European multi-utility Engie announced a swathe of power generation sales on 25 February. The sales cover 13,000 Megawatt (MW) of capacity, as part of what Engie calls...
Diamonds may be forever, but they are as vulnerable as the next commodity to a global downturn. Diamond miners had a rough year in 2015, although they still outperformed...
On the sidelines of the recent TXF Africa 2016 conference in Addis Ababa, Ollie Gordon spoke to HE Khaled Mohammed Al-Aboodi, CEO of the IsDB’s Islamic Corporation for...
The state of trade, commodity and export finance in Brazil: special correspondent Luis Waldmann looks at the avenues that Brazilian exporters have for export, commodity...
UK Export Finance’s chief executive, Louis Taylor, tells TXF how the export credit agency is broadening its product suite to offer more support to UK exporters.
US Exim could be one step closer to being able to fully supporting US exporters following Senator Shelby’s recent victory at the Alabama Primary.
This two-part series examines the positive and negative aspects of working with agency lenders or agencies. ‘Agency lender’ is a name given to a group of...
Fred Hochberg, chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) speaks to TXF about the reality of running a bank that has been held...
As of 1 December, professional services firm EY, leading through its Eschborn office in Germany, is formally launching its global export credit agency (ECA) coordination...
HSBC’s highly-regarded global head of commodity & structured trade finance (CSTF), Jean-Francois Lambert, has left the bank. The departure comes as part of a structural...
Michal Ron, managing director, head of international business, SACE, argues that knowledge-sharing and cooperation in the export finance industry is a quick-fire way of...
Last year, the Berne Union provided an update on how its members have worked with small and medium-sized exporters (SMEs) given their important roles in supporting...
Annual business volumes of many insurers and banks are more often than not driven by project finance and large corporate loan transactions. However, when looking at the...
Over the past four years the global level of risk has been relatively stable, notwithstanding differences between the advanced economies and the emerging markets: the...
CC Solutions' Valerie Colville discusses how the US export credit agency’s charter came to expire on 30 June, what is likely to come next, and what can be done to bring...
Louis Taylor has been appointed as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the United Kingdom’s export credit agency UK Export Finance (UKEF). He takes up the role in...
Former Nigerian agriculture minister, Akinwumi Adesina, has today been formally sworn in as the new president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) at a ceremony...
Jin Liqun has been selected as president–designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) at the 6th meeting of chief negotiators representing the bank's 57...
ABN AMRO has appointed Robbert Booij as the new country executive for the United Kingdom and general manager of ABN AMRO Bank UK branch.
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...
This year TXF is celebrating a decade of change at the tenth edition of the Amsterdam Global Commodity Finance event. Read on to find our thoughts on a few of the trends that the market is seeing, from concerns over sanctions to growing gas volumes – as well as a special welcome video from the TXF team.
The return of Commodity Trading Week marks a period of sustained calm in the commodities markets – at least in contrast with the volatility of recent years. But how long will this last, and what can the industry do to manage risk going forwards?
In her first interview since her appointment on 7 May, Shona Tatchell, the new head of trade and supply chain finance, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP), discusses her unusual journey to the role, and how she is well placed to help champion digitalisation and sustainability in trade. Is she the 'Queen Creole' of trade facilitation?
Pauli Heikkilä, CEO of Finnvera, reflects on the swinging pendulum for export financing he’s seen in two decades heading Finland’s ECA. Global swings from market forces towards protectionism using public money is not risk free, he warns.
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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