The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has launched its first Uridashi 'masala' bonds, which are sold to Japanese household investors. The proceeds will...

Swedish energy company Vattenfall has signed up to Germany-based supply chain finance (SCF) provider CRX Markets. The implementation of the programme will initially be...

Hong Kong-based commodities trader Noble Group is in talks to refinance a $1 billion revolving credit facility. If pricing on the new loan does triple, as reports...

TXF‘s Judith Fagelson catches up with a couple of BAML’s short-term trade gurus to discuss how the industry has changed following the infamous events of 2008.

Export Credit Norway has hired Jeffrey Lai to represent Norwegian businesses in its Singapore office. The office will be ran in collaboration with Innovation Norway,...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has raised $73.9 million through rupee - or masala - bonds to fund infrastructure projects in India. It...

Tanzania and Kenya are boosting trade between the two nations with a road funded with the help of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Japan International...

Power projects between Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan have been boosted after a trilateral agreement on transit trade was agreed. Projects include the Central...

Germany is set to resume export credit guarantees to Iran once the country has cleared its $560 million credit debt. The two nations have also discussed a number of...

UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK's export credit agency, is looking to boost trade ties with Rwanda. UKEF is offering export finance worth up to £75 million...

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) is set to raise $1.5 billion from a five-year sukuk issue. The offering is being arranged by Boubyan Bank, CIMB, Emirates NBD...

Australia's United Petroleum has hired Gaurav Kapoor, a former Trafigura trader, to start trading oil products at its new office in Singapore.

He Wenbo, chairman of metals and mineral trader China Minmetals, said Chinese companies would continue to buy overseas mining assets. He said the country was looking...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) have signed a $1 billion agreement to expand their cofinancing activities in Armenia,...

Ghana has approved its new Export-Import Bank after months of political wrangling. But will export financiers be prepared to engage with Africa’s latest export credit...

South Korean companies bidding for construction orders overseas will be aided by $2 billion from the government. The country is particularly seeking new opportunities...

Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC), Australia's export credit agency, is optimistic about the future for the country's small and medium-sized...

Commodity trader Olam International has hired three people to start a vegetable oils trading desk in the Netherlands, it was claimed. The group hired Ton Rabeling, who...

The Ghanaian government has passed a bill to create the country's export-import bank (Ghana Ex-Im). The bank will help Ghana take advantage of international trade...

The Export-Import Bank of Hungary (Hungarian Ex-Im) has opened a $406 million credit line to companies in the country and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Annual trade...