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15 June 2023
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Oil & gas, Renewables

A greener direction for UKEF?

UKEF is ready for a reset with a new CEO in office and a new set of priorities, including a focus on opportunities for green exports. But how can ECAs ensure that their...

01 June 2023
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas

TXF Amsterdam 2023: Top Takeaways

The TXF Global Commodity Finance and Sustainable Natural Resources event has returned to Amsterdam for another year, this time accompanied by the Industry Awards Dinner....

31 May 2023
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Metals and Mining, Power

Keynote: Bechtel Enterprise’s Caudle on complexity, clean energy, and being the catalyst to get stuff done

Bill Caudle, president of Bechtel Enterprises, discusses his role, the company’s position as an EPC contractor and deal catalyst, and how, in a time of global inflation,...

23 May 2023

Rock the boat: Will UniCredit v Euronav cause a trade finance wobble or help tear up the paper boats?

It’s not every day that bills of lading make the news, but an appeal ruling dismissing a $26 million case by a bank against a shipping company is causing ripples that...

18 May 2023
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Oil & gas

Different paths

Are multilateral development banks (MDBs) and export credit agencies (ECAs) pulling in the same direction when it comes to energy transition? The PR says they are – the...

17 May 2023

TXF Global Commodity Finance & Sustainable Natural Resources 2023

The TXF Global Commodity Finance & Sustainable Natural Resources event is back next week in Amsterdam and will gather the who’s who of commodity finance - from traders,...

10 May 2023
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Transport

Cruise ships: The TXF Perspective

The cruise ship industry has suffered under the weight of low occupancy rates and a sizeable debt hangover since the pandemic. ECAs and banks are taking a cautious...

03 May 2023

CPRI claims – are the dogs barking, or merely growling?

A new survey reveals the latest claims data for the CPRI industry. What do the figures tell us about the CPRI market? Is the claims market normalising, whatever that may...

21 April 2023
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Transport

Cruising still bruising

The cruise ship sector has one of the biggest debt hangovers from the pandemic – a situation mirrored in slow ECA-backed cruise ship volumes. Cruise cashflow is picking...

19 April 2023
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Other, Power, Renewables, Transport

Commodity Finance Industry Report: A digest

TXF’s Commodity Finance Industry Report 2023 is hot off the press after garnering market sentiment from across the spectrum of commodity trade finance practitioners –...

12 April 2023

Fragmented world set to alter global trade supply chains

War and geopolitical tensions are accelerating the move from globalisation to a much more fragmented world, which in turn is changing the patterns of global trade.

08 March 2023

Keynote: Futnani on engaging superpowers in MENA and beyond

Manav Futnani, global co-head of export finance and head of Middle East, North Africa and Turkey infrastructure and asset finance at HSBC, talks to TXF about how the...

07 March 2023
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Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Transport

TXF Americas: The land of ECA opportunity

The top takeaways from TXF Americas in Miami last week reflect both the need for ECA adaptability and greater support for small-ticket business, with energy transition at...

22 February 2023
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Oil & gas

A sneak peek: Commodity Finance Data Report 2022

Ahead of the release of The Commodity Finance Data Report 2022 to TXF subscribers next week, here is a first look at some of the top takeaways.

15 February 2023
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Renewables

Yunlin: A Taiwanese offshore wind restructuring

Delays and project cost overruns from the pandemic have meant lenders and sponsors of the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan are scrambling to remedy the project’s...

14 February 2023

Indonesia’s Suminto on engaging bold plans for energy transition with the help of Islamic finance

Suminto Sastrosuwito, director general of budget financing and risk management at Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance discusses his plans on how Indonesia will finance the...

07 February 2023
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Infrastructure, Oil & gas

Angola: Solving the funding puzzle with ECA debt

Angola is amid an economic revival, with interest rates and inflation falling even as sub-Saharan Africa falls into crisis. As it diversifies, the southern African nation...

30 January 2023

Perspectives: Falcioni reflects on his five year tenure at ECI

TXF speaks to Massimo Falcioni, former CEO of the UAE Federal Company Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) about his journey with the export credit agency, the challenges of...

24 January 2023
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Oil & gas, Renewables

The rise of LNG: Saviour or stranded asset?

Europe’s energy crisis has provoked a scramble for LNG. In order to meet demand, investment towards specialist carriers and import terminals has ballooned. But can the...

12 January 2023

African debt and the death of easy money

As the world looks towards forecasts of recession in 2023, alarms bells are ringing about Africa's debt pile. What are the key hurdles to debt restructuring and can ECAs...