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...
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...
North Asian offshore wind development is accelerating and capacity is expected to reach 43GW by 2027. Government support in leading markets like Taiwan and Japan is...
This week's edition of The Week That Was focuses on recent problems being caused by resource nationalism in Africa's mining sector
TXF talks to Peter Jameson Managing Director, Co-Head EMEA Product Management, Global Transaction Services at Bank of America Merrill Lynch about the limits of...
The PPP Canada fund is expected to be replaced by the C$35 billion Canadian Infrastructure Bank in 2018. While the new bank will have a wider mandate and larger budget,...
Demand for lithium is ballooning along with technological advances in the battery market. However, limited market expertise among newcomers, the inability to hedge...
GE EFS and YPF’s recent commercially banked project financing for two thermal power plants in Argentina, the first such deal in almost 20 years, has proven the financial...
Jonathan Bell talks with Anthony Palmer about his 41 years in the credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) market, the key events that have shaped its development, and...
WIth the costs associated with tighter bank regulation dampening the appetite of banks for SME business, and non-bank providers charging heavy margins, the beginnings of...
Despite margin pressure in some of its key markets in 2016, Louis Dreyfus has added $200 million to its European RCF – pulling 38 banks into the facility with pricing...
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...
Relations between Japan and Russia have been historically marked with territorial disputes and security concerns but recent deals suggest this frosty diplomacy may be...
The Chinese renminbi this month dropped from the second to the third most active currency in trade finance, overtaken by the euro. The drop has resulted from a slowing...
In today’s economy, access to global markets is essential for small- and medium-size enterprises. Businesses are increasingly spreading their risks across regions and...
The UK government introduced dramatic cuts to renewable energy subsidies in August, just a month before Finland's ECA, Finnvera, closed a £100 million financing for the...
SMBC has reorganised its structured trade and commodity finance (STCF) groups in London within its global trade finance department. As part of the reorganisation it is...
Trade & Export Finance News (TXF) has been named best trade finance journal by Trade Finance Global (TFG) in its annual product awards for excellence, which recognise...
Australia's Hornsdale Wind Farm secured financing with a club loan of A$173.5 million from KfW IPEX-Bank and Société Générale for the project’s second stage of...
All the British EU referendum seems to have been good for so far is trading insults - as emotions run high in the last few days before the historic 23 June vote, and...
Senior practitioners of the trade and export finance community will gather at the University of St Gallen this autumn for another edition of IfTI’s Global Symposium. Expect lively debate around case studies and best practices in trade as geopolitical tensions rise.
This year's winners of the TXF Export Finance Deals of the Year beat a lot of worthy contenders, with ESG credentials the running theme across those winning deals.
Since the first announcement of a partnership between Euler Hermes and Trafigura in 2022, European ECAs have built steady relationships with commodity traders. Today, as supply chain dislocation fades and funding demands ease, what role does the ECA-trader deal still have to play?
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.
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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