Trafigura has negotiated its first significant loan in the Japanese currency, with the close of a JPY25.5 billion ($250 million) loan.

The C$850 million ($771.4 million) K2 Wind Power project in Ontario, Canada has reached financial close.

Kuala Lumpur-headquartered ~Cosmos Chemicals Berhad^ has signed a $336 million technology and equipment deal with US-based GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) for a...

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

An initiative, announced today, could soon see the establishment of the new Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX). And beyond this, there is the potential for the GCX to become...

UK-headquartered specialist agricultural trader and broker ED&F Man has launched its annual revolving credit facility (RCF) into general syndication.

Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) has expanded its trade teams in Hong Kong and Singapore with some recent appointments.

Russian coal mining company Siberian Coal Energy (Suek) has secured a five-year, $1.5 billion syndicated pre-export finance (PXF) facility. The deal was signed on 28...

Hans Krohn, head of trade products at Commerzbank, heralds the bank’s success of its CoTrax Finance II-1 trade finance securitisation. But why has it taken so long for...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and HSBC Egypt have combined to provide a $100 million financing facility for independent Egyptian exploration...

Houston-headquartered, specialist oil exploration company Pacific Drilling has appointed Paul Reese to the role of chief financial officer (CFO), effective 28 February...

KfW IPEX-Bank and NordLB have teamed to structure export credit agency-backed financing of €194 million ($263.7 million) to finance German power plants to South Korea.

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Jordan’s second largest commercial bank, the Housing Bank for Trade and Finance (HBTF), has secured a $50 million loan from the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim).

BBVA has arranged two loans for Enel Green Power (EGP) in Mexico and in Chile in separate loan agreements each valued at $150 million. In the first instance, the bank...

Korean agencies the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) and K-sure have combined with the Norwegian Guarantee Institute for Export Credits (GIEK) to provide financing for...

Russia’s Vnesheconombank VEB has signed a credit agreement with Belvnesheconombank (Bank BelVEB) of Belarus to facilitate the export of engines and related...

Russia’s Sberbank Corporate & Investment Banking (Sberbank CIB) has reported a record number of trade finance and documentary operations (TF&DO) implemented for the...

Russia’s Vnesheconombank (VEB) and Natixis of France have led a consortium of international banks in the signing of a credit agreement on extending syndicated loans to...

Saudi Arabian-based water and power project developer, ACWA Power, has secured a SR1.77 billion Islamic loan from four local banks. The funds will be used to help finance...