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17 May 2016

Petroleum Development Oman seeks $3bn PXF

Petroleum Development Oman, who traditionally rely on state funding, has turned to commercial banks for finance in the wake of lower oil prices, as the oil company seeks...

16 May 2016

İşbank breaks record for $1.4bn trade revolver

Turkey's largest private bank, İşbank, has increased the size of its annual revolving credit facility last week - a $1.4 billion syndicated loan with a record 47...

13 May 2016

IFC's Scaling Solar initiative set to brighten sub-Saharan Africa

Two out of three people lack access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa, but a new initiative, Scaling Solar, rolled out this week by the World Bank group aims to bridge...

11 May 2016

Navig8 seals $130m K-sure-backed facility

The deal is indicative of how shipyards and shipbuilders are increasingly reliant on their buyers obtaining ECA-support to fill their order capacity while also...

10 May 2016

Euler Hermes backs Canada's wind revolution

Wind energy is the fastest growing source of electricity in Canada and is set to play a major role in the action plans of Québec's 2030 energy policy. The...

09 May 2016

India's Exim Bank uses LoCs to boost government 'vision'

In a bid to create new channels of future growth and provide new roadmaps for Indian exporters, India's Exim Bank has increased the amount of lines of credits it has...

04 May 2016

Sace takes the lead in Iran

In late April, only four months after the trade embargo on Iran was lifted, Italy's Sace took the lead in the ECA space, guaranteeing €4 billion in credit lines to...

02 May 2016

BEST EUROPEAN COMMODITY DEAL OF THE YEAR: Varo Energy secures $460m borrowing base facility

Varo Energy's $460m borrowing base formed part of the oil suppliers merger with Argos Downstream Europe, in a deal which will turn Varo into the largest independent...

28 April 2016

Update: Noble set to close $1bn RCF

Earlier this month, Noble launched a $1 billion debt refinancing. With the facility due to close next week, the struggling commodities titan is eagerly awaiting Fitch’s...

27 April 2016

JBIC: the outward face of Japan Inc?

JBIC has been quick out of the starting blocks in 2016, supporting $5.6 billion in deals as the government swings its weight behind the policy bank. Connor Lovell looks...

26 April 2016

BEST AFRICAN COMMODITY FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR: Columbus Stainless seals South Africa’s largest ever syndicated commodities deal

Winning TXF's Best African Commodity Finance Deal of the Year 2015, Columbus Stainless's $291.2 million borrowing base was the South African company's maiden syndicated...

26 April 2016

BEST ASIA-PACIFIC ECA FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR: Reliance closes K-sure-backed loan for 'visionary' telecoms deal

K-sure's support of a $750 million loan to Reliance Jio Infocomm is the Korean ECA’s largest deal both in India and in the telecoms sector, with the transaction also...

19 April 2016

SACE’s Castellano looks forward to the capital markets

In a typically frank discussion with Jonathan Bell, SACE CEO Alessandro Castellano outlines his vision for the development of a pan-European capital markets base as an...

19 April 2016

BEST AMERICAS COMMODITY FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR: Vicentin closes PXF amid Argentinian election uncertainty

In the face of precarious politics and a troubled economy, Argentina's largest soy bean producer Vicentin closed a $135.3 million PXF in the country's largest...

15 April 2016

US Treasury pushes for elusive level playing field in ECA-backed financing

The United States Treasury is keen to ensure that export credit agencies (ECA) are playing by the same rules – so much so that they look set to try and apply pressure on...

15 April 2016

BEST AMERICAS ECA FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR: Seaborn Networks closes first ECA-backed subsea fibre optic cable deal

Seaborn Networks secured an innovative project financing to fund the establishment of high-speed telecommunications infrastructure between US and Brazil.

14 April 2016

ECAs propel cruise-ship market boom

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...

08 April 2016

Satellite financing bounces back with $255m JSAT deal

At the end of last month, JBIC signed a $63.75 million loan agreement with JSAT as part of $255 million facility with three Japanese banks for the financing of the...

06 April 2016

MIGA boosts Eskom's CAPEX power plan

At the end of last month, MIGA announced its backing of €698.9 million in loans from two international banks to develop Eskom's power transmission infrastructure in South...

01 April 2016

ECAs brighten Bangladesh's power plan

Earlier this month, Bangladesh sealed a $2 billion credit line from the Export-Import Bank of India for power development in a deal indicative of an exciting new trend...