Trade Finance TV: Powering a clean tomorrow
TXF Editor, Jonathan Bell joined Deutsche Bank to discuss whether it's possible to transition to net zero whilst maintaining energy supplies needed to keep up the output...
TXF Editor, Jonathan Bell joined Deutsche Bank to discuss whether it's possible to transition to net zero whilst maintaining energy supplies needed to keep up the output...
The war in Ukraine has disrupted commodity flows significantly. What are the short- and medium-term implications for commodity supply chains? At the TXF Global Commodity...
The Nick Kilhams Foundation (NKF) has been set up in memory of Nick Kilhams, a well-regarded professional in the insurance industry who sadly took his own life. Catherine...
TXF Editor, Jonathan Bell joined Deutsche Bank to discuss how export credit agencies can step-up and improve the volume of current export finance deals being classed as...
The publishing of some shocking statistics in Rio Tinto’s Report into workplace culture has sparked a much-needed discussion around the necessity of a cultural re-haul –...
At the end of 2021, Bunge closed an amendment and extension of its ESG-tied loan, boasting more ambitious KPIs and a higher margin reduction if sustainability goals are...
Export credit agencies are still finding their way on how to deliver sustainable export finance in a measurable, consistent and transparent way. Collaboration is...
The volume of sustainable deals within the export finance sector is growing. But to take this forward positively across all industrial sectors a sensible debate with a...
Last week, TXF welcomed global commodity finance dealmakers to our TXF APAC 2021 virtual conference to network and discuss the state of the market in the Asia-Pacific...
The masks came off as building resilience in world trade and ESG ran in tandem at ITFA’s in person annual event in Bristol.
The EBRD’s Trade Facilitation Programme continues its success and in no small measure that is down to its team. Kamola Makhmudova reflects on her decade as lead banker of...
From Vitol’s $7.9 billion Offshore Cape Three Points oil and gas project in Ghana five years ago to Geopacific Resources’ Woodlark gold project in Papua New Guinea this...
No organisation wants to end up blacklisted or facing criminal charges and reputational damage, but how can a bank, lender or insurer know that what it has financed or...
Blended finance could be a significant part of the funding solution in meeting the UN's SDGs. But to pull in private sector investment in the volume needed, and the time...
In this week’s edition of the Stages for Change interview series, Eavie Burnett speaks with SWIFT’s Louise Taylor-Digby on the impact that a career in trade can have, and...
With oil majors responding to climate pressure by selling assets in a bid to slash emissions fast, emissions are merely being handed down to other companies – possibly...
You can count the number of true project financings for European and UK interconnectors on one hand. But following changes to regulation, and more expected to follow in...
Hydrogen projects are ballooning given the stronger focus on energy transition from policymakers and energy majors in the wake of the pandemic. But where’s the level of...
With the events of 2020 having further complicated an industry issue which was already considered to be a hurdle, bank compliance is in danger of leaving SMEs and the...
Tomorrow marks the launch of the annual TXF Export Finance World Fair and the export finance community is all set to come together virtually from all corners of the globe...
The mood music at the 11th edition of the TXF Amsterdam Global Commodity Finance event was downbeat. Spawned by amplifying tariff concerns, limited debt appetite from corporates and the impact of Basel IV on lenders, there was a multitude of macroeconomic and geopolitical factors setting the sombre tone.