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27 October 2023
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Metals and Mining, Oil & gas

Weathering the storm: Trafigura returns for upsized Asia RCFs

Trafigura has successfully returned to the market for its annual Asia refinancing. The deal’s fundamentals are strong despite a tricky year for the company so far and a...

18 October 2023
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Metals and Mining

Future facing commodities: Lithium

The lithium industry is facing new challenges as prices tumble from the highs of 2022. More sources of supply are coming online to meet anticipated demand but a lack of...

18 October 2023
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Agri/Soft Commodities

How does mandatory and voluntary carbon trading work?

Niamh Dennehy-Maher of Allen & Overy and Robert Lang-Anderson of Bank of America examine each market, explain how carbon trading schemes are set up and what the...

13 October 2023
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Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Other, Renewables

ChemOne nears close on petchem project debt

Singapore-based ChemOne Group is progressing towards financial close on the ECA-backed project debt funding its PEC petrochemical scheme while separate financing will be...

10 October 2023

Perspectives: New frontiers for the development of CPRI in Latin America

Larissa Belizario, director, political risk & credit, Latin America, at Chubb, shares her experience in the CPRI market in Latin America, the changes she has witnessed,...

06 October 2023

TXF Asia 2023: Meeting at the crossroads

TXF has returned to Singapore for its annual Asia event. Read on to find the key takeaways after two days of networking and industry insights from the export, project and...

29 September 2023

LMA Syndicated Loans Conference 2023: shocks, crises, and reinvention

In an interview with Laurent Christophe, group treasurer at Trafigura, discussion focused on Ukraine, sustainability, and tapping into new sources of capital...

25 September 2023
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Renewables

Baltic Power: A blended finance first for Poland

The global backdrop to wind has been looking shaky of late. Project financing backing the Baltic Power project has just signed – but the rest of the first wave of...

22 September 2023
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Oil & gas

Why 2023 DFIs are not 2012 DFIs

A new study of World Bank trade finance activity glosses over ten years of market evolution.

15 September 2023

African infrastructure: Taking the local funding route

Financing the $170 billion African infrastructure gap using domestic capital pools isn’t quite a pie in the sky – there are several financing tools that are already...

07 September 2023
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Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Renewables

Springboard to success: the ECA project pipeline

Export finance activity looks healthy as the industry seeks to build on the successes of H1 2023. The project pipeline reflects new mandates for ECAs in the mining space...

04 September 2023

Keynote: Financing the energy transition, how ECAs can become change makers

Eric Usher, head of the UNEP Finance Initiative, discusses how government, multilateral agencies, corporates, and financial institutions can help realise emission...

25 August 2023

CFE leans on PRI for hydro portfolio debt

Is Comision Federal de Electricidad’s (CFE) CFE’s MIGA-guaranteed deal an innovation or a demonstration of weakness?

21 August 2023

CIRR Reform: A roadblock to modernisation?

As part of the OECD’s latest package of updates to the Arrangement on Export Credits, a new methodology for the calculation of Commercial Interest Reference Rates has...

17 August 2023

From idea to reality: Acre’s Export Finance Funds

Acre Impact Capital previewed the launch of its Export Finance Funds at TXF & Uxolo’s Global Conference 2023 in Lisbon. The first-of-its-kind strategy plans to bring...

15 August 2023
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Infrastructure

Keynote: UKEF’s Reid on prioritising clean growth, SMEs and collaboration

Tim Reid, CEO of UK Export Finance (UKEF), discusses the ECA's approach to clean growth, how important its new products are to support SME exports and the role of...

09 August 2023
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Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Power

WEXIF: Women in export and infrastructure finance buzz with energy

On the sidelines of TXF Global in Lisbon, the inaugural women in export and infrastructure finance (WEXIF) session was abuzz with energy. Here are a few of the main...

08 August 2023

Commodity finance H1 2023: A stagnant market

TXF has officially released its commodity finance data for the first half of 2023. The data reflects a stagnant market, with depressed volumes and reduced activity across...

31 July 2023
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Power, Renewables, Transport

10-year plan: The future of export finance business

TXF spoke with Philip Lewis, global head of export finance at HSBC to discuss how broadening the remit of ECAs allows for a larger impact in terms of energy transition...

26 July 2023
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Oil & gas

FPSO Mero 4: A familiar formula for offshore oil & gas

SBM Offshore has completed its third ECA-backed FPSO financing in as many years. The $1.6 billion project finance deal for the FPSO Mero 4 benefits from a now familiar...