Winning TXF's Best African Commodity Finance Deal of the Year 2015, Columbus Stainless's $291.2 million borrowing base was the South African company's maiden syndicated...

Sierra Rutile is in talks with banks for its first pre-export financing as it plans to restructure its existing debt. However, many banks continue to be wary of lending...

Pillsbury Law’s Steve Farmer and Matthew Oresman discuss significant steps taken on both sides of the divide, and the implications for the trade finance industry?

Sanctions on Russia and Crimea have introduced additional regulatory and commercial considerations for companies engaging in business transactions with certain parties in...

At a time when digitisation, regulation and new liquidity are on the rise, Hesham Zakai explores how these factors are changing the trade-finance landscape.

TXF’s Hesham Zakai ventures into the brave – but not so new – world of supply chain finance vendors and their respective offerings.

Matthew Strong has moved from the Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT) offices in London to take up his new position as head of the credit, political and security (CPS)...

Matthew Kirkby has been appointed as regional head of large corporates for HSBC's commercial banking (CMB) business in Asia-Pacific, with effect from 6 July 2015.

Cornerstone Global Commodities (Cornerstone) – the global brokerage firm specialising in energy derivatives – has recruited Duncan Preston from Swiss-based commodity...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) today announced a new slate of members for its advisory committee for fiscal 2015.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has made four senior appointments to its global transaction services (GTS) team, all from within its own ranks.

Markel International, the specialist insurer, has appointed Linda Naili to its expanding trade credit team in Singapore.

International law firm Ashurst has hired a market-leading team of three partners and a senior consultant that will significantly strengthen the firm’s restructuring and...

HII Technologies, a Texan oilfield services company, has secured $18 million of senior secured debt funding from a group of lenders, led by Heartland Bank, an Arkansas...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States US Ex-Im has appointed the 11 members to its 2014 sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee.

International law firm Ashurst has made a series of appointments and developments that will increase the strength of its finance practice in Asia-Pacific.

Global law firm Dentons is extending its presence in Africa with a new office in Cape Town and plans to open further offices in Johannesburg and Francophone Africa later...

Swiss commodities trader Ecom Agroindustrial Corporation (Ecom) is in the process of buying Armajaro Trading, the trading arm of London-based commodity trading house and...

Project financing has been secured for a floating production, storage, and offloading system (FPSO) for use in the Tweneboa, Enyenra, Ntomme (TEN) oil fields offshore...