As more governments explore the potential for LNG as part of their fuel mix, an increasing number of LNG regasification terminals are under construction around the world....

Construction risk has long been an impediment for the use of project bonds to finance greenfield infrastructure projects. The Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility...

ECAs and DFIs active in the emerging markets are getting increasingly capital markets savvy and matching support rhetoric with some very tightly priced borrowing of their...

Singapore-based commodity trader Olam’s debut European revolver is the latest signal that the Asian agri-trader label is outdated. Dramatic growth in recent years means...

India has experienced record low bids for solar concessions over the past year. While that is good news for offtakers – how low can offers go before they stop being...

Despite a growing deficit and the announcement of a $55 billion infrastructure budget for the next 10 years, the Australian government is adopting the CEFC template and...

The news that Glencore and Bunge have held informal talks about a ‘possible consensual business combination’ is the latest signal that the pace of consolidation in...

To coincide with the IMF Spring Meetings, MIGA recently held a panel discussion to showcase multilateral breakthroughs in credit enhancement that enable borrowers to tap...

Supply chain finance pure-play providers' use of traditional fee models is causing revenue to be far smaller than increases in new business volumes would suggest. Should...

Uruguay is the MacGyver of clean energy development. Equipped with just some pocket change from the UN’s climate fund, the country has become a global standard-bearer for...

Developers under Egypt’s FiT Round 2 programme are racing to secure international debt for solar power tenders by the end of the April. With revisions to key issues that...

US Exim’s lack of a quorum and inability to approve transactions over $10 million has necessitated some key changes in strategy at GE Energy Financial Services (GE EFS)....

Olivier Paul - Head of Policy, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission - outlines the continuing value of ICC’s Trade Register project, its...

Following the departure of its grains chief executive, Matt Jansen, Cofco Agri appears to have altered its plans to become a global agricultural trader. The shift could...

Smithfield Foods, one of the US’s largest pork producers, is purchasing grains and grain elevators directly from farmers and steadily removing traders from parts of their...

The recently-elected members of the US’ Trade Finance Advisory Council (TFAC) attended their inaugural meeting last month. The 20 private-sector leaders represent banks,...

ECAs are to offer guarantees for two LNG projects in Mozambique, as commercial lenders watch closely to see how talks progress between the government and the IMF before...

The Chinese renminbi this month dropped from the second to the third most active currency in trade finance, overtaken by the euro. The drop has resulted from a slowing...

Earlier this month Goldman Sachs revealed they had not renewed their membership of R3 CEV, the blockchain consortium. Hours later, Spanish banking giant Banco Santander...

Donald Trump’s election last Tuesday may have only surprised pollsters but there was a mixed reaction in the trade financing space. The potential effects of Trump’s...