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23 September 2014

Finnvera to finance cruise ships for German company

Finnvera, the Finnish export credit agency, has agreed to guarantee between 50 and 80 percent of pre-delivery finance for cruise ships ordered by TUI Cruises GmbH, the...

17 September 2014

CAMAC Energy closes new credit facility for Nigerian offshore oil

Houston-headquartered, crude oil development company, CAMAC Energy has entered into a new medium-term credit facility for the further development of its offshore licences...

09 September 2014

Ryanair places order for up to 200 new Boeing aircraft

Airline says US Ex-Im reauthorisation uncertainity had no bearing upon order.

05 September 2014

Guyana Goldfields completes Aurora Gold project financing

Toronto-headquartered, Guyana Goldfields, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, AGM Inc has closed the $185 million, loan portion, of its project financing to fund the...

26 August 2014

Applying capital market tools for agri-financing

With an immense amount of financing required in African agriculture, bank financing alone – at least in the current climate – is insufficient. The same was true of Brazil...

26 August 2014

Helping apitrade development in Ethiopia

In 2012, ProFound together with the Ethiopian Apiculture Board, SNV Ethiopia and Enclude (formerly Triodos-Facet) initiated the Apiculture Scaling-up Programme ASPIRE.

01 August 2014

ICC Banking Commission appoints Advani to leadership

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appointed Suresh Advani, Senior Portfolio Manager at GML Capital (GML), as senior technical advisor to the Banking...

28 July 2014

Ghana Cocobod increases PXF

Ghana National Cocoa Board (Cocobod) is increasing the size of this year’s pre-export financing (PXF) in order to support additional purchasing of the country’s crop...

17 July 2014

Mobile finance shifting to rural areas

Mobile finance has undergone strong growth in recent years, with more than 220 operational platforms worldwide. While the majority of these have so far been confined to...

16 July 2014

How Brazil engaged capital markets in agri-financing

With the vast ocean of financing required in African agriculture, banks alone – at least in the current climate – are insufficient. The same was true of Brazil and the...

01 July 2014

KfW IPEX arranges financing for Quebec wind farms

KfW IPEX-Bank has arranged a total of C$206.8 million ($194.5 million) through two loan packages to finance the Témiscouata I and Témiscouata II wind farms in Québec,...

27 June 2014

Case study: Financing Santo Domingo’s Metro

As the most extensive urban metro system in the Caribbean and only the second in existence, Santo Domingo’s Metro is an ambitious programme to modernise transport...

27 June 2014

Finnvera gets expanded scope to support export financing

Finnish export credit agency (ECA), Finnvera, has announced that in future it will have better possibilities to participate in the export-related financing arrangements...

26 June 2014

Kenyan horticulture gets boost through Proparco funds

Sustainable horticultural production in Kenya has received a boost with new funding from development finance institution Proparco.

10 June 2014

MIGA and OPIC combine for fund for African farmers

The US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) have combined to provide a $350 million political risk...

27 May 2014

Asia-Pacific regional heads roundtable

TXF talks with several Asia-Pacific heads of export finance about trends and prospects for the business line in the region.

27 May 2014

Why do we need the ECAs?

In this article, Charles Berry, Chairman, BPL Global, argues that, increasingly, the ECAs are needed to provide additional capacity for risks for which there is market...

19 May 2014

Nyrstar secures EFIC support for Port Pirie redevelopment

Belgian-incorporated metals and mining company Nyrstar has signed a binding agreement for the final funding and support package for the redevelopment of the Port Pirie...

16 May 2014

Western banks launch FX cash management programmes in Shanghai FTZ

Western banks continue to make inroads in the provision of cash management structures and solutions for their clients operating in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ).

05 May 2014

Sohar Refinery financing closes

Orpic (Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company) and a consortium of 21 international and national financial institutions have signed a $2.8 billion umbrella...