Law firm Allen & Overy has expanded its sub-Saharan project finance practice with the hiring of Jason van der Poel within its Johannesburg office. He comes in as a...

Lloyd’s of London has officially opened a new specialist underwriting platform in Dubai today to provide tailored risk solutions across the Middle East and North Africa...

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...

Allied Irish Banks (AIB) has entered into an agreement with global trade credit insurance Euler Hermes to support the exporting ambitions of Irish small and medium...

The continuing energy price crisis, coupled with the depreciation of the rouble and international sanctions, will see Russia emerge as the energy industry’s ‘top loser’...

French President Francois Hollande has announced the creation of a new ‘Bank of Exports’, to facilitate the finance of major international trade contracts, especially...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has made four senior appointments to its global transaction services (GTS) team, all from within its own ranks.

Dutch multinational, Rabobank, has appointed Jasper van Schaik as its new global head of trade and commodity finance (TCF).

Helen Castell discusses, with some of the world’s biggest exporters and borrowers, the changing role of export credit agencies (ECAs), the impact of political wrangles in...

Export credit has always been a vital lifeline for exporters and their customers, especially in times of crisis. Although the worst days of the global economic downturn...

Exporters of equipment and services are regularly asked by their foreign customers to grant medium-term extended credits. For small medium-term supplier credits, Credendo...

The Dutch state-owned bank, ABN AMRO, has launched an Asian corporate finance advisory business. The move comes as part of an attempt to build its range of wholesale...

Daniel Minzer has joined the Dutch bank as Americas head of metals commodities

Value chains like livestock and dairy face a unique set of challenges, giving them a reputation as being higher risk than those for soft commodities like grains.

African banks are taking the lead in financing the continent’s farmers, traders and soft commodities. With more local money in the system, they are also reaching further...

Singapore-headquartered, mid and downstream energy company Puma Energy, has successfully closed its $705 million revolving credit facility (RCF) and term loan renewal,...

Canadian power-producer Northland Power has reached financial close for its Project Gemini wind farm at €2.8 billion ($3.8 billion), making it the largest project...

Malta-headquartered FIMBank has appointed Maarten van Alkemade as head of its trade finance department. A Dutch national, van Alkemade joins FIMBank from Coalogic,...

Commodity producers, traders and financiers gathered in Amsterdam last week for TXF's inaugural Natural Resources & Commodities Finance conference. Held at the Beurs van...

East Africa-focused microfinance platform Musoni will extend to Uganda by year-end, focusing from the start on rural regions and agricultural finance, according to CEO...