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24 January 2019
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Infrastructure, Transport

Shop talk: VTB on Russia's $100bn infra push

Oleg Pankratov, head of infrastructure capital and project finance at VTB Capital, discusses Russia's private infrastructure funding plans with TXF. While attracting...

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...

04 January 2019

Shop talk: VTB on evolving ‘Sino-Russia’ relations

Igor Ostreyko, managing director of trade and export finance at VTB, and Anna Ponomareva, head of ECA and agency finance at VTB, discuss product innovations in a...

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...

11 December 2018

Shop talk: Hermes reflects on Russia and 'click and cover' for SMEs

While the ripple effect of sanctions is still creating uncertainty around new Russian business, German exporter and lender confidence is returning to the region. TXF...

06 December 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

US offshore wind: On track to join the major markets

The 2019 expiration of the Investment Tax Credit is unlikely to put the dampers on a US offshore wind sector that looks set to take off.

15 November 2018
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Renewables

Asian offshore wind: Same assets – different facets

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...

07 November 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

China at a crossroads of international openness

China is hosting the world’s first international import expo. Jonathan Bell examines the development in what could be the start of a new era of trade focus for the...

05 November 2018
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Oil & gas

MIDOR: A sovereign solution

A deal of national importance that required a change of law to make it eligible for a sovereign guarantee, the MIDOR Expansion financing came in with solid ECA-backed...

26 October 2018
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Transport

Shop talk: ING Capital looking through new ECA windows

Following a tightly priced UKEF-backed deal in the aviation sector this month, TXF spoke with Gemma Bae, head of structured export finance at ING Capital, to discuss the...

24 October 2018

FEX: The London chapter

Future of Export Finance (FEX), a new platform aimed at transferring knowledge and talent to the younger generation of the export finance industry, has opened its second...

16 October 2018
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Renewables

European offshore wind: Solving the zero-subsidy wind conundrum

Two recent European offshore wind financings – Borssele III and IV and Hornsea 1 – demonstrated growing bank and institutional investor appetite for two different sets of...

26 September 2018

UPDATE: Fonzi's weekly facts, figures and forecasts

TXF Data's top lending opportunities, latest Category A projects under consideration by ECAs, and provisional CIRR trends are here for this week.

31 August 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

DFI-ECA cooperation: The key to bridging Africa’s infra gap

ECAs and DFIs are showing an increased risk appetite for African exposures, especially on large-scale project financings. However, these policy-driven financial...

22 August 2018
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Renewables

Argentina catches second ECA wind deal

Following the closure of the first two ECA-backed onshore wind facilities in Argentina this year, and a spate of multilateral and ECA deals expected to close over the...

17 August 2018

Cat A projects under consideration by ECAs this week

For those taking environmental change to heart, TXF Data has been tracking Category A projects under consideration by ECAs every week. Click here to see this week's...

16 August 2018

TXF Global: Lending patterns in a liquid market

In a climate of surplus liquidity, TXF Global questions how long debt pricing compression will last and examines the lending patterns of ECAs, banks and institutional...

08 August 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

China-US trade punches

Last week's announcement that China plans to impose tariffs on up to $60 billion worth of US goods points to a heating up of the trade war between the two countries....

31 July 2018

S&W Breakfast: Drafting documentation to diminish risk

Sullivan & Worcester's partner Geoffrey Wynne and trainee Ali Siddiqui explore the ways lenders can mitigate risk through the careful drafting of loan documentation. The...

26 July 2018

Shop talk: Russian innovation in the fight for new lending business

Margin and fee compression in the Russian corporate, project and export finance markets is forcing Russian banks to innovate, refocus and fight hard for new business....