Sberbank CIB, together with its subsidiary bank in Kazakhstan, has arranged financing totalling $400 million for KazMunayGaz – Refinery and Marketing (Kazakhstan). The...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appointed six new advisory board members to its Banking Commission, and three new Technical Advisors on the ICC Trade...

Tackling terminology now could be a stitch in time for the supply chain finance industry - but it will not be an easy ride

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...

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

EssDOCS, the provider of electronic documentation solutions within shipping and trade, has opened its first regional Americas headquarters office in Hoboken, New Jersey.

As Western governments blacklist more of Russia’s key companies over the conflict in Ukraine, Russia has accelerated its initiative to build alternative trade...

Russian fertiliser producer EuroChem has secured a major loan from a syndicate of international and Russian banks to meet the financing requirements for the development...

Today, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) released its Trade Register Report 2014. The empirical evidence from the report points to the fact that trade and...

Hesham Zakai assesses the impact of the Russia-Ukraine political problems on trade.

Singapore-headquartered Sahara Energy International, the trading arm of Sahara Group, has appointed former Trafigura head of finance Alexander Peters as its new chief...

Five leading business associations have joined forces with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission to undertake a major project to standardise and...

In an important development in the further provision of electronic trade, essDOCS, the leading shipping and trade eDocs provider, has announced two major projects...

essDOCS has opened a new office in Singapore, allowing the shipping and trading eDocs provider to expand its presence in the Asia Pacific region.

Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (Zesco) has signed a $163 million export financing agreement with Nordea and Standard Bank to finance the company’s north-western...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appointed Alexander Malaket, to its 12-member executive committee. He will advise the ICC Banking Commission on its...

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...

Electronic Shipping Solutions (ESS) has today announced its rebrand to essDOCS (pronounced ‘sDocs’), a new identity that balances it’s electronic shipping solutions...

Henri d'Ambrieres, the former global head of export finance at Crédit Agricole, has joined the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) as a technical expert advising on...

Alexander Malaket reviews the role of the export credit agencies and examines how they are continuing to evolve, while also posing some thought-provoking questions.