A spate of high profile ECA and trade finance departures from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has fuelled speculation that the bank is withdrawing from the business...
TXF‘s Judith Fagelson catches up with a couple of BAML’s short-term trade gurus to discuss how the industry has changed following the infamous events of 2008.
HSBC has appointed Rohit Garg as the new head of global trade and receivables finance (GTRF) in Australia. He will be based in Sydney.
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has today announced the first recipients of five of its annual export awards in advance of its 2015 annual...
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has released an initial line-up of speakers for its annual conference in Washington DC, featuring prominent...
Malta-based trade finance institution ~FIMBank^ has received a $30 million loan from the ~International Finance Corporation^ (IFC) under the corporation's Global Trade...
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has made four senior appointments to its global transaction services (GTS) team, all from within its own ranks.
The international commercial law firm, Ince & Co, has appointed Paul Herring as its new chairman and Jan Heuvels as international senior partner.
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) has appointed Jean-Marie Le Fouest joined as managing director in its investment banking division for Europe, Middle East & Africa...
Brazil’s Banco BBM (BBM) has received loans and guarantees from the International Finance Corporation, which it will use to expand access to finance for medium-sized...
Zurich Insurance (Zurich), has expanded its credit and political risk business with several key appointments and two new offices, opened in Houston and Toronto.
Kenya’s Kyanzavi Farmers Cooperative is one example of how clubbing together into a single commercial estate can help individual farmers improve their yield, attract...
International law firm Ashurst has hired a market-leading team of three partners and a senior consultant that will significantly strengthen the firm’s restructuring and...
African agriculture stands at a crossroads and it alone is responsible for taking the right path. The sector has the potential to become a world beater within two...
KfW IPEX-Bank is providing a loan of £56.5 million ($96.8 million) for the Crook Hill Wind Farm project, north of Rochdale in east Lancashire, UK. The bank is acting as...
HSBC veteran Stuart Tait has been selected to take over as head of the bank’s global trade and receivables finance (GTRF) division, replacing James Emmett. Emmett will...
Commodity producers, traders and financiers gathered in Amsterdam last week for TXF's inaugural Natural Resources & Commodities Finance conference. Held at the Beurs van...
An arguably common theme in medium- and long-term (MLT) export finance circles today is that full implementation of Basel III will elicit the end of commercial banks as...
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) has recruited James Burdett as its group’s new chief financial officer (CFO). Burdett joins the Emirates bank from Australia and New...
The Export-Import Bank of the United States US Ex-Im has appointed the 11 members to its 2014 sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee.
Senior practitioners of the trade and export finance community will gather at the University of St Gallen this autumn for another edition of IfTI’s Global Symposium. Expect lively debate around case studies and best practices in trade as geopolitical tensions rise.
This year's winners of the TXF Export Finance Deals of the Year beat a lot of worthy contenders, with ESG credentials the running theme across those winning deals.
Since the first announcement of a partnership between Euler Hermes and Trafigura in 2022, European ECAs have built steady relationships with commodity traders. Today, as supply chain dislocation fades and funding demands ease, what role does the ECA-trader deal still have to play?
How do you have a thriving offshore wind export business when you don’t, technically, have an offshore wind industry? Norway’s exporters are finding the answer, and of Norway’s green exports, offshore wind is by far the largest supported by Eksfin. Tone Lunde Bakker, CEO of Eksfin discusses how the restructured agency has been helping support the pivot away from fossil fuels, into wind, marine, onshore aquaculture, to name a few.
Unveil Amsterdam's allure! Elevate your pipeline with top dealmakers. An Industry Awards dinner adds glamour to this unmissable adventure.
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Join us on a mythical adventure through all things export, agency & project finance as TXF Global 2024 travels to the historic city of Athens for the first time!
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