Ecuador’s rehabilitation in financing markets begins with a complex deal for Lundin Gold’s Fruta del Norte mine. The financing combines a stream, a prepay, commercial PRI...

It would be good to escape from major economic trade factors that are influencing our lives – if only for a while, and for some in the Northern Hemisphere that obviously...

A near-death experience for Kentucky's debut US broadband PPP due to rising costs highlights the pitfalls to sponsors of states’ budgeting processes. But PPPs for US...

Trade finance business is booming at the Asian Development Bank. Katharine Morton spoke to Steven Beck, the ADB’s head of trade and supply chain finance, at the ICC...

Sucafina has been awarded TXF’s Soft Commodities Finance Deal of the Year after closing a $70 million borrowing base facility in 2018. The deal is the first of its type...

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...

The first structure of its kind within the commodity finance space, Helios Investment Partners’ innovative blend of leveraged finance and trade finance techniques raised...

Trade finance business is booming at the Asian Development Bank. Katharine Morton spoke to Steven Beck, the ADB’s head of trade and supply chain finance, at the ICC...

Amid the hype around blockchain, is the market losing sight of what the technology can really do for trade finance – and what it can’t?

Although the majority of banks believe fintech will cut their compliance costs and improve their ability to risk-assess SMEs, the proportion of small businesses being...

The shift to open account trade continues to raise question marks over the future and relevance of traditional letters of credit (LCs).

Forget twitter and the crassness, Donald Trump has an infrastructure plan that the PPP industry actually likes. But is it workable, and would it pass congress?

In anticipation of changes to the EU’s sugar production quota in October, European sugar producers and refiners are gearing up for a more competitive market place....

Singapore-based commodity trader Olam’s debut European revolver is the latest signal that the Asian agri-trader label is outdated. Dramatic growth in recent years means...

The news that Glencore and Bunge have held informal talks about a ‘possible consensual business combination’ is the latest signal that the pace of consolidation in...

In a rare soft commodity pre-export financing, Rabobank and Zanaco structured a deal to extend the reach of the supply chain and meet the working capital needs of Zambian...

An assessment of what is required to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals and what is needed to be part of the new industrial revolution.

Changes in Chinese foreign exchange regulations could be set to attract new international banks and domestic borrowers to the offshore financing space. And after years of...

Smithfield Foods, one of the US’s largest pork producers, is purchasing grains and grain elevators directly from farmers and steadily removing traders from parts of their...

Following a tough 2015 which saw the share price of commodity trader Glencore drop dramatically, signs of improvement have been evident in 2016. The resumption of...