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.

Glencore Xstrata, one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies, has struck an agreement with a Chinese consortium to sell its entire interest...

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...

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have teamed to provide an export credit financing amounting to ¥6...

Perhaps surprisingly there are very few good books about international trade finance, and those that are available are somewhat dated. So it comes with considerable...

The new year is set to usher in new political risks, largely focused around upcoming elections in India, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa and Indonesia. Some of the old risks...

The president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im), Fred Hochberg, has highlighted the achievements of the agency in recent years as he appeared...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has launched new transaction service capabilities for clients doing business in Brazil. The products are designed to help companies...

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...

TXF talks to BNP Paribas about some of the major trends impacting the export credit sector at the present time.

Trade transactions are fraught with all kinds of perils – starting with those in the board room. Country risk specialist Daniel Wagner provides insight into how to avoid...

Several significant changes to the ICC Banking Commission executive committee were announced during October’s meeting in Vienna. Long time industry stalwarts, Dan Taylor...

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...

Alexander Malaket weighs up the pros and cons as Canada’s provision of trade finance looks to service much more than big brother US next door.

The United Nations has announced the appointment of Arancha Gonzalez of Spain as executive director of the International Trade Centre (ITC), the joint agency of the...