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06 August 2021
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Oil & gas, Power, Renewables

CPRI: Opportunities and challenges in the green energy transition

With the importance of ESG-related finance firmly in the spotlight, the private market will increasingly be called on both to cover and, paradoxically, also to ignore the...

05 August 2021

Stages for Change: ‘We have an opportunity to do something good’

In this week’s edition of the Stages for Change interview series, Eavie Burnett speaks with SWIFT’s Louise Taylor-Digby on the impact that a career in trade can have, and...

04 August 2021
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Infrastructure, Transport

Global trade – all at sea and badly disrupted!

Global seaborne container trade and related supply chains have been heavily disrupted through the course of the pandemic. Shipping costs have consequently increased...

03 August 2021

TXF Newsdesk: The headlines this week

Each week, we're bringing you the latest headlines from trade, export, and commodities finance via the TXF Newsdesk

02 August 2021
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Louis Dreyfus: Tapping ESG-tied debt, at a premium

Louis Dreyfus Company’s latest revolver mimics its debut in the Asia sustainability-linked debt sector from 2019 - but with a Covid premium on the loan margin and an...

29 July 2021

EV Charging: A question of bankability

Few bankable EV charging project deals have followed the hybrid pathfinder set by Allego. Project financings for consumer EV charging points have, at their core, a simple...

28 July 2021
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Infrastructure, Other, Waste and water

Stages for Change: ‘Life only matters if you can be a blessing to somebody else - I have the chance to do that now'

In this week’s Stages for Change interview, Eavie Burnett talks to Paule Gosset, VP of export & agency finance for West & Central Africa at Commerzbank about her very...

28 July 2021

SCF reforms shelved in wake of Greensill inquiry

A UK parliamentary inquiry into the Greensill Capital debacle has concluded the trade fund’s demise does not justify regulatory reforms to the wider supply chain finance...

26 July 2021

Shop talk: BAFT on turning one hundred

TXF spoke to Steve Bash in the wake of the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade’s (BAFT) centennial celebration to outline the significance of this milestone and...

21 July 2021
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Other, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Stages for change: Epshteyn on working the other side of the same trade

“Commodities trade and finance contribute to a real economy, and it is empowering to feel as if you can enact a real change or understand how that change can be brought...

21 July 2021
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Power, Renewables

The energy transition: Second hand isn’t always more sustainable

With oil majors responding to climate pressure by selling assets in a bid to slash emissions fast, emissions are merely being handed down to other companies – possibly...

20 July 2021

TXF Newsdesk: The headlines

Tune in to today's episode of the TXF Newsdesk to stay up to date with the latest headlines in trade, export, and commodity finance

20 July 2021
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Other, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

TXF TV summer series catch-up

Catch up now on the first few sessions of our TXF TV summer series of digital content.

19 July 2021
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Power, Transport

Shop talk: Upping ECA benchmarks in Benin

TXF spoke with the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Benin and Natixis about a landmark Bpifrance-covered financing to back an electricity transmission and distribution...

14 July 2021

Stages for Change talk: Schwankner on filling the SME funding gap

The Stages for Change series highlights some of the talented women in our industry – from senior experts to those who are new in their career. This week, the series...

12 July 2021
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Manufacturing & equipment

DFIs combine to modernise Uzbekistan's ‘horrendous’ cotton industry

The EBRD and the IFC have provided $130 million of financing for a project aimed at upgrading the equipment, practices and labour rights of an industry infamous for its...

06 July 2021

How to unlock institutional investor funding for climate action

Scale, capital allocation and shareholder activism were top of the agenda as panelists at a recent Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) conference discussed the best...

30 June 2021
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Other, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Trade digitisation and ESG improv: Yes and, not yes but

TXF’s Global Trade Virtual 2021 event took us on the rollercoaster journey of financing international trade last week. Saying “yes, and” could get the markets to help...

29 June 2021

Canadian impact fund debuts new model for financing indigenous entrepreneurs

The $150 million IGF fund—run by and for indigenous communities—reached first close at the end of April. The innovative Canadian social impact scheme uses public sector...

28 June 2021

Making the right connections

You can count the number of true project financings for European and UK interconnectors on one hand. But following changes to regulation, and more expected to follow in...