Global trade and foreign direct investments have seen dramatic changes in the 80 years since the Berne Union was founded. Not surprisingly, the Berne Union itself has...

"It’s different this time.” A simple phrase, but a potent one. Its reappearances all feel novel, and more’s the pity

Capacity in short-term credit insurance has been steadily returning since the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC) and premiums have recovered. According to Berne Union’s...

When I was appointed chairman of the medium and long-term (MLT) committee at the annual general meeting last October, the total volumes for insurance of long-term export...

Export credit is a tool which has been used for decades to support exports in a world where the main driver of economic growth has been international trade. The need for...

An arguably common theme in medium- and long-term (MLT) export finance circles today is that full implementation of Basel III will elicit the end of commercial banks as...

Export credit agencies (ECAs) and development finance institutions (DFIs) have very different purposes, mandates and in the case of multilateral institutions, ownership...

When I first worked for Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (Nexi) during 2003 to 2006, seconded from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan as the head...

Think back some 30 years ago: what were the main concerns of an exporter participating in a large dam project requiring significant resettlement actions and with...

Within the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region, it was only on the back of the international financial crisis in 2008 that a strong awareness was created for trade...

Since the establishment of the Berne Union in 1934 – with the aim of facilitating cross- border trade, by establishing common export credit principles – the role of...

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) has recruited James Burdett as its group’s new chief financial officer (CFO). Burdett joins the Emirates bank from Australia and New...

HSBC Bank has arranged a €500 million ($685.2 million) with the Development Bank of Kazakhstan (DBK) under a framework agreement to facilitate long-term export credit...

The LME aluminium price has certainly not been encouraging. In this negative climate, what Rusal has managed to achieve through production cuts, how the company is...

Jonathan Bell presents a case study where a Vietnamese commodity trader – VinaCommodities – secured a bespoke cross-border financing solution that allowed the company to...

China has, and continues to be the leading light as the global end-user of raw commodities. It is the key player. Now in the agri sector China is revealing the country’s...

Jonathan Bell talks with the RB International (RBI) global natural resources team heads in Vienna about what the recent reorganisation means for the bank’s operations and...

Jonathan Bell talks with Paul Cohen Dumani, general manager of MIT, about the company’s highly successful commodity finance collateral management software system for...

Hesham Zakai provides an overview of the FImetrix survey on commodity trading companies' views on finance and regulation.

Trafigura has successfully closed its key European revolving credit facility (RCF) at $4.735 billion – an increase from the $4 billion the facility was launched at...