VTB Capital has appointed Nick Hutt as the bank’s new CEO. In this role, he will also continue to manage VTB Capital’s international offices.
The investigation into falsified warehouse receipts, the warehouse lock-down and fraud investigation against Decheng Mining (and others) in the Chinese port of Qingdao...
Freeport LNG Expansion (Freeport LNG) has today announced that its subsidiaries, FLNG Liquefaction (FLIQ1) and FLNG Liquefaction 2 (FLIQ2), successfully closed the debt...
Russia’s Otkritie Financial Corporation Bank (Otkritie FC) has raised a $120 million syndicated loan from a group of foreign banks.
The independent US-based renewable energy company, First Wind, has obtained $254 million in financing for its South Plains wind project in Floyd County, Texas.
The Bank Payment Obligation (BPO) is ready to be combined with the electronic Bill of Lading (eBL) as the transition towards paperless trade gathers apace, delegates at...
London-headquartered law firm Thomas Cooper is continuing to boost its partnership with the announcement of four internal promotions across the business’ key sectors,...
A panel of industry experts explore the key issues impacting the export finance market now and in the future. Topics covered include the impact of Basel III on export...
Sberbank CIB, together with its subsidiary bank in Kazakhstan, has arranged financing totalling $400 million for KazMunayGaz – Refinery and Marketing (Kazakhstan). The...
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appointed six new advisory board members to its Banking Commission, and three new Technical Advisors on the ICC Trade...
Tackling terminology now could be a stitch in time for the supply chain finance industry - but it will not be an easy ride
The annual World Trade Organisation (WTO) Public Forum provides an opportunity for dialogue, an exchange of ideas and the conduct of deliberations on major issues in...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $12.7 million African Development Fund partial risk guarantee (AfDF PRG) for the 105 MW Menengai Independent Power...
Alexander Malaket shares insights and observations with Paul Johnson, director, senior product manager, BofAML, based in Los Angeles.
Alexey Miller CEO and chairman of Gazprom addressed delegates about global gas industry outlooks and problems at the 4th St. Petersburg International Gas Forum held 7-10...
EssDOCS, the provider of electronic documentation solutions within shipping and trade, has opened its first regional Americas headquarters office in Hoboken, New Jersey.
As Western governments blacklist more of Russia’s key companies over the conflict in Ukraine, Russia has accelerated its initiative to build alternative trade...
Russian fertiliser producer EuroChem has secured a major loan from a syndicate of international and Russian banks to meet the financing requirements for the development...
Collateral management is an essential element in the warehouse receipt finance process and the further extension of commodity exchanges. And closely associated with that,...
International law firm, Thomas Cooper, has hired Alex Monk to its finance group.
The financing backing TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG project was taken out of the financial fridge earlier this year but funds are yet to be disbursed. With the latest military insurgence in the gas-rich region, and ECAs and banks reticent on when the deal will close, meeting conditions precedent seems ambitious in 2024.
The return of Commodity Trading Week marks a period of sustained calm in the commodities markets – at least in contrast with the volatility of recent years. But how long will this last, and what can the industry do to manage risk going forwards?
In her first interview since her appointment on 7 May, Shona Tatchell, the new head of trade and supply chain finance, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP), discusses her unusual journey to the role, and how she is well placed to help champion digitalisation and sustainability in trade. Is she the 'Queen Creole' of trade facilitation?
Pauli Heikkilä, CEO of Finnvera, reflects on the swinging pendulum for export financing he’s seen in two decades heading Finland’s ECA. Global swings from market forces towards protectionism using public money is not risk free, he warns.
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