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18 May 2021

Is the OECD Consensus too inflexible for emerging markets?

Since the introduction of the OECD Consensus over forty years ago, the framework has acquired numerous updates - most recently an increase to the local content...

06 May 2021
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Infrastructure, Power, Transport

Decarbonising shipping: What gets measured gets managed

With 80% of world trade requiring shipping to one degree or another, it is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. So what can be done to facilitate the green...

04 May 2021

TCFD in export finance: Does one size fit all?

Born out of the concern that financial institutions were not adequately accounting for their exposure to climate-related risks, TCFD has targeted industry-wide adoption,...

27 April 2021
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Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Other, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Export finance 2021: A look under the hood of the global report

TXF’s 2021 Global Export Finance Industry Report has revealed a series of trends in the export finance industry, largely centered around the drive towards sustainability,...

05 August 2020

TXF Stages for Change 2020: Top takeaways and actions

On 17 July, TXF gathered a diverse group of trade finance professionals to celebrate our female and minority leaders. TXF’s Eavie Burnett highlights a few of the...

11 March 2020

Expert briefing: Hands clean? Understanding the UK's trade stance amid Coronavirus

Dr Rebecca Harding, CEO of Coriolis Technologies, looks at the UK’s trade negotiation stance after Brexit amid the Coronavirus outbreak. The interconnected nature of...

03 March 2020
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Renewables

CFXD: A lesson in going local

The 589MW CFXD offshore wind project in Taiwan has marked the highest local content percentage for any such project in Asia Pacific. But signing up two Taiwanese...

31 October 2019
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Renewables

Formosa 2: Turbine-charge or trickle-charge for Taiwan offshore?

With the sponsors of the Formosa 2 offshore wind project having reached financial close on a heavily ECA-backed project financing, confidence in the bankability of...

14 August 2019

Key trends revealed in TXF’s H1 2019 export finance report

The TXF half-year 2019 export finance report shows a bullish start to the year in the power sector, Japan’s JBIC coming in as top direct lender and the US and Australia...

07 August 2019

Risky business: Can Europe trade its way out of crisis?

In the fourth of this series of Risky Business podcasts Coriolis Technologies CEO Rebecca Harding talks to TXF’s Katharine Morton about how the internal challenges of the...

31 July 2019

Pit bull or pit bear?

The problems at the Oyu Tolgoi mining project in Mongolia mean the sponsors, Rio Tinto via its ownership of Turquoise Hill Resources, will have to raise $1 billion-plus...

24 July 2019

China’s Cofco ups the ante with sustainability-linked loan

Cofco has signed the largest loan for an agri trading company yet which is linked to sustainability elements. Jonathan Bell examines this growing trend within...

23 July 2019

Risky business: China trade turns inward

In the third of this series of Risky Business podcasts Coriolis Technologies CEO Rebecca Harding talks to TXF’s Katharine Morton about how it’s not all about trade wars...

18 July 2019

Risky business: Examining Exim and trade wars in the US

In the second of this series of Risky Business podcasts Coriolis Technologies CEO Rebecca Harding talks to TXF’s Katharine Morton in more depth about the effects trade...

17 July 2019

Mind the gaps: On trillions, trade and financing women-owned and run businesses

TXF talks to Makiko Toyoda and Jessica Schnabel, the women who are spearheading the development of IFC’s latest initiative to raise access to trade finance for...

11 July 2019

Risky business: Tech-tonic shifts in trade wars

In the first of this series of Risky Business podcasts Coriolis Technologies CEO Rebecca Harding talks to TXF’s Katharine Morton about where we are now with trade...

01 July 2019

Tasting multilateralism in China trade

In advance of the ICC World Banking Commission annual meeting in Beijing, TXF gathered China financial experts and corporates to talk about financing China trade....

09 January 2019

Is the OECD Consensus still fit for purpose?

OECD exporters and ECAs often cite the need to modernise the OECD Consensus on export credits. The International Working Group on Export Credits (IWG) is making progress...

04 January 2019

Risky Business: Africa terrorism, regime risks and corruption but still relative stability

TXF and Coriolis Technologies’ country risk index investigates the trends in trade weaponization in Africa. Rebecca Harding, CEO of Coriolis Technologies points to...

17 December 2018

Risky Business: MENA and GCC foreign policy risks rise in unusual places

TXF and Coriolis Technologies’ country risk index investigates the trends in trade weaponization in MENA and GCC. MENA and GCC foreign policy risks rise outside the usual...