US natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy has arranged a $1 billion five-year term loan to buy back senior notes due between 2017 and 2038.

The Development Bank of Kazakhstan (DBK) and holding group Almex are planning to jointly fund promising projects and bid to attract foreign investment into the...

Argentina hopes the International Monetary Fund (IMF) can help boost its risk rating - which is currently on par with North Korea and Iran. IMF economists will assess...

Despite sanctions still impacting Russia, the state-owned oil giant Gazprom’s UK-based subsidiary has quelled lender concerns to seal a new commodity financing agreement....

Swiss-headquartered Micro Informatique & Technologies (MIT) - which develops trade and commodity finance software solutions - has opened an office in Singapore to...

FIMBank, the Malta-based trade finance bank, is back in profit for the first time since 2014. The group registered a half-year profit after tax of $1.21 million...

KUKE, the Polish export credit agency, has appointed Janusz Władyczak to the post of vice-president of its board. He will be responsible for sales and product offer...

US-based Gerber Finance, which provides asset-based lines of credit, has hired Kevin McGarry as chief credit officer. He joins from First Capital, where he led the...

BNDES, the Brazilian state-run development bank, has revealed a net loss of $689 million in the first six months of the year - reversing a huge profit in the same...

India's ECGC and the Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim) could be strengthened by being freed from strict regulatory rules and given more financial support...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed a $75 million loan for the development of Canada-headquartered Centerra Gold's Oksut...

The Middle East is the largest export finance borrower market in the first half of the year, with a 35.3% share of the global market; the export finance community cites...

The Japanese ECA, JBIC, topped the table by covered volume with 25 transactions totalling $9.68 billion in H1 of 2016, with the German ECA Euler Hermes in second place...

Germany's KfW IPEX-Bank is contributing a €97.4 million loan to the financing of the Merkur wind energy project in the North Sea. Parent group KfW is adding...

Topics covered in this volume of Ishka include China's growing leasing ambitions, the uphill task to break-even by 2017 faced by unprofitable Oman Air, Aeroflot...

Canada's Encanto Potash has appointed seven people to its board of directors and made Norman Brewster chief executive officer (CEO) of the company.

US-based FSW Funding has provided a $2 million factoring facility for South Africa's Just Fun Toys. FSW teamed up with a purchase order lender which provided an...

The Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim) has agreed financial support to Ghana for the construction of a railway line from Tema port to Akosombo.

Finland's export credit agency, Finnvera, has released its half-year report, saying demand for its export and special guarantees and export credits rose steeply on...

The Korea Development Bank (KDB) and the State Bank of India (SBI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation in areas including corporate...