Rabobank has appointed Muriel Schwab as head trade & commodity finance (TCF) Americas. She takes up the post as of 1 July, and will be based in New York.

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) has announced that it will provide financial backing for the development, construction, and operation of four solar...

KfW IPEX-Bank has arranged and closed a $186.3 million financing package for the international liquefied petroleum gas trading and transport company Petredec. The...

The final Cole Commission report in relation to changing UK export culture was released today. The independently commissioned report is an action plan for the UK...

XL Catlin has promoted Joe Blenkinsopp to the position of chief underwriting officer for its political risk and trade credit (PRTC) team. He is based in London.

South Africa's state-run logistics and transport company Transnet has secured ZAR2.8 billion ($228 million) financing from Germany’s KfW Development Bank. The funds will...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has announced that it is providing $73 million in guarantees for the loan related to the sale of Acrow Corporation...

Commodity trading company Trafigura and Singapore LNG Corporation (SLNG), operator of the country’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, have signed a storage...

Independent energy and commodities trading group Mercuria Energy Trading has signed a $2.5 billion multi-currency revolving credit facility (RCF). Following strong demand...

Leisure cruise line MSC Cruises (MSC) has secured €1.2 billion ($1.35 billion) export credit agency (ECA) backed financing for the construction and purchase of two...

Dubai-headquartered offshore supply vessel company Stanford Marine Group (SMG) has secured a AED 1.2 billion ($326.7 million) Islamic syndicated structured finance...

Independent US-based energy company Venoco has entered into a new $75 million term loan facility with Deutsche Bank. The company will use the proceeds from the new...

Ukraine’s leading vertically integrated agribusiness company Kernel has signed a $65 million syndicated working capital credit facility with a group of European...

New York-listed crude carrier owner and operator Navios Maritime Midstream Partners has closed a $205 million term loan facility with a club of international banks. The...

Dubai-based refining and trading company Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) has secured a $1.5 billion syndicated loan through some 21 banks which took part in the...

International law firm King & Spalding are set to open an office in Tokyo, the firm's eighteenth office overall and tenth office outside the United States. The new Tokyo...

Norway’s export credit agency, GIEK, together with funding body Export Credit Norway have arranged financing of €6.7 million ($7.5 million) for the export of a fish farm...

This week, JB’s email to TXF subscribers had a sting in its tail: a reproach to financial institutions for their seeming reluctance to do business in Russia. At the same...

Today, the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) formally announced the close of the senior phase of its annual pre-export financing for the 2015-2016 cocoa crop. The financing was...

Natixis and pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (pbb) have co-arranged the financing of three Airbus aircraft for Turkish Airlines. The transaction is unusually financed in Swiss...