New roles for Gerdpeter von Gurezky-Cornitz and Jens Haupt within the finance team at German manufacturer

Euler Hermes UK has appointed Guillaume Simonnet as new senior regional commercial underwriter.

The International Forfaiting Association (IFA), the world’s premier body for trade finance, is holding its 41st Annual Conference in Barcelona from 10-12 September 2014.

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed a project finance loan agreement in support of a total $643 million financing for a 290MW hydropower plant...

Calgary-headquartered junior oil explorer WesternZagros Resources has secured new debt financing amounting to $200 million. The funding comes from its largest shareholder...

HSBC has appointed Sriram Muthukrishnan as managing director and regional head of business development for global trade and receivables finance, Asia-Pacific.

Markel International, the specialist insurer, has applied to the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to establish a company to operate within the Dubai...

In a significant reorganisation of the export finance department, HSBC has appointed two new regional heads of the business line. The changes in the department – the most...

Commodity trader Trafigura, has today launched India’s first online refined metal retail platform – known as Lykos.

Today, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) released its Trade Register Report 2014. The empirical evidence from the report points to the fact that trade and...

HSBC veteran Stuart Tait has been selected to take over as head of the bank’s global trade and receivables finance (GTRF) division, replacing James Emmett. Emmett will...

TXF talks with several Asia-Pacific heads of export finance about trends and prospects for the business line in the region.

Commodity producers, traders and financiers gathered in Amsterdam last week for TXF's inaugural Natural Resources & Commodities Finance conference. Held at the Beurs van...

Specialist insurer, Markel International, has appointed Simon Philpin as underwriter and senior risk analyst in its trade credit division.

Since the establishment of the Berne Union in 1934 – with the aim of facilitating cross- border trade, by establishing common export credit principles – the role of...

In a strategic move, commodity trader Trafigura together with Trafigura Investment (China) has signed an agreement to acquire a 30% equity stake in the Jinchuan Group's...

HSBC has made three appointments to its global trade and receivables finance (GTRF) team, with Gerd Pircher becoming regional head, Latin America; Wei Wei Ng becoming...

Law firm Sullivan & Worcester, recently established in London, is broadening its scope with the appointment of yet another partner (also see TXF News 7 November 2013)....

HSBC has appointed Joel Van Dusen as its first global head of large corporates, tasked with shaping HSBC commercial banking’s strategic approach to its biggest domestic...

Law firm Sullivan & Worcester continues to build its trade and commodity finance practice at its newly opened London offices, with the hiring of Simon Cook. Cook, like...