Beleaguered commodity trader Noble Group is continuing its debt restructuring efforts through asset sales and rights issues after a difficult year for the Hong Kong based...
China Aircraft Leasing Holdings looks to a busy future of aircraft supply with regional carriers as it signs its debut syndicated loan facility for $194.7 million...
The order for four very large gas carriers from Hyundai Heavy Industries is riding on the coat tails of a decade of expansion for Korea’s shipbuilders. But concerns about...
Italian shipbuilding continues to boom with last month’s ECA-backed loan for a new vessel from Fincantieri.
With their huge capacity and state backing, ECAs for many years dominated the market for absorbing risk on longer-dated export credits. That’s changed, say private...
Last year’s pioneering deal from HSBC and UKEF to sign the first ever renminbi financing of an aircraft purchase is TXF’s best ECA Aircraft Financing Deal of the...
Last week, MSC Cruises signed a letter of intent with STX France for the construction of four LNG-powered ships with France's ECA, Coface, backing the $4.5 billion...
CIT Maritime Finance, part of the transportation finance specialist CIT Group, has arranged a $61 million senior secured credit facility to Advantage Tankers, a Marshall...
Highland Group Holdings (HGHL), Siemens Financial Services (SFS) and Copenhagen Infrastructure II fund have arranged and closed the project financing for the 400 MW Veja...
US-headquartered, Castleton Commodities International (CCI) has closed two committed credit facilities totalling $3.75 billion. The funds will be used for general...
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has hired lawyer Guillaume Ansaloni as a partner for the finance team in its Paris office. Ansaloni focuses his practice on structured...
ING has closed another export credit financing with Coface-guarantees for Korean Air Lines (Korean Air). This is the fifth such financing that the bank has arranged for...
Independent Antwerp-based gas carrier and owner Exmar has signed a ship finance loan of $200 million. The funds will be used to purchase the world’s first floating LNG...
Leisure cruise line MSC Cruises (MSC) has secured €1.2 billion ($1.35 billion) export credit agency (ECA) backed financing for the construction and purchase of two...
The New York-based team of ING Capital together with KfW IPEX-Bank have arranged an export finance structure for South Korean Asiana Airlines’ (Asiana) acquisition of one...
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...
International law firm HFW has further strengthened its Paris office corporate finance team with the arrival of partner Jean-Marc Zampa and his associate Serge...
Chinese aircraft lessor China Aircraft Leasing Group (CALC) has completed its first aircraft financing backed by an export credit agency (ECA) guarantee – a $224 million...
ING Bank has closed another Coface-guaranteed financing for Korean Air Lines (Korean Air). The transaction was structured by ING Capital in New York as the sole...
Lloyd’s of London has officially opened a new specialist underwriting platform in Dubai today to provide tailored risk solutions across the Middle East and North Africa...
This year TXF is celebrating a decade of change at the tenth edition of the Amsterdam Global Commodity Finance event. Read on to find our thoughts on a few of the trends that the market is seeing, from concerns over sanctions to growing gas volumes – as well as a special welcome video from the TXF team.
The return of Commodity Trading Week marks a period of sustained calm in the commodities markets – at least in contrast with the volatility of recent years. But how long will this last, and what can the industry do to manage risk going forwards?
In her first interview since her appointment on 7 May, Shona Tatchell, the new head of trade and supply chain finance, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP), discusses her unusual journey to the role, and how she is well placed to help champion digitalisation and sustainability in trade. Is she the 'Queen Creole' of trade facilitation?
Pauli Heikkilä, CEO of Finnvera, reflects on the swinging pendulum for export financing he’s seen in two decades heading Finland’s ECA. Global swings from market forces towards protectionism using public money is not risk free, he warns.
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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