Firstly, who are we? We are the first and only Lloyd’s-based insurer to sit on the Berne Union – a status we are very proud of. We have learned a great deal from our...

Before the financial crisis of 2008-2009, internal consumption and increasing private and public indebtedness – key factors behind economic growth in developed countries...

In commemorating the Berne Union’s 80th year in leading expanded global trade and investment, it is timely to explore how one Berne Union member – the Overseas Private...

The annual World Trade Organisation (WTO) Public Forum provides an opportunity for dialogue, an exchange of ideas and the conduct of deliberations on major issues in...

Sasol, the South African oil and fuels company, has today announced the final approval of an $8.1 billion ethane cracker and derivatives complex at its existing site in...

Italy’s export credit agency (ECA), SACE, has just released its 2014 risk map, analysing the impact of geopolitical instability on Italian businesses over the past year....

TXF talks to Barclays about the current state of the trade and supply chain finance market.

Jonathan Bell at TXF talks to Kitt Carswell and Frank Tezzi at CGI about the enhanced development of CGI’s platform for trade finance banks.

Michel Leblanc, deputy vice president, international trade, National Bank of Canada, examines the expansion of factoring as a trade finance tool.

Alexander Malaket shares insights and observations with Paul Johnson, director, senior product manager, BofAML, based in Los Angeles.

The German state-owned development bank, KfW IPEX-Bank, will provide a €100 million ($126 million) for the construction of the Kuolavaara-Keulakkopään Tuulipuisto Oy wind...

Deutsche Bank announced new milestones for its payments product offering for financial institutions (FIs).

Toronto-headquartered, Guyana Goldfields, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, AGM Inc has closed the $185 million, loan portion, of its project financing to fund the...

Deutsche Bank has appointed Peter Massion as head of global transaction banking (GTB) and head of trade finance and cash management corporates (TF/CMC) in Japan. The...

Independent US-based oil exploration and production company EnerJex Resources has increased the borrowing base under its existing revolving line of credit. In addition,...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has teamed with ORIX Corporation (ORIX) of Japan and Netherlands-based Robeco Institutional Asset Management (Robeco) to set up Asia...

SunEdison, a solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services, together with Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (NORD/LB) has reached financial close...

Ghana National Cocoa Board (Cocobod) is increasing the size of this year’s pre-export financing (PXF) in order to support additional purchasing of the country’s crop...

IFC is providing up to $70 million to Kenya’s National Cement Company to expand the company’s operations, increase the local supply of cement and promote infrastructure...

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) is looking to expand its operations in the energy and resources sector, and has appointed Marc Mollema as the managing director and...