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

Sierra Rutile is in talks with banks for its first pre-export financing as it plans to restructure its existing debt. However, many banks continue to be wary of lending...

Ghana has approved its new Export-Import Bank after months of political wrangling. But will export financiers be prepared to engage with Africa’s latest export credit...

US Exim could be one step closer to being able to fully supporting US exporters following Senator Shelby’s recent victory at the Alabama Primary.

The second part of this two-part series now examines the negative aspects of working with agency lenders or agencies. ‘Agency lender’ is a name given to a group of...

In a wide-ranging interview, Citi’s global head of trade, John Ahearn, talks to TXF’s Hesham Zakai about challenging pricing in the market; why 2015 was the riskiest year...

This two-part series examines the positive and negative aspects of working with agency lenders or agencies. ‘Agency lender’ is a name given to a group of...

Developing markets are likely to experience further economic backlashes this year from the floundering price of oil. Severe energy price shock was named as one of top...

Deutsche Bank’s global transaction banking business has appointed Willem Calame as head of commodity trade finance for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (ex-Germany)...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and IE Singapore have collaborated to launch the ICC Academy, which aims to provide “rigorous and relevant” business education...

After five years of negotiations, agreement has been reached today in Atlanta on the far-reaching Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. The TPP – an agreement...

Antwerp-headquartered, tanker shipping company Euronav has signed a new $750 million senior secured amortising revolving credit facility (RCF). The facility provides the...

Independent SME funding specialist Bibby Financial Services (BFS) is expanding into Malaysia with the ramping up of its existing offices in Iskandar. Alan Wong has also...

If prizes were being dished out for corporate success since the turn of the millennium, the big commodity trading houses would be right up there at the front of the...

Malta-headquartered trade finance bank, FIMBank has appointed Murali Subramanian as its new chief executive officer (CEO). The change comes following a seven-month period...

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has signed a $47 million loan to support the development of the Clarendon solar photovoltaic facility in Jamaica. The...

Commodity trading company Trafigura and Singapore LNG Corporation (SLNG), operator of the country’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, have signed a storage...

International law firm King & Spalding are set to open an office in Tokyo, the firm's eighteenth office overall and tenth office outside the United States. The new Tokyo...

Natixis and pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (pbb) have co-arranged the financing of three Airbus aircraft for Turkish Airlines. The transaction is unusually financed in Swiss...

International law firm Simmons & Simmons is expanding its trade finance practice with the appointment of Omar Al-Ali who has joined the firm’s London office this week as...