More small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are seeking to export their goods and services abroad following a government export push in recent years, a couple of...
Former President of the European Commission, and one of the initial architects of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), José Manuel Barroso stated he...
Oliver Gordon catches up with some leading figures to discuss whether trade finance is still being unfairly penalised under the Basel III framework.
TXF’s Hesham Zakai ventures into the brave – but not so new – world of supply chain finance vendors and their respective offerings.
A funding crisis is developing in the commodities market as producers and traders, particularly of the small and mid-sized variety, struggle to access the type and volume...
In a development that might raise a few eyebrows in the export finance world, Italian export credit agency (ECA) SACE has topped the ECA export finance table in the first...
The Middle East was the top destination for export finance in the first half of the year, surging 18% year-on-year – TXF’s H1 Export Finance Report revealed this week.
Global trade growth built up expectations with a healthy recovery following the crisis, but it has since relapsed to a snail-like pace of advancement. Despite their...
Transport has wrestled energy off its throne as the leading sector for export finance in the first half of 2015 – TXF’s H1 Export Finance Report revealed this week.
Export finance volumes in the first half of 2015 have tumbled by 28% year-on-year, and by 35% compared to the second half of last year, TXF’s H1 Export Finance Report...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided a $40 million trade finance facility to Egypt’s fourth largest commercial bank, QNB Al Ahli, in a...
Barclays has collaborated with Chinese export credit agency (ECA) Sinosure to arrange $828 million in overall project financing for Zambia’s Maamba Collieries. The...
If prizes were being dished out for corporate success since the turn of the millennium, the big commodity trading houses would be right up there at the front of the...
SBM Offshore, a Dutch supplier of floating production and mooring systems, has completed a $1.55 billion export credit agency (ECA)-backed project financing to finance...
Akbank AG, the Frankfurt-based subsidiary of Turkey’s Akbank, today announced the closure of a $205 million-equivalent, dual-currency club loan. The one-year refinancing...
KfW IPEX-Bank, the international export and project financier, has collaborated with Danish export credit agency Eksport Kredit Fonden (EKF) to provide senior-debt...
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is committing up to $15 million for the development of the 10.6MW solar plant with 6MW of battery storage at Sandfire...
With multilateral finance institutions and development banks becoming increasingly prominent figures in the world of trade finance, Ollie Gordon caught up with the EIB’s...
MOST INNOVATIVE ECA/PROJECT FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR Ollie Gordon examines Indonesia's Sarulla Geothermal Power Plant project financing, which charts new territory for...
Despite the rising popularity of supply chain finance (SCF) around the globe, banks are not making their programmes easier enough for customers to implement and are...
Senior practitioners of the trade and export finance community will gather at the University of St Gallen this autumn for another edition of IfTI’s Global Symposium. Expect lively debate around case studies and best practices in trade as geopolitical tensions rise.
This year's winners of the TXF Export Finance Deals of the Year beat a lot of worthy contenders, with ESG credentials the running theme across those winning deals.
Since the first announcement of a partnership between Euler Hermes and Trafigura in 2022, European ECAs have built steady relationships with commodity traders. Today, as supply chain dislocation fades and funding demands ease, what role does the ECA-trader deal still have to play?
How do you have a thriving offshore wind export business when you don’t, technically, have an offshore wind industry? Norway’s exporters are finding the answer, and of Norway’s green exports, offshore wind is by far the largest supported by Eksfin. Tone Lunde Bakker, CEO of Eksfin discusses how the restructured agency has been helping support the pivot away from fossil fuels, into wind, marine, onshore aquaculture, to name a few.
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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