Michal Ron, Chief International Business Officer at SACE, discusses Italy’s record export finance volumes as it moves into ‘fifth gear’ on its ambitious ‘push strategy’. How it is supporting matchmaking for SMEs, climate mitigation, ESG, strategic imports, new markets, Islamic finance, and more? Reach for your [Italian] coffee and read on.

The export finance community’s calls for OECD reform are being answered. But amid the news certain ESG-friendly projects can tap longer tenors, there remains scepticism around how and when ECAs and banks will apply these longer maturities.

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.