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13 April 2021

Sullivan: Financing receivables - structures and issues

Sullivan partners Geoff Wynne and Sam Fowler-Holmes give an overview of receivables finance and explore issues around documentation and the ongoing Greensill fallout.

12 April 2021
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Power, Renewables

Uzbekistan ups power project pipeline

Uzbekistan looks set to deliver some significant CCGT and renewables financings over the next 12 months, and a strong project pipeline for beyond the end of the year....

08 April 2021

Export finance sector shines through

The export finance sector has remained robust and resilient throughout the pandemic. TXF’s Industry Report and the Deals of the Year 2020 demonstrate this clearly. But...

08 April 2021

2021: A new dawn for the climate economy

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the climate change agenda and 2021 could prove to be a line in the sand for the green economy. Orbian's CEO Tom Dunn and Climate &...

06 April 2021
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Renewables

Smaller and freer: Brazilian solar steals the renewables spotlight

A year of pandemic has accentuated structural changes to the Brazilian renewables market that began before 2020. Solar projects and the free energy market are where most...

01 April 2021

Greensill debacle - lessons for the SCF industry

Viacheslav Oganezov, CEO of Finverity, a cross-border supply chain finance platform for mid-market and alternative lenders, outlines the role fintech platforms can play...

31 March 2021

Commodity finance report: Global deal volume drops by nearly half

Overall volumes of global commodity trade financing fell by almost 50% according to the full-year 2020 TXF Commodity Finance report. Max Thompson reviews this significant...

31 March 2021

LNG projects in Mozambique threatened by increased attacks

Mozambique’s economic future rests on the success of the development of the country’s LNG development projects. So, with so much at stake, why has the government and the...

30 March 2021

What cost Brexit?

Brexit has been largely overshadowed by pandemic economic angst in the UK infrastructure sector. The additional bureaucracy will mean additional cost, but quantifying how...

29 March 2021

Guest opinion: Post-Greensill - pondering the rise and fall of ponderables

Peter Lugli, a supply chain finance expert and a veteran of Ariba, Amazon Business and Prime Revenue, takes a closer look at the financial engineering employed by...

25 March 2021

Looking for the commodity finance upside

So many negative stories have hit the commodity finance sector through the past year. But it is definitely not all doom and gloom, as the big traders get stronger and the...

23 March 2021
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Telecoms and Communications

Smile Telecoms: ECA-DFI lenders face wipeout as liquidation looms

South Africa’s Public Investment Corporation is threatening to derail Smile Telecoms restructuring plan, potentially pushing the ailing pan-African telecom company into...

22 March 2021
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Renewables

Pretty green: Mangroves could be a $12bn climate finance market

A Pakistan-based case study led by the UK’s development finance institution, CDC Group, demonstrated the investment case for a mangrove restoration project next to a wind...

17 March 2021

Time for more transparency in trade finance

The Greensill bankruptcy is raising a host of questions about transparency and the role of the trade and supply chain finance industry, regulators, asset managers and...

16 March 2021

TCFD: Too complex for delivery in export finance?

The Global Export Finance Industry Report 2021 found that export finance banks (59%), ECAs (59%), and buyers (54%) were most likely to have some knowledge of Task Force...

11 March 2021

Greensill: SCF and insurance industry fallout

How can - or should - the SCF industry distance itself from the fast evolving situation at Greensill Capital? Is more transparency needed? For sure. How should the credit...

10 March 2021

Guest opinion: Supply chain finance – reputation in tatters? Deserved or just deflection?

Supply chain finance and particularly payables finance is back in the spotlight after the news flow on Greensill. Is this the death knell for the product or is it a case...

10 March 2021

Expert briefing: Closing the infra investment gap

The Global Infrastructure Hub estimates that the world will face a $15 trillion gap in meeting the world’s infrastructure requirements by 2040. The entire investment...

09 March 2021
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Transport

Greensill: What we know - and what we don’t

TXF takes a first look at the great imponderables that have been raised by the fomenting Greensill Capital saga. What do and don’t we know, what are we only able to...

09 March 2021

Launching TXF Membership: Join our live demo

Built by TXF with you and the export finance industry in mind, our brand new state-of-the-art portal will bring you all the export finance knowledge, content and...