Turkey’s Aklease secures SACE-backed ING loan
Turkish leasing company, Ak Finansal Kiralama (Aklease) has signed a €30 million ($38 million) six year loan with ING, backed by SACE, the Italian export credit agency...
Turkish leasing company, Ak Finansal Kiralama (Aklease) has signed a €30 million ($38 million) six year loan with ING, backed by SACE, the Italian export credit agency...
Members of the Berne Union – International Union of Credit & Investment Insurers – came together in London this week for their annual general meeting (AGM). At the same...
This week the Berne Union – the International Union of Credit & Investment Insurers – came together in London for their annual general meeting (AGM), which is also the...
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed a €20 million loan ($25 million) to Bulsatcom, a Bulgarian satellite television, internet and mobile...
Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) has made three senior appointments in Paris and Hong Kong to further strengthen the bank’s capabilities in the...
Takashi Shimahara assumes full general manager role, and Jonathan Joseph-Horne becomes global coordinator, as Eli Hassine and Mini Roy depart
Daniel Minzer has joined the Dutch bank as Americas head of metals commodities
JP Morgan has appointed Pravin Advani as its new global head of sales for global trade and loan products, effective May 1. He replaces David Conroy in the role, who left...
At a board meeting of a top 20 multinational corporation, the question of whether to invest $50 million in a project in a Middle Eastern Country was discussed. The...
Accounts receivables securitisation specialist Finacity has closed two loan facilities for US-based affiliates of international corporate clients. Both the facilities are...
Jonathan Bell, editor-in-chief at TXF, talks with Dan Riordan, president of the Berne Union, about taking the organisation forward in its 80th year.
How financial institutions can partner with consumer goods companies to help reduce deforestation
Finacity, the trade receivables securitisation specialist, has closed a new securitisation programme with agricultural processing company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)....
JP Morgan has reached a definitive agreement to sell its physical commodities business to Mercuria Energy for $3.5 billion. The all cash transaction is expected to close...
Mizuho Bank and Itaú BBA International have arranged financing for Rio-based oil and gas firm GranEnergia to purchase and take delivery of a multi-service vessel, named...
French bank Natixis is expanding its presence in Asia-Pacific with two new hires for its regional banking platform within trade and treasury. Yuri Lin has been appointed...
Swiss commodities trader Ecom Agroindustrial Corporation (Ecom) is in the process of buying Armajaro Trading, the trading arm of London-based commodity trading house and...
Berne Union, the association of export credit insurers, today announced the retirement of secretary general Peter Jones.
Trade transactions are fraught with all kinds of perils – starting with those in the board room. Country risk specialist Daniel Wagner provides insight into how to avoid...
Regulation was the key challenge identified by panelists at an engaging opening session of the ICC banking commission meeting in Vienna.
Senior practitioners of the trade and export finance community will gather at the University of St Gallen this autumn for another edition of IfTI’s Global Symposium. Expect lively debate around case studies and best practices in trade as geopolitical tensions rise.