Inflation – it’s breaking out all over. EPC costs, debt costs, hedging costs, offtake prices – many of what were predictable and relatively stable variables over a...
The rise of untied lending in the export finance market has been apparent in recent years. But, given the role metals and critical minerals are playing in accelerating...
A multitude of LNG carrier vessel contracts that were signed in the beginning of the year will now start reaching financing stages, TXF understands. With the big three...
The heady history of port helped marry tradition and innovation at ITFA’s in person annual trade finance event in Porto. TXF’s Katharine Morton kept her feet steady while...
Neeraj Agrawal, group chief financial officer at Crescent Petroleum, discusses the importance of gas in the carbon transition and the company’s financing strategy amid...
Back in physical format for the first time since 2019, TXF APAC opened the floor to a day of long-awaited and lively discussions. Here are this years top takeaways.
ECAs have played a crucial role in supporting global trade over the course of the pandemic. Now, as exporters and buyers search for a new normal, they will need to step...
From regulatory developments in the ESG reporting space to the imperative for reform to the OECD Consensus, Ralph Nikol, senior director of ECAs and investment guarantees...
A gathering of the most senior project and export finance practitioners took place last week in Singapore at TXF Asia, with a handful of large-scale project financings...
Further details on the UK’s Electronic Trade Documents Bill (ETD) have emerged following a briefing last week in advance of the bill’s entry to Parliament. Will this new...
The most recent edition of US EXIM’s Competitiveness Report makes plain that although US EXIM medium- and long-term support has grown since obtaining a quorum in 2019,...
TXF Intelligence's H1 2022 export finance report reveals a slow down in ECA-backed deal flow and volumes compared to the same period last year. Discover the report's main...
The divide between access to bank liquidity and cost of debt for first and lower tier traders is widening and becoming an existential problem for the latter. If market...
TXF spoke with Gernot Bruch, global head of export & project financing at Linde Engineering, the world’s largest industrial gas company, to discuss export strategy in the...
Here’s a sneak preview of TXF’s Commodity Finance Data Report for H1 2022, which will be released later this week. Comprising comprehensive data on commercial loans, the...
Global export finance deal flow is expected to balloon by year-end given some big-ticket projects are in the pipeline. From petrochemicals plants in Europe to high speed...
Renewables supply chain costs are going up. The cost of project debt is going up. The cost of hedging is going up. But costings for many projects were agreed long before...
The G20 mandated independent review of multilateral development banks’ (MDB) capital adequacy frameworks is out and has some key recommendations that could significantly...
Robert Besseling, CEO of PANGEA-RISK, looks at possible default scenarios for the next five years in Africa
The recent DFI-backed financing for Colombia’s Green Movil electric bus fleet project might yet create a path for commercial banks to participate in the country’s...
Senior practitioners of the trade and export finance community will gather at the University of St Gallen this autumn for another edition of IfTI’s Global Symposium. Expect lively debate around case studies and best practices in trade as geopolitical tensions rise.
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.
Since the first announcement of a partnership between Euler Hermes and Trafigura in 2022, European ECAs have built steady relationships with commodity traders. Today, as supply chain dislocation fades and funding demands ease, what role does the ECA-trader deal still have to play?
How do you have a thriving offshore wind export business when you don’t, technically, have an offshore wind industry? Norway’s exporters are finding the answer, and of Norway’s green exports, offshore wind is by far the largest supported by Eksfin. Tone Lunde Bakker, CEO of Eksfin discusses how the restructured agency has been helping support the pivot away from fossil fuels, into wind, marine, onshore aquaculture, to name a few.
Unveil Amsterdam's allure! Elevate your pipeline with top dealmakers. An Industry Awards dinner adds glamour to this unmissable adventure.
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Join us on a mythical adventure through all things export, agency & project finance as TXF Global 2024 travels to the historic city of Athens for the first time!
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