TXF’s Global Project Finance Day in Prague at the start of this month threw out some big numbers on global infrastructure needs as well as some strong predictions on the...
Peter Mulroy, Secretary General of FCI spoke to Katharine Morton at the ICC banking commission annual meeting in Miami about how trust is helping factoring move beyond...
Daniel Schmand, chair of the ICC Banking Commission and global head of trade finance at Deutsche Bank caught up with TXF’s Katharine Morton at the ICC Annual Meeting in...
Trade finance business is booming at the Asian Development Bank. Katharine Morton spoke to Steven Beck, the ADB’s head of trade and supply chain finance, at the ICC...
With interest in our TXF Singapore event greater than ever, the delegate list reads like a who’s who of trade, treasury and commodity finance professionals in Asia. Will...
With few exceptions, US travellers have little love for inter-city rail travel. Having pulled off a $600 million non-investment grade PAB issue for its Brightline private...
What happens to a blockchain proof of concept (PoC) after delivery? TXF looks back at the prototypes that didn’t progress, those that still might, and questions whether...
Ahead of his presentation at TXF New York in September, CGI’s vice president and senior offering manager, Kitt Carswell, talks to TXF about the progress of the CGI Trade...
TXF caught up with Inal Henry, export credit finance and project finance head at RMB, on their sub-Saharan initiatives and mandate.
With $5 trillion traded daily on the FX markets and only 2% of that for commercial purposes, FX risk management is a tool that remains undervalued by businesses. Kevin...
As the trade tech sector begins to play catch-up with other forms of fintech, developers claim banks are not putting enough cash into better security systems - new...
Swiss commodity trader Glencore has sealed a refinanced borrowing base with increased pricing following a difficult 12 months for the company. However, lenders have...
Speakers at a blockchain conference at Barclays’ fintech innovation hub, Rise, in East London, emphasised the technology’s potential for replacing paper documents and...
Following the UK’s surprise vote to leave the EU, EXX Africa's Robert Besseling assesses the probable impact such a departure would have on African trade, investment, and...
Mercuria Energy Trading has closed its $2.2 billion multi-currency revolving credit facilities. In a sign of the times of banks’ appetite for strong commodity trading...
At a BNY Mellon-hosted roundtable in Abu Dhabi, TXF sat down with a number of UAE banks to discuss the region’s economic developments, the evolving trade arena, and how...
As oil prices reached 12-year lows with wide-ranging consequences for the petroleum industry, Lundin Petroleum (Lundin) sealed the largest-ever reserve-based lending deal...
UK bank Barclays made its entire London export finance team redundant last Friday, 22 January 2016, amid a wider cull of the bank’s investment banking division.
In a wide-ranging interview with TXF’s Hesham Zakai, Henry Balani talks about the responsibilities facing banks; unintended consequences engendered by regulation,...
If we think about academic research, we often think about theory development and testing with no or little concern for impact on the real world. We sometimes believe that...
The Future of Export Finance initiative recently held its annual exporter meeting in Heidenheim. This year, the technology company Voith played host to FEX's German chapter. As always, the event was aimed at fostering closer ties between export finance professionals and debating the latest industry trends.
How do you have a thriving offshore wind export business when you don’t, technically, have an offshore wind industry? Norway’s exporters are finding the answer, and of Norway’s green exports, offshore wind is by far the largest supported by Eksfin. Tone Lunde Bakker, CEO of Eksfin discusses how the restructured agency has been helping support the pivot away from fossil fuels, into wind, marine, onshore aquaculture, to name a few.
The return of Commodity Trading Week marks a period of sustained calm in the commodities markets – at least in contrast with the volatility of recent years. But how long will this last, and what can the industry do to manage risk going forwards?
In her first interview since her appointment on 7 May, Shona Tatchell, the new head of trade and supply chain finance, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP), discusses her unusual journey to the role, and how she is well placed to help champion digitalisation and sustainability in trade. Is she the 'Queen Creole' of trade facilitation?
Unveil Amsterdam's allure! Elevate your pipeline with top dealmakers. An Industry Awards dinner adds glamour to this unmissable adventure.
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Join us on a mythical adventure through all things export, agency & project finance as TXF Global 2024 travels to the historic city of Athens for the first time!
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