The ICC has established a working group aimed at fostering a greater sustainable development agenda in export finance. Is it just tinkering? And does it have any chance...
The export finance industry has an ageing demographic. Much of the knowledge and talent in the industry comes from practitioners with over 30 years’ experience. However,...
In the wake of the illegitimate 20 May presidential elections, Venezuela is at an inflection point. The country faces an acute political and economic crisis, and the...
As a growing number of blockchain initiatives start live testing, albeit in controlled environments, trade tech is moving to an even more confusing level – a plethora of...
There was solid support for US Ex-Im from legislators from both sides of the US political spectrum at the ECA’s annual conference. But will that support result in any...
As Noble Group looks to force through a controversial restructuring amid lawsuits and media spats with shareholders, what could a new Noble look like? And will regulatory...
Since the CDP-SACE-SIMEST restructuring in 2012, SACE has transformed from tired state relic into one of the world’s leading providers of export credit cover. It has the...
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) recently launched a new advisory practice – the ECA Advisory Practice for Capital Projects – aimed at helping export credit agencies deal...
Five years on from the Mexico's landmark energy sector reforms, a spate of recent financings – one without DFI backing – support market expectation that the pace of...
Sanjeev Gupta is the man behind the ascent of Liberty House from commodity trading start-up into an international metals and industrials group. And in conversation with...
Having made a splash in the retail and SME banking spaces, a new breed of lender is setting its eyes on the trade finance market. But what are these newbies to...
TXF catches up with Kitt Carswell, vice president, senior offering manager, trade and supply chain, at CGI, a global information technology consulting company, to reflect...
A pioneering loan/bond financing for Colombia's Ruta al Mar highway project may serve as the shot in the arm needed to reignite appetite for the country’s 4G roads...
Iran has yet to produce the project and trade flows bankers hoped for following signing of the JCPOA in 2016. The hurdles are largely born of the Trump administration –...
In a recent report to mark 20 years of Zurich’s Credit and Political Risk programme, the insurer revealed that some $934 million in claims have been paid to business...
With bank regulatory capital constraints tightening, serial ABS issuer Trafigura has closed its first inventory-backed securitisation in a bid to boost its non-bank...
In a new white paper, Pacific Life Insurance Company director of treasury Lance Doherty, and Adam Dener, managing principal at Fermat Capital Management, lay out the case...
In a recent speech, Dr Benedict Oramah, president of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), outlined plans to seize upon continental political will,...
Colombia’s $70 billion infrastructure programme has hit a few bankability hurdles in the past year. But the government has reacted proactively and is generating...
The 2017-2018 surveys of exporters and importers are now open. Take part today to ensure you have your say about the performance of export finance market service...
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.
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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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