When I first worked for Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (Nexi) during 2003 to 2006, seconded from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan as the head...
Although the operations of Berne Union members are diversified across various products, geographies, governance models, and regulatory systems, the growing role of ECAs...
Oruro, Bolivia sits on the High Andean Plain 180 km south-east of La Paz. As the sun rose over this bucolic community of miners on 9 February, 2007, soldiers of the...
Think back some 30 years ago: what were the main concerns of an exporter participating in a large dam project requiring significant resettlement actions and with...
An increasing amount of attention has been focused on SMEs in recent years, as their role in supporting national economies has been emphasised. How have Berne Union...
With six of the world’s top 10 shipyards located in the country, Korea stands at the forefront of the global shipbuilding market. In 2013 alone, Korea won 16.58 million...
Coface’s support in the space sector experienced dramatic growth in 2008 – linked to the financial crisis – and since then there has been a steady stream of business....
The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), the insurance arm of the AAA rated Islamic Development Bank Group (IDB) based in...
Africa 80 years ago was a much different place. In fact, when the Berne Union was launched, Africa was largely under colonial rule. A few decades later, with independence...
The role of international trade and its impact on the global economy has been revisited anew since the global economic crisis. This article examines the impact of...
Since the establishment of the Berne Union in 1934 – with the aim of facilitating cross- border trade, by establishing common export credit principles – the role of...
Five leading business associations have joined forces with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission to undertake a major project to standardise and...
Perth, Australia headquartered oil exploration company Tap Oil has signed a borrowing base debt facility with BNP Paribas (BNPP) for up to $90 million, primarily to fund...
The LME aluminium price has certainly not been encouraging. In this negative climate, what Rusal has managed to achieve through production cuts, how the company is...
Jonathan Bell talks with Andrew Voysey, director, finance sector platforms, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), about the Banking...
China has, and continues to be the leading light as the global end-user of raw commodities. It is the key player. Now in the agri sector China is revealing the country’s...
Jonathan Bell talks with the RB International (RBI) global natural resources team heads in Vienna about what the recent reorganisation means for the bank’s operations and...
Hesham Zakai provides an overview of the FImetrix survey on commodity trading companies' views on finance and regulation.
Hong Kong-headquartered Pacific Basin Shipping (Pacific Basin), through PB Vessels Holding (PBVH), a wholly-owned British Virgin Islands company, has signed an export...
TXF is delighted to be the official media partner for this year’s Fin4Ag conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Running from July 14 to 18 at the Kenya School for Monetary...
The financing backing TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG project was taken out of the financial fridge earlier this year but funds are yet to be disbursed. With the latest military insurgence in the gas-rich region, and ECAs and banks reticent on when the deal will close, meeting conditions precedent seems ambitious in 2024.
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.
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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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