India’s largest steel company, JSW Steel, has received an export finance loan of approximately €15 million ($21 million) that will allow it to expand its production site...

Keaton Energy, the South African coal mining and development company, has concluded a R350 million ($32 million) financing facility from Investec Bank, of which R300...

Bpifrance, the French public investment bank, has announced a new funding mechanism aimed primarily at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help French businesses...

Swedish-headquartered upstream oil firm Lundin Petroleum has signed a $4 billion reserve-based lending (RBL) facility. The new Lundin RBL is believed to be the largest...

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has appointed Alexander Malaket, to its 12-member executive committee. He will advise the ICC Banking Commission on its...

Commodity trader Trafigura has announced its intention to invest in and build its regional hub in Montevideo, Uruguay, to complement regional offices already established...

KfW IPEX-Bank is financing a cruise ship commissioned by Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCCL) to be built by Meyer Werft – the third Quantum-class cruise ship built at the...

Russian oil and gas producer Gazprom Neft’s board of directors has been reviewing the company’s debt structure, with a view to the optimisation of raising funds.

Electronic Shipping Solutions (ESS) has today announced its rebrand to essDOCS (pronounced ‘sDocs’), a new identity that balances it’s electronic shipping solutions...

VTB Bank has signed a general agreement with Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, in which Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) has a major shareholding. The agreement is...

First Quantum Minerals (First Quantum) has formally mandated banks to arrange a new $2.5 billion five-year term loan and revolving credit facility. The company has also...

Political risk insurance (PRI) broker Berry Palmer & Lyle (BPL Global) is expanding its operational scope in Asia with the hiring of Margaret Ho as a senior broker for...

The Basel Committee has issued changes to the Basel III regulatory framework’s leverage ratio structure and disclosure requirements, following a consultation process on...

Johan Schrijver, the former managing director of the Dutch export credit agency Atradius, has set up a new consultancy, Schrijver & Partners, to advise businesses and...

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The export credit agencies of Mexico and Italy, Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior (Bancomext) and Sace respectively, have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at...

BBVA has arranged two loans for Enel Green Power (EGP) in Mexico and in Chile in separate loan agreements each valued at $150 million. In the first instance, the bank...

Korean agencies the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) and K-sure have combined with the Norwegian Guarantee Institute for Export Credits (GIEK) to provide financing for...

Russia’s VTB Bank has announced that it arranged deals worth more than $4 billion in 2013 as part of a drive to develop its international trade and export finance...

Russia’s Novatek and Total have approved a final investment decision (FID) for the Yamal LNG (liquefied natural gas) project, consisting of the development of the...