-headquartered, Russia-focused fertiliser producer Eurochem’s recent PXF sees the potash supplier attempt to restructure its debt and manage liquidity at a time of...

Financial sector and trade finance regulation needs advocacy, engagement and dialogue from all parties to ensure the sector moves forward in a workable and profitable...

The gap in funding for SMEs worldwide is a growing concern for the trade finance community and the international financial institutions regulating trade. Marc Auboin from...

The ICC has released a set of definitions for supply chain finance (SCF) and its techniques. The challenge now, says the ICC, is to convince supply chain financiers, many...

Sponsored Editorial: EuroChem Group AG, a global top 10 agrochemical company, received an early Christmas present on December 22nd by closing its long-awaited €557...

The International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) Banking Commission has released its 2015 Trade Register. The report, the fifth of its kind, tripled the value of...

The Swiss-headquartered Russian agrichemical EuroChem Group AG has signed a $750 million pre-export finance facility with a club of leading international banks. The funds...

Gazprom’s UK-based subsidiary, Gazprom Marketing & Trading (GM&T) has signed a 364-day $500 million syndicated revolving credit facility (RCF).

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) honoured the most successful participants in its Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) 2014 in an award ceremony...

International law firm Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has expanded its energy practice with the recruitment of Jayson Marks. He joins the firm’s oil and gas group as a...

UK export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) has been fined £500,000 by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander.

Agricultural and food commodity trading company Bunge has become the latest global trading house to move its documentation to full electronic format through an agreement...

Russia’s Otkritie Financial Corporation Bank (Otkritie FC) has raised a $120 million syndicated loan from a group of foreign banks.

The independent US-based renewable energy company, First Wind, has obtained $254 million in financing for its South Plains wind project in Floyd County, Texas.

The Bank Payment Obligation (BPO) is ready to be combined with the electronic Bill of Lading (eBL) as the transition towards paperless trade gathers apace, delegates at...