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12 December 2022

CGI: A pause for thought – Trade architecture for a multichannel world

What is the current state of how corporates are interacting with banks and fintech platforms? Patrick DeVilbiss, Senior Offering Manager, Trade and Supply Chain...

07 December 2022

The Power of 10: Talking transition

TXF’s Perfect 10 Awards recognise the best and brightest in export and commodities finance worldwide, and submissions are now open. Submit your deals by 16 January, and...

01 December 2022
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Metals and Mining

Responsible commodities sourcing – not just an issue for the LME

The LME has decided not to ban Russian metals. Is it the right move or tacit recognition that the pressures on commodities markets spawned by war, growing demand for...

30 November 2022
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Power, Renewables

What ETMs can and can’t do for coal retirements

The recent ACEN ETM to retire the South Luzon coal-fired plant early attracted some controversy over its use of the ETM moniker. But the deal is more promising than was...

29 November 2022

Connecting the dots: How data can supercharge sustainable trade

Sustainability in trade has become a topic of crucial importance for all stakeholders, from financiers and multinational corporations to SME suppliers in emerging...

23 November 2022
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Oil & gas

Supplier finance in plain sight: What do the new FASB disclosure rules mean for our industry?

There is going to be a major change in the world of supply chain finance (SCF) next year that will bring more transparency to SCF programmes. What do the new FASB...

21 November 2022

ICC reinforces export credit industry calls for rapid modernisation of OECD Arrangement

The export finance industry has been calling for wholesale changes to the OECD Arrangement on Export Credits for years now. Some changes now look set to come into force,...

17 November 2022
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Metals and Mining

Key takeaways: TXF Geneva – Commodity finance & natural resources

On the final two days of Geneva Commodity Week, a record number of delegates gathered to debate the state of the commodity finance market at the TXF Commodity Finance &...

09 November 2022
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Metals and Mining, Other

TXF Geneva: Commodity finance and natural resources

This week the who’s who of the commodity trade finance industry gather at TXF Geneva to discuss a market facing significant economic and geopolitical headwinds - but also...

20 October 2022
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Metals and Mining, Power, Renewables

Untied commodity lending: A critical ECA space

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...

13 October 2022
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Oil & gas

LNG carriers to tap Korean ECA support

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...

05 October 2022

Bridging the centuries of navigating and financing trade at ITFA Porto

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...

03 October 2022
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Oil & gas

Keynote: Crescent Petroleum on realising carbon transition

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...

27 September 2022
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Metals and Mining, Transport

An eternal ECA evolution

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...

26 September 2022
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Power, Renewables

Keynote: Nikol of Siemens Financial Services on facing the challenges of 2022

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...

22 September 2022
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Power

ACEN South Luzon: An ETM by the same name?

ACEN’s divestment from the South Luzon coal-fired plant in the Philippines is billed as an energy transition financing, although it is not part of the ADB’s official ETM...

14 September 2022

The paperless papers

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...

09 September 2022

Financing for Indonesia’s first EV battery plant marks a landmark development for the region

We reveal full details of the $711 million financing for the EV battery plant in Indonesia and examine how the country is hoping to emerge as a major force in the EV...

06 September 2022
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Oil & gas

Where's the bank balance in commodity trader lending?

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...

05 September 2022
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Power

Keynote: Linde’s Bruch on headaches, hard choices and hydrogen

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...