If we think about academic research, we often think about theory development and testing with no or little concern for impact on the real world. We sometimes believe that...
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...
ING Capital in New York has closed a US Export-Import Bank (US Ex-Im ) guaranteed financing totalling $589 million for Vietnam Airlines (VNA). The financing relates to...
WTO director-general, Roberto Azevêdo, has urged development finance institutions to continue to work together to help close the gaps that exist in the provision of trade...
Natural rubber supply chain manager Halcyon Agri Corporation has successfully completed a refinancing of up to $413 million, replacing existing debts with a mix of term...
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...
XL Catlin has promoted Joe Blenkinsopp to the position of chief underwriting officer for its political risk and trade credit (PRTC) team. He is based in London.
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...
Robert Parson and Jonathan Solomon, partners at leading law firm Reed Smith, take a look at the implications for the commodities market of the recent Mercuria v Citigroup...
BEST SOFT COMMODITIES FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR Jonathan Bell reviews how Rabobank led the first structured inventory financing for Australia’s GrainCorp.
A lack of capacity in the financial sector is severely impacting the trading potential of poor countries, says Roberto Azevêdo, the sixth director general of the World...
Brazil’s state-run oil company, Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras), has been charged $2.06 billion for corruption-related costs and $14.8 billion for impairment in the...
International law firm HFW has further strengthened its Paris office corporate finance team with the arrival of partner Jean-Marc Zampa and his associate Serge...
Commodity trading company Louis Dreyfus Commodities has appointed Vijay Anand Ramanujam as its new regional head of trade finance for Asia. He is based in Singapore.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Taiwan’s Export-Import Bank of the Republic of China (Eximbank) have agreed to boost their cooperation and...
Following resignations of top officials at the Brazilian oil company Petrobras, the company has appointed a new CEO, CFO and other senior officials.
US Ex-Im Bank, the American ECA, has appointed a new vice president for project and structured finance
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $100 million loan agreement with the government of Fiji for a project to improve the safety and durability of the country’s...
New York-based ING Capital has today closed a $41.4 million, seven-year junior loan facility for Ethiopian Airlines in connection with its acquisition of two Boeing 777...
Barclays has appointed Brenton Booth as its new head of product management, trade & working capital.
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.
This year's winners of the TXF Export Finance Deals of the Year beat a lot of worthy contenders, with ESG credentials the running theme across those winning deals.
Since the first announcement of a partnership between Euler Hermes and Trafigura in 2022, European ECAs have built steady relationships with commodity traders. Today, as supply chain dislocation fades and funding demands ease, what role does the ECA-trader deal still have to play?
How do you have a thriving offshore wind export business when you don’t, technically, have an offshore wind industry? Norway’s exporters are finding the answer, and of Norway’s green exports, offshore wind is by far the largest supported by Eksfin. Tone Lunde Bakker, CEO of Eksfin discusses how the restructured agency has been helping support the pivot away from fossil fuels, into wind, marine, onshore aquaculture, to name a few.
Unveil Amsterdam's allure! Elevate your pipeline with top dealmakers. An Industry Awards dinner adds glamour to this unmissable adventure.
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Join us on a mythical adventure through all things export, agency & project finance as TXF Global 2024 travels to the historic city of Athens for the first time!
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