Many Russian pre-export finance (PXF) borrowers pulled off another year-on-year reduction in margins in 2018. And with no obvious tightening of local liquidity, and too...

The TXF podcast team revisit the predictions they made at the start of last year, look at who was right and who was a little “ahead of their time”, and discuss the...

With a new renewable energy support scheme in place and a stabilising regulatory environment, the Greek renewables sector has begun attracting international lender and...

Shinhan Capital’s recent redemptions and BAF Capital’s winding down of BLTFF have focused attention on inefficiencies in the trade finance fund market. The extent of the...

Bernie de Haldevang, head of specialty at Canopius, talks to TXF about the digitisation of trade finance insurance and how the market is still wedded to paper. The market...

There has been innovation within commodity and trade finance structures as market participants and practitioners get more ambitious with the tools available to them. TXF...

Mark Schulz, director of risk, claims & collections and executive board member at Euler Hermes Switzerland, explains how Euler Hermes has embraced the digital revolution,...

With many European banks having reduced exposures, small- and mid-size traders are turning to new sector specific funds or small regional banks for financing – but at a...

There have been some key structural changes at Natixis over the past two years. Dominique Fraisse, global head of energy & natural resources, explains how the bank is...

Gunvor and ECOM have returned to the market with debut sustainability performance-linked loans – but how sustainable are these structures and how are they policed in a...

Against the backdrop of increasing risk awareness and an evolving regulatory landscape – Basel IV and PRA consultations – Marilyn Blattner-Hoyle, head of supply chain and...

Innovative sale and security structures have attracted a new breed of private equity-backed buyers into North Sea oil assets being sold off by the majors. And as the M&A...

Robert Frank, global head for insurance and risk mitigation at Gerald Metals, spoke to TXF about the CPRI market, the digitisation myth and how having multiple brokers...

Sullivan & Worcester's partner Geoffrey Wynne and managing associate Hannah Fearn take you through all you need to know about the new BAFT master participation agreement...

Over the past 12 months Ukrainian commodity-linked borrowers have made a comeback in the international debt markets – driving down margins and extending tenors. But it...

Bangladesh’s DFI-backed LNG-to-power project financings are the government's answer to depleting domestic gas reserves and fast-growing power needs. But, the integrated...

Despite Moody’s rating downgrade for the $41.5 billion Southern Gas Corridor in 2017 amid ongoing concerns over Azerbaijan’s creditworthiness and politics, the scheme has...

According to TXF Data's latest number crunching oil and gas commodity financing volumes increased by $9 billion in H1 2018 compared to the same period last year. And...

Coextensive with an influx of new rolling stock lessors into the UK rail market, institutional debt providers are lending for 20-plus years to fund UK rolling stock...

TXF caught up with Mark Segall, a partner at CMS, to find out more about the revival of Ukraine's commodity finance market, changes in structured trade finance in Russia,...