China Eximbank is advancing a $500 million loan to Ethiopia towards the construction of an industrial park in Adama, in the latest rapprochement between the two...

The gap in funding for SMEs worldwide is a growing concern for the trade finance community and the international financial institutions regulating trade. Marc Auboin from...

The Japanese policy bank has previous when it comes to private equity investments in Asia, but now appears to be targeting the US market with increased vigour.

Demand for trade finance exceeds supply by around $1.4 trillion, a new report by the World Trade Organisation warns. The knock-on effects of this gap on global trade and...

Ghana has approved its new Export-Import Bank after months of political wrangling. But will export financiers be prepared to engage with Africa’s latest export credit...

Localisation requirements in emerging-markets projects are meant to be a way of giving back; an attempt at ensuring a lasting beneficial legacy for the local population...

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.