Commodities powerhouse Trafigura Beheer BV (Trafigura) has successfully priced a €550 million bond issue under the company’s European Medium Term Note (EMTN) programme,...

There is a general consensus within the banking industry that – as a concept at least – privileging short-term profitability over the long-term health of an institution...

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.

Law firm Baker & McKenzie has expanded its presence in South Africa with the addition of leading projects and energy partner Kieran Whyte. He will be based in...

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (Pbb), Germany’s specialist bank for commercial real estate and public investment finance has appointed a new head of ECA finance.

The West African Development Bank (BOAD) has raised XOF115 billion ($196.3 million) to support the 2014-2015 cotton season in Benin. This is the third consecutive year...

KfW IPEX-Bank (KfW) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have teamed together to provide a loan for Ethiopian Airlines, the largest airline in Africa.

Commerzbank has announced it will open a representative office in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast.

Siem Offshore Rederi (Siem), the subsidiary of Norway-based Siem Offshore, will receive up to $350 million in a financing co-arranged by Germany’s KfW IPEX-Bank.

Thai power production company Chaiyaphum Wind Farm Co has received two loans worth a total of $85 million, which it will use to support the development of a wind power...

KfW IPEX-Bank has announced that it will help finance a gas-operated direct reduction facility to be built in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Oslo-headquartered shipowner and operator Avance Gas Holding (AGHL) has secured new bank financing from a club of international banks for the purchase of four very large...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) today announced a new slate of members for its advisory committee for fiscal 2015.

Singapore-listed Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd. (Yoma Strategic) has secured a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is designed to improve infrastructure...

The Canadian export credit agency (ECA), Export Development Canada (EDC) has announced it will guarantee a loan provided by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), to support...

KfW IPEX-Bank has signed an agreement to finance the construction of 10 new river cruise ships for Viking River Cruises (VRC), the world's leading river cruise company.

International law firm Ashurst has appointed Chin Chuan Chen as a partner in its finance team in Beijing and Singapore. This is the latest appointment in a string of...

OW Bunker, the Danish-owned, largest global independent marine fuel (bunker) company, has become bankrupt. The news has alarmed banks and traders alike.

Chris Mitman, global head of export and agency finance, Investec Bank, Corporate and Institutional Banking, explores current and future potential trends in the market.

By Ravi Suri, regional head – corporate finance & project finance, managing director, co-global head – structured export finance; Torsten Richter, head structured export...