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14 September 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities

TXF TV: Czarnikow's CEO discusses the world's first sustainable sugar supply chain partnership

Webinar | 16.09.2020 | 14:00 UK | Amidst current concerns over the future of food security and supply chain resilience, global sugar trader Czarnikow recently announced...

07 September 2020
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Oil & gas

Mozambique LNG: Turning up the LNG funding tap

The Mozambique LNG project raised the project finance benchmark for large-scale schemes after it closed amid the Covid-19 crisis with a surprising tenor given the volume...

02 September 2020

Export finance report H1 2020: Volumes remain high despite crisis

Overall volumes of global export finance fell by roughly $7 billion compared to H1 2019 according to the TXF H1 2020 Export Finance report. However, the drop in volume is...

02 September 2020

19 reasons why Covid will accelerate digitisation in trade

Jacob Katsman, director at GlobalTrade Corporation, outlines the reasons why the Covid-19 crisis will speed up the digitisation of trade.

01 September 2020

Shop talk: Marco Polo-Pole Star on smoothing maritime trade transactions

TXF sat down with Simon Ring, global head of financial markets compliance at Pole Star, and Jeff Handler, global head of special projects & network adoption strategy at...

05 August 2020

TXF Stages for Change 2020: Top takeaways and actions

On 17 July, TXF gathered a diverse group of trade finance professionals to celebrate our female and minority leaders. TXF’s Eavie Burnett highlights a few of the...

29 July 2020

Mozambique – it’s a gas, gas, gas?

Mozambique has pinned considerable hope on two mega LNG projects. Jonathan Bell assesses the situation and examines the fortunes of Mozambique LNG and Rovuma LNG.

23 July 2020
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Oil & gas

Don’t put the brake on Europe-Africa trade relations

Jeff Fallon, head of client coverage at British Arab Commercial Bank (BACB), explains why keeping Europe-Africa trade relations on course could reap considerable reward...

16 July 2020
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Telecoms and Communications

US Exim has key role to play in China trade war

The US administration has drastically upped the ante in its economic war against China with its actions against Huawei. At the same time, US Exim is one agency that has...

29 June 2020

How much of the $1.5trn trade finance gap can tech bridge?

The $1.5 trillion trade finance gap is a heavy burden for SMEs in emerging markets, one which financial institutions have long sought to ease. In partnership with...

25 June 2020
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Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Transport

Spotlight on Singapore as commodity banks nurse potential losses

The high-profile collapse of Singaporean-based oil trader Hin Leong and other certain suspect cases has highlighted malpractices within the sector and concern for future...

12 May 2020

Commodity supply chain digitisation pushed along by Covid-19

Covid-19 may have accelerated the race for digitisation in commodity trade finance, but there are still significant legal challenges to overcome argues Gabriella Martin,...

05 May 2020

Can DFIs stretch to combating Covid-19 and climate change?

Development banks have been at the forefront of dealing with climate change. Now they’re in the front line of the Covid-19 response. Will the development finance...

01 April 2020
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Power

Nayara Energy’s new pre-pay era?

Winning TXF’s Energy Commodities Finance Deal of the Year, Nayara Energy’s first pre-payment loan is set to serve as a viable financing template for commodity-linked...

01 April 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Bunge’s sustainability-linked loan first

Winning TXF’s Commodity Trading Company Finance Deal of the Year Award, Bunge’s debut sustainabilitylinked facility has provided a seedbed for the trader to replicate...

08 January 2020

Keynote: Teaching risk to rocket scientists at NASA, it’s a blast!

Ahead of TXF Americas next month, TXF caught up with Dr Jeevan Perera, a senior engineer at NASA, to find out how he teaches risk management to rocket scientists.

06 January 2020

Lamesa: A path through the US sanctions maze?

A recent UK court judgement has finally provided clarity for businesses operating globally around how to manage US sanctions risk contractually, including risks arising...

19 December 2019

Can the US-China trade truce progress beyond phase one?

The tentative US-China phase one trade agreement last week brought cheer to the markets. But, asks Jonathan Bell, with so few firm details will this become a real deal...

04 December 2019

Drawing better straws? Pricing sustainability into supply chains

Correctly pricing sustainability into corporate supply chains shouldn’t just be a matter of ticking boxes (or drawing straws). Companies are going to have to use their...

25 November 2019

Expert briefing: Shielding supply chains

Amid growing scrutiny on working capital optimisation and sustainability of corporates’ supply chains, payables finance is more popular than ever. Christian Hausherr,...