Volumes of export credit and investment insurance reported for 2014 by members of the Berne Union and Prague Club increased by 4% to reach a total amount of $2 trillion.
Geopolitics and international conflict were identified by the WEF at the beginning of 2015, as the primary risks facing business in the world today. However, 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...
Markel International, the specialist insurer, has appointed Savita Mascarenhas as underwriter for its expanding trade credit operations in Dubai.
International credit insurance company Euler Hermes has launched a new division - Euler Hermes Energy. The new division will be North American-based and focus on...
Commodity trading company Trafigura and Singapore LNG Corporation (SLNG), operator of the country’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, have signed a storage...
Russia’ Uralkali, one of the world’s largest potash producers, has signed a $530 million pre-export finance (PXF) loan agreement with eight international banks. The...
International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced it will provide a loan to Afriflora Group, a leading large-scale rose grower and distributor based in Ethiopia that...
French bank Société Générale (SocGen) has joined forces with the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) to finance the development of an emergency water...
SeaMex has secured a $750 million syndicated credit facility from a group of 13 international banks, TXF has learnt. The facility will allow the company to develop five...
Commodity trading company Trafigura Beheer has today announced that Christophe Salmon will become the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO) as of 1 October 2015.
Markel International (Markel), the specialist insurer, has been granted regulatory approval by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to operate within the Dubai...
Markel International, the specialist insurer, has appointed Linda Naili to its expanding trade credit team in Singapore.
Malta-headquartered FIMBank, has announced that it is entering the Greek market and will be providing a comprehensive range of trade finance and banking solutions,...
Markel International, the specialist trade insurer, has appointed Leroy Almeida to head up its office in Dubai. The appointment follows Markel’s application to the...
Adaro Indonesia, a subsidiary of coal mining company Adaro Energy has secured a $1 billion loan. The funds will be used to refinance its maturing debt this year and...
Markel International, the specialist insurer, has applied to the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to establish a company to operate within the Dubai...
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) and The Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) have teamed to act as joint financial advisors on a major Chinese LNG ship...
The love affair between banks and traders is sometimes resented by producers, who struggle to access bank finance directly. But traders are the arteries and veins of...
As of July, insurance company Markel Corporation will begin underwriting trade credit insurance in its New York office. Policies will be underwritten on an admitted...
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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