Egypt's $1.49 billion December loan, backed by export credit agencies (ECAs), to build the Beni Suef power station – is just the latest example of the country's continued...
Export, commodity and project finance lenders face an increased risk of non-repayment as more emerging market countries turn to capital controls to protect their...
The volume of euro denominated export credit agency (ECA) deals increased by 15.1% to 27.8% last year, according to TXF Data’s Export Finance Report 2015.
EDC has seen a 20% increase in the take up of its small and medium sized enterprises (SME) export programme following a recent rule change allowing the Canadian export...
Despite offering new products and services to exporters, the British government is struggling to combat the country’s record £125 billion trade gap.
Nokia — Finland’s premier telecoms company — is in the process of finalising its takeover of France’s Alcatel-Lucent in a $16.6 billion deal that will propel the ailing...
Low prices and dwindling sources of finance are forcing coal producers to turn to export credit agencies (ECAs) to support their capital needs. But ECAs and their...
Deutsche Bank has closed a €300 million ($334 million) borrowing base facility for the German metal production company VDM Metals Group (VDM). Acting as the coordinating...
ING Capital in New York has closed a US Export-Import Bank (US Ex-Im ) guaranteed financing totalling $589 million for Vietnam Airlines (VNA). The financing relates to...
Russia’ Uralkali, one of the world’s largest potash producers, has signed a $530 million pre-export finance (PXF) loan agreement with eight international banks. The...
Japanese export credit agencies and commercial banks have teamed to arrange the Japanese portion of the financing for the construction of the Donggi-Senoro LNG (DSLNG)...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) has arranged a $150 million financing facility for Mauritius-based telecommunications company Econet Wireless Global (Econet)....
Russkaya Mednaya Kompaniya (Russia Copper Company – RCC) has successfully closed its $250 million pre-export finance (PXF) facility. The facility is a five-year,...
Law firm Hogan Lovells is expanding its scope and capabilities in Africa by merging with the South African law firm Routledge Modise. The combination will take effect...
The trade finance industry has suffered a trio of ailments since the end of 2024 with the shuttering of three different non-bank lenders. While the circumstances across the three cases vary, market conditions are posing problems for lenders of all sizes. How can the community reflect on these events, and what options are borrowers left with?
Welcome to Exiled: The Real Assets People, a podcast where we ‘strand’ a guest on a desert island and ask them who from their professional past, present, and future they’d choose to be stranded with. After all, it’s people that make a profession. Our first guest is Catherine Lang Anderson, Partner & Head of Trade & Commodity Finance Practice at A&O Shearman. Recorded live from the Royal Academy of Arts, it will be no surprise to anyone who knows Catherine that her Exile is going to be a party!
Commodity traders reaped substantial profits off the back of market volatility in 2022 and 2023. With their war chests armed, they pursued a policy of diversification – across financing, business lines and investments.
The trade finance industry has suffered a trio of ailments since the end of 2024 with the shuttering of three different non-bank lenders. While the circumstances across the three cases vary, market conditions are posing problems for lenders of all sizes. How can the community reflect on these events, and what options are borrowers left with?
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