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06 July 2017

Prepayments: Right direction but sufficient risk perception?

The second restructuring of Glencore’s pre-pay deal with SHT, combined with more deal volume and the increasingly risky markets traders are financing, is flagging up the...

12 June 2017

Commodities lending: Blind man's buffer?

Systemic risk - not yet. But as more of the commodities market becomes concentrated in the hand of a few large traders, are bank exposure limits a workable buffer to an...

04 May 2017

Trade Wars: How trade is being weaponised

TXF joins the front line with Rebecca Harding co-author of ‘Trade Wars – how trade is being ‘weaponised’ to discuss the theory and narrative behind the book.

20 April 2017

Shop talk: The reflections and forecasts of Peter Luketa

Peter Luketa, former global head of export finance at HSBC, led one of the most successful teams within the export finance sector. With 20 years of ECA-backed lending...

18 April 2017

Uruguyan wind: Small market - big impact

Uruguay is the MacGyver of clean energy development. Equipped with just some pocket change from the UN’s climate fund, the country has become a global standard-bearer for...

10 March 2017

Onshore, offshore: The Chinese borrowing dynamic is changing

Changes in Chinese foreign exchange regulations could be set to attract new international banks and domestic borrowers to the offshore financing space. And after years of...

27 February 2017

Continuity and change in credit and political risk insurance

Jonathan Bell talks with Anthony Palmer about his 41 years in the credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) market, the key events that have shaped its development, and...

04 January 2017

TXF Deal of the Year 2016 Award submissions due to close on 23rd January

We are looking for the most innovative, market influencing transactions within trade, commodity, ECA/DFI-backed and project financing.

03 January 2017

Combined agency and private finance sees Bangladesh Sirajganj power project across the line

In a triumph for Bangladeshi project financing, agencies and private companies have come together to secure the financing for the Sirajganj BOOT power project, which will...

19 October 2016
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Kai Preugschat set to depart the Berne Union for ADB

The Berne Union’s secretary general, Kai Preugschat, is leaving the organisation to take up a high-level position within the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila,...

07 October 2016

Chinese foreign debt regulation change opens door for international banks

The Chinese government’s change in rules dealing with foreign investment offshore could see an increase in international bank financing in the country. Fangyuan Group’s...

06 October 2016

Landmark $500m stand-by LC set to transform Ghana power generation

In a ground-breaking transaction for Ghana, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank have issued a $500 million stand-by letter of credit on behalf of Ghana National Petroleum...

05 October 2016

Norilsk secures $500 million of new money through unsecured club deal route

Russia’s Norilsk Nickel has signed a five-year $500 million committed revolving back-stop credit facility (RCF) with a group of international banks. The transaction is on...

22 September 2016
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

ITFA panel emphasises role of distribution for trade growth

One of the key themes to come out of the recent ITFA conference held in Warsaw was the increasing importance of the role of distribution and syndication within trade to...

22 September 2016

Finnvera steps in to finance UK biomass plant amid government subsidy cuts

The UK government introduced dramatic cuts to renewable energy subsidies in August, just a month before Finland's ECA, Finnvera, closed a £100 million financing for the...

06 September 2016

Mizuho boosts team with hire of Tim Lamey as EMEA head of export finance

Mizuho Bank has boosted its team in the EMEA region with the hire of Tim Lamey as head of export and structured trade finance, EMEA. The appointment will give Mizuho a...

02 September 2016

SMBC pays tribute to Turnbull as STCF is reorganised in London

SMBC has reorganised its structured trade and commodity finance (STCF) groups in London within its global trade finance department. As part of the reorganisation it is...

11 August 2016
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Infrastructure, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Transport, Waste and water

Olympics gives Brazil some cover

Summer in the northern hemisphere is usually a slow period for export credit agency (ECA) and DFI-backed financing, but this year I can’t help noticing that it is one of...

29 July 2016

HSBC in Mexico makes senior appointment to GTRF team

HSBC has appointed Beatriz Monteagudo as head of the transaction management unit joining the global trade and receivables finance (GTRF) business in Mexico.

26 July 2016

TXF awarded ‘Best Trade Finance Journal’ by TFG

Trade & Export Finance News (TXF) has been named best trade finance journal by Trade Finance Global (TFG) in its annual product awards for excellence, which recognise...