As Western governments blacklist more of Russia’s key companies over the conflict in Ukraine, Russia has accelerated its initiative to build alternative trade...

Energy and metals trading company Gunvor Group - comprising Gunvor SA, Gunvor Middle East DMCC and Gunvor Singapore - has signed a $420 million secured, uncommitted...

International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Indonesia’s Panca Amara Utama today have signed a syndication agreement under which Panca Amara Utama will obtain a $509...

Toronto-headquartered, Guyana Goldfields, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, AGM Inc has closed the $185 million, loan portion, of its project financing to fund the...

Singapore-headquartered DBS Bank, which has made significant strides in its transaction banking offering over the past few years, has made two senior management...

Credit insurer Coface has strengthened its organisation in Asia with the appointment of Hung Wong as regional manager Asia-Pacific.

ING Bank and UniCredit (Austria) acting as the coordinating mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners have signed a new $320 million syndicated pre-export finance (PXF)...

Rabobank International has promoted Jan de Laat to chief commercial officer (CCO), Africa.

One of the biggest challenges with warehouse receipt finance is that it needs to reach a certain scale before the perceived benefits to farmers and traders justify the...

A new study into warehouse receipts and collateral management was unveiled at the Fin4Ag conference in Nairobi.

The first ‘modern’ commodity exchanges in Africa were created in Zambia and Zimbabwe in 1994, and in South Africa in 1995. While the first two failed, the South African...

Collateral management is an essential element in the warehouse receipt finance process and the further extension of commodity exchanges. And closely associated with that,...

Agriculture is thinking beyond the challenges it often faces with bank finance by stepping boldly into new frontiers. While farmers tap next-generation financing sources...

“Africa requires $21 billion over the next 10 years to fill the finance gap in agricultural financing,” remarked Jean-Louis Ekra, president of African Export-Import Bank...

With an immense amount of financing required in African agriculture, bank financing alone – at least in the current climate – is insufficient. The same was true of Brazil...

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...

The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) has launched an electronic bill of lading powered by essDOCS’ online trade facilitation solution...

KfW IPEX-Bank has signed an $81 million loan agreement with Hong Kong-headquartered port operator Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), to support the sale of...

Energy trading group Gunvor has successfully closed the refinancing of its $500 million refinancing facility related to its Ingolstadt refinery in Bavaria, Germany.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved its largest loan to date in Tajikistan with the signing of a $50 million loan to fund the first...