Daniel Riordan reviews the risks facing insurers in 2015 and highlights how the Berne Union is adapting to help its members
Last year, the Berne Union provided an update on how its members have worked with small and medium-sized exporters (SMEs) given their important roles in supporting...
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are among the hardest-hit by the trade finance gap – accounting for more than half of all rejected transactions, according to...
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has today launched the ICC Global Export Finance Committee – an export finance working group, chaired by Eric de Jonge, global...
Trade finance specialist Bolero International has appointed former JP Morgan executive Daniel Cotti to its board of directors. In his new role as non-executive director,...
MOST INNOVATIVE ECA/PROJECT FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR Ollie Gordon examines Indonesia's Sarulla Geothermal Power Plant project financing, which charts new territory for...
The boards of the two international factoring associations - Factors Chain International (FCI) and International Factors Group (IFG) – have put forward a formal proposal...
Deutsche Bank’s Daniel Schmand is the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) Banking Commission new chairman. Here, he sets out his vision for the trade finance...
An overhaul of the ICC’s Docdex dispute resolution mechanism that will speed up, streamline and make more transparent the process has been launched at the ICC Banking...
The International Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business organisation, has today named Deutsche Bank’s Daniel Schmand as the new chair of its Banking...
Commodity trading company Louis Dreyfus Commodities has appointed Vijay Anand Ramanujam as its new regional head of trade finance for Asia. He is based in Singapore.
The Canadian export credit agency (ECA), Export Development Canada (EDC), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Canadian arm of the Industrial and...
According to a memo seen by TXF, JP Morgan have appointed Singapore-based Pravin Advani to new head of global trade and loan products replacing Daniel Cotti
Oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) projects in North Africa are not sufficiently attractive enough today to counteract the risks of doing business there,...
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has reached an agreement to sell to Glencore a 50% stake in its export terminal in Barcarena, in the northern Brazilian state of Pará.
Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro (Metro), the state-owned owner and operator of the subway system in Santiago, Chile, has closed the financing relating to...
Sace, the Italian export credit agency (ECA), has launched a new fund, targeted at non-listed Italian companies, with a special attention on SMEs and mid-caps.
Following her departure from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) in September, Mini Roy has joined Standard Chartered Bank (StanChart) as managing director in the...
For many years, 80 to be exact, the Berne Union has prevailed as an expert resource for the credit and investment insurance community.
Tackling terminology now could be a stitch in time for the supply chain finance industry - but it will not be an easy ride
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.
View more
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!
View more