The spectre of increasing sovereign debt has the potential to swamp future export finance deals and projects in several African jurisdictions.
It’s not every day that bills of lading make the news, but an appeal ruling dismissing a $26 million case by a bank against a shipping company is causing ripples that...
The cruise ship sector has one of the biggest debt hangovers from the pandemic – a situation mirrored in slow ECA-backed cruise ship volumes. Cruise cashflow is picking...
Gregory Stamatopoulos, CEO, Export Credit Greece (ECG), is a man with a mission, and a very busy travel schedule, reforming the Greek export credit agency and getting...
Manav Futnani, global co-head of export finance and head of Middle East, North Africa and Turkey infrastructure and asset finance at HSBC, talks to TXF about how the...
TXF spoke with Daniel Bembennek, head of finance for thyssenkrupp Uhde, about the challenges of financing clean ammonia and ‘blue’ hydrogen. Exporters are still missing a...
Suminto Sastrosuwito, director general of budget financing and risk management at Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance discusses his plans on how Indonesia will finance the...
Approximately 600 million people in Africa have no access to electricity. In a continent with considerable potential for energy natural resource development – both...
As Asia transitions away from fossil fuels and ramps up clean energy infrastructure, what does this mean for trade and project finance? Where are we seeing innovation in...
As the world looks towards forecasts of recession in 2023, alarms bells are ringing about Africa's debt pile. What are the key hurdles to debt restructuring and can ECAs...
The convergence of the commodity finance sector with that of ECAs and DFI support has been a growing theme of the latter part of this year and is one that is set to stay.
As 2022 draws to a close, and the spectre of recession in 2023 looms, what can we make of the Black Swan events that shaped the past 12 months? Watch the latest episode...
There have been steps forward, sideways and back in trade digitisation in 2022. Here we reflect on some of the developments in what has been a choppy year for certain...
With development of the EU Strategy on Export Credits underway, and longstanding debate over OECD Arrangement reform deserving of the label inert gas, are the OECD’s...
TXF’s Perfect 10 Awards recognise the best and brightest in export and commodities finance worldwide, and submissions are now open. Submit your deals by 16 January, and...
The sugar market is suffering from a decade of underinvestment, despite growing consumption of sugar as both a food and a fuel. With fresh sources in limited supply,...
The recent ACEN ETM to retire the South Luzon coal-fired plant early attracted some controversy over its use of the ETM moniker. But the deal is more promising than was...
Thomas Baum, Head of Underwriting and Risk Management at Euler Hermes, spoke with TXF CEO Dan Sheriff at the Dealmakers event in Berlin. They discuss the balance between...
TXF CEO Dan Sheriff caught up with Rebecca Harding, the independent trade analyst and CEO of Coriolis Technologies to discuss the bifurcation of supply chains between...
Phil Lewis, global head of export finance at HSBC spoke to TXF to outline the most prevalent headwinds and tailwinds in the ECA market. From the increasing adaptability...
The latest Angolan Ministry of Finance ECA-backed loan to sign to fund the construction of an airport marks the country's ninth such sovereign deal this year, with Angola now accounting for nearly half of Africa's total deal volume.
Cameroon recently signed an ECA-backed loan for a strategic national road project. The deal has provided a financial blueprint for SME exporters to get involved in future such deals in the country - if they are willing to shoulder complex and lengthy deal timelines.
Every article should have a call to action in the 'standfirst'. It's particularly tough to do that on an obituary for a much loved friend and colleague. Thanks to all those who joined us at Sean's alma mater London watering hole, the Cockpit, to raise a glass in his memory. For those who missed it, please do continue to read about him.
The latest Angolan Ministry of Finance ECA-backed loan to sign to fund the construction of an airport marks the country's ninth such sovereign deal this year, with Angola now accounting for nearly half of Africa's total deal volume.
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