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08 November 2013

The widening base in sub-Saharan Africa

Jonathan Bell examines some of the recent ECA- backed activity in sub-Saharan Africa, and finds an increasingly broad spectrum of transactions.

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08 November 2013

The revival of ECAs

Alexander Malaket reviews the role of the export credit agencies and examines how they are continuing to evolve, while also posing some thought-provoking questions.

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08 November 2013

Export finance head interview – Citi

TXF talks to Citi about some of the major trends impacting the export credit sector at the present time.

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08 November 2013

ECA documentation

Valerie Colville and Francisco Anzola asses documentation necessities

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08 November 2013

Export finance head interview – HSBC

TXF talks to HSBC about some of the major trends impacting the export credit sector at the present time.

Perspective
08 November 2013

Infrastructure surge will boost global trade

TXF looks at two recent reports, one from HSBC and one from the IADB, which focus on infrastructure trade and infrastructure investment as vital cogs in the health of the...

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08 November 2013

Export finance head interview – Investec

TXF talks to Investec about some of the major trends impacting the export credit sector at the present time.

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08 November 2013

Export finance head interview – ING Bank

TXF talks to ING about some of the major trends impacting the export credit sector at the present time.

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08 November 2013

Export finance head interview – Commerzbank

TXF talks to Commerzbank about some of the major trends impacting the export credit sector at the present time.

Perspective
07 November 2013

EXIAR and Garant to cooperate in trade

Credit and political risk specialist Garant and Russian export credit agency, Export Insurance Agency of Russia (EXIAR), have signed a cooperation agreement in...

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07 November 2013

Simon Cook joins Sullivan & Worcester

Law firm Sullivan & Worcester continues to build its trade and commodity finance practice at its newly opened London offices, with the hiring of Simon Cook. Cook, like...

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07 November 2013

IADB signs loans for Suriname’s electricity sector

The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) has sign two loans totalling $40 million to support Suriname’s electricity generation and power sector. The loans have been...

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07 November 2013

Sace and UniCredit combine for Bosnian silicon plant

UniCredit has signed a €30 million ($40.2 million) structured financing with Italian metals producer Metalleghe Group for a new silicon metal production plant in Bosnia-...

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06 November 2013

UniCredit Tiriac Bank chooses IMEX from Surecomp

Surecomp has announced that its IMEX Trade Finance solution has been deployed by Romania’s UniCredit Tiriac Bank (UTB). Cristina Bunescu, head of trade finance at UTB...

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06 November 2013

StanChart appointed for Indian wind farm cash account

Standard Chartered (StanChart) has been appointed as the sole account bank for CLP Wind Farm’s (India) (CLPWF) pooled projects. CLPWF’s current wind power projects are...

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05 November 2013

Boost for Danish SMEs with strong EKF support

Danish export credit agency Export Kredit Fonden (EKF) has reported a significant rise in the number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) winning SME export...

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05 November 2013

New CFO appointed at tech-provider Trimble

Specialist positioning technology provider Trimble has appointed Francois Delepine as chief financial officer (CFO). Trimble integrates a wide range of positioning...

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04 November 2013

CommBank appoints Steinebach as MD Hong Kong

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) has appointed Maaike Steinebach as its Hong Kong country head and managing director Hong Kong for its Institutional banking...

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04 November 2013
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JB's weekly round-up - 4 November 2013

We have been busy putting together our annual Export and Agency Finance Special Report (due later this week) and as such, I have had extensive conversations with nine...

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04 November 2013

Coal of Africa signs loan with Investec

South African coal mining company, Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL), has signed an 18-month, R210 million (approximately $21.4 million) working capital facility from...