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02 May 2016

BEST EUROPEAN COMMODITY DEAL OF THE YEAR: Varo Energy secures $460m borrowing base facility

Varo Energy's $460m borrowing base formed part of the oil suppliers merger with Argos Downstream Europe, in a deal which will turn Varo into the largest independent...

21 April 2016

MOST INNOVATIVE TRADE / COMMODITY FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR: L1 Energy taps $2.3bn RBL for Dea acquisition

Winning TXF’s Most Innovative Trade / Commodity Finance Deal of the Year 2015 award, L1 Energy’s $2.3 billion seven-year senior

19 April 2016

BEST AMERICAS COMMODITY FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR: Vicentin closes PXF amid Argentinian election uncertainty

In the face of precarious politics and a troubled economy, Argentina's largest soy bean producer Vicentin closed a $135.3 million PXF in the country's largest...

08 April 2016

Lesotho to expand diamond industry amid global downturn in the precious stone

Diamonds may be forever, but they are as vulnerable as the next commodity to a global downturn. Diamond miners had a rough year in 2015, although they still outperformed...

08 March 2016

Costa Rican airport operator seals $127m bond for OPIC repayment

Aeris Holdings, the operator of Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria International Airport, completes a $127 million refinancing of a loan that will double the airport’s...

01 February 2016

US Ex-Im bank redemption: (Nearly) free at last

Fred Hochberg, chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) speaks to TXF about the reality of running a bank that has been held...

11 January 2016

The dirty underbelly of localisation

Localisation requirements in emerging-markets projects are meant to be a way of giving back; an attempt at ensuring a lasting beneficial legacy for the local population...

20 August 2015

SACE tops ECA table, as big-hitters see slowdown

In a development that might raise a few eyebrows in the export finance world, Italian export credit agency (ECA) SACE has topped the ECA export finance table in the first...

27 April 2015

Herbert Smith Freehills hires new partner for UK infrastructure practice

International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Simon Caridia to join its projects and infrastructure practice in London as a partner with effect from 1 May...

16 April 2015

Investment firms provide shot in the arm for PrimeRevenue

PrimeRevenue, the provider of SaaS-based working capital finance solutions, has completed a $80 million financing round co-led by BBH Capital Partners, a private equity...

23 March 2015

UKEF makes $1.75bn available to Kazakh government

British export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF) has made available close to $2 billion to the government of Kazakhstan to fund the import of a wide range of...

16 September 2014

Head of infra appointed within SG’s project finance Paris team

Société Générale CIB (SG CIB) has appointed Laurent Bouchilloux as head of the infrastructure project finance Paris team. The appointment is effective 1 September 2014....

19 August 2014

Double departure from US Ex-Im project division

Beth Touomou, director of project & structured finance, and Jessica Bartos, investment officer at the same division, are both leaving the Export-Import Bank of the United...

29 July 2014

IFC hires US Ex-Im vice president for senior infrastructure role

Jessica Farmer has joined IFC as InfraVentures principal investment officer based in India

05 May 2014

Sohar Refinery financing closes

Orpic (Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company) and a consortium of 21 international and national financial institutions have signed a $2.8 billion umbrella...

30 April 2014

US Ex-Im appoints sub-Saharan Africa committee

The Export-Import Bank of the United States US Ex-Im has appointed the 11 members to its 2014 sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee.

06 August 2013

Nedbank and Bank of China formalise alliance

South Africa’s Nedbank and the Bank of China (BoC) have entered into a strategic business cooperation agreement to develop business flows between the People’s Republic of...