Filter results

Search results

Show:
Results found: 211

12 October 2015

Renminbi support

The UK government aims to help make London the leading centre for offshore renminbi (RMB) business outside China, not least because the currency has now overtaken the...

12 October 2015

Claims process for single transaction risk

While whole turn-over credit insurers are accustomed to dealing with seven to 10-year economic cycles in their core OECD market, and to dealing with thousands of small...

12 October 2015

Academic research and export credit insurance

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...

15 September 2015
in
Transport

Natixis appoints global head of aviation, export & infra finance

Olivier Delay has been appointed global head of aviation, export & infrastructure finance at Natixis. He is based in Paris and reports to Pierre Debray, global head of...

09 September 2015

Natixis appoints head of infra and projects Americas

Natixis has appointed Jonathan Kim as managing director, head of global infrastructure & projects (GIP) Americas.

27 August 2015
in
Oil & gas

Update: SACE commits $300 million insurance cover for SBM Brazilian FPSO

The Italian export credit agency, SACE, confirmed today that it would be providing $300 million of insurance cover related to the floating production storage and...

17 August 2015

ABN AMRO appoints country executive for UK

ABN AMRO has appointed Robbert Booij as the new country executive for the United Kingdom and general manager of ABN AMRO Bank UK branch.

06 August 2015

VLG launches Vecron, a new trade finance business unit

Vecron Lordstock Group (VLG), a global structured finance firm specialising in structured trade and project finance, has announced the launching of Vecron Exim, an...

04 August 2015

ABN bolsters commodities division with senior hires

ABN AMRO is continuing to strengthen its energy, commodities & transportation (ECT) division with two senior appointments. The bank has promoted Friso Koopmans as global...

03 August 2015

SACE collaborates with Italian fintech platform Workinvoice

SACE, the Italian export credit agency, has signed a collaboration agreement with digital start-up Workinvoice, the first Italian fintech platform for trading...

31 July 2015

New fund platform to specialise in STCF products

GAO Capital (GAO) has announced a strategic alliance with Straits Financial Group (Straits) to collaborate on GAO Funds, a multi-strategy fund platform with a focus on...

30 July 2015

SBM Offshore turns to ECAs for $1.55bn Brazilian FPSO financing

SBM Offshore, a Dutch supplier of floating production and mooring systems, has completed a $1.55 billion export credit agency (ECA)-backed project financing to finance...

20 July 2015

BPL Global to open Dubai office as part of further expansion

Berry Palmer & Lyle (BPL Global), the specialist credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) broker, is to open a representative office in Dubai as part of the group’s...

08 July 2015

Côte d’Ivoire’s Afriland First Bank gets Afrexim facility for SME onlending

The African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) has signed a €15-million ($16.5 million) financing facility to Afriland First Bank’s Côte d’Ivoire subsidiary for the financing...

01 July 2015

Castleton Commodities closes $3.75 billion credit facilities

US-headquartered, Castleton Commodities International (CCI) has closed two committed credit facilities totalling $3.75 billion. The funds will be used for general...

26 June 2015

Rabobank appoints head of TCF Americas

Rabobank has appointed Muriel Schwab as head trade & commodity finance (TCF) Americas. She takes up the post as of 1 July, and will be based in New York.

24 June 2015

Final Cole Commission report on UK export revolution plan is released

The final Cole Commission report in relation to changing UK export culture was released today. The independently commissioned report is an action plan for the UK...

23 June 2015

US Ex-Im provides guarantees for export of US-made bridges to Zambia

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has announced that it is providing $73 million in guarantees for the loan related to the sale of Acrow Corporation...

18 June 2015

Banks need to make supply chain finance more ‘user-friendly’

Despite the rising popularity of supply chain finance (SCF) around the globe, banks are not making their programmes easier enough for customers to implement and are...

16 June 2015

UKEF and Falcon partner for British exports

Specialist trade and corporate financier Falcon Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with British export credit agency (ECA) UK Export Finance (UKEF) with the...