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07 August 2019

Risky business: Can Europe trade its way out of crisis?

In the fourth of this series of Risky Business podcasts Coriolis Technologies CEO Rebecca Harding talks to TXF’s Katharine Morton about how the internal challenges of the...

17 July 2019

Mind the gaps: On trillions, trade and financing women-owned and run businesses

TXF talks to Makiko Toyoda and Jessica Schnabel, the women who are spearheading the development of IFC’s latest initiative to raise access to trade finance for...

10 July 2019

Hydrocarbons sector remains a lynchpin of bank financing

Despite some of the legal challenges taking place in the US, financiers can be expected to remain committed to the huge volume of hydrocarbons financing which will take...

09 July 2019
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Power, Renewables

TXF Global Berlin 2019: Berne Union on ECAs and SDGs

From the sidelines of TXF Global, Vinco David, secretary general of the Berne Union, talks about the opportunities for export finance in sub-Saharan Africa, the recent...

20 June 2019

Shop talk: Lloyd’s rule change a boost to credit insurance buyers

Rule changes at Lloyd’s of London have strengthened the 330-year-old insurance market’s ability to support buyers of credit insurance worldwide say James Morrell, class...

19 June 2019
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Renewables

European solar: Panel beaters

European solar is predicted to balloon again in the next two years. But with the move to merchant, a relatively seminal corporate PPA market, development of...

13 June 2019

Perfect 10 winners 2018: Export finance

This year's winners of the TXF Perfect 10 Export Finance Deals of the Year beat a lot of worthy contenders. Read on to find out why...

05 June 2019

A tastier dish for investors in trade assets: Will HSBC and AllianzGI make for a better spread?

When the self-styled biggest global provider of trade finance teams up with a large European asset manager to wrap European trade finance assets and lend to institutional...

20 May 2019

Expert briefing: Can tech help suppliers with the problem of portal proliferation?

What do companies do when they get asked by their customers to invoice them via their portal? Sounds good, sounds like digitisation is coming on apace, and e-invoicing...

04 April 2019
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Telecoms and Communications

Vodafone SCF: Who's supporting who?

Vodafone has been using complex financial engineering devised by GAM and Greensill to enable it to profit from and invest in its own SCF offerings and bolster its DPO....

03 April 2019

Export finance – looking back at some of the best crystal ball gazers in the business

Back in 2014 TXF hosted an export finance filmed webinar with participants assessing both the state of the industry then and how it might be in 2019. Jonathan Bell...

20 March 2019

A sigh of relief for trade insurance market as PRA time bomb defused

Successful lobbying by trade finance insurers, lawyers, banks and industry bodies has helped the sector dodge the danger of a PRA consultation paper that could have...

19 March 2019
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Power, Transport

UKEF takes both sides in Iraq power struggle

The UK's ECA, UKEF, has provided financings for Iraqi power-generation projects for both GE and Siemens, as the industrial conglomerates go toe-to-toe for lucrative...

25 February 2019

Trade as an asset class: A troublesome best friend?

What is stopping trade finance becoming an easy-to-buy-and-sell asset class? For all the hype, what continues to turn something that should be straightforward into...

23 January 2019
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Infrastructure, Transport

Locking in with the Panama Canal

The Panama Canal is one of the wonders of the world. Jonathan Bell charts its course.

15 January 2019
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Renewables

Moray East: The shape of UK deals to come

Despite a record low CfD strike price, the 950MW Moray East UK offshore wind project reached financial close in December backed by strong lender and ECA appetite. Does...

14 January 2019

Mexico’s AMLO: A bumpier ride but not a train wreck

Mexico’s had its ‘moments’ both positive and negative but has been seen as relatively stable for the past decade. Is that all going to change with the new president’s...

21 December 2018
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Power

Gulf Sriracha IPP: Long tenor, tight pricing and Thai debt

Sponsors of the $1.54 billion gas-fired Gulf Sriracha IPP project in Thailand – Gulf Energy Development and Mitsui – have closed a tightly priced DFI/ECA-backed financing...

19 December 2018
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Infrastructure, Power, Renewables, Waste and water

Winds of change filter in

The recent UN climate change conference COP24 gave us all a stark reality check on where we are in terms of trying to do something to save this planet. It’s a massive...

14 December 2018

BAML's Brady looks at trade with fresh eyes

A wave of new trade hires has provided Bank of America Merrill Lynch with an opportunity to focus on its strengths and leverage inherent advantages over competitors. TXF...