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18 May 2015
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Infrastructure, Oil & gas, Transport

JB's weekly round up - 15 May 2015

Next week is the start of a hectic period for TXF. We launch the inaugural “TXF Chronicle”, our latest industry special report. We’ll also be joined by 200 of the...

Perspective
18 May 2015

Fifty shades of corruption

When two prominent MPs (members of parliament) had to announce they would step down before the recent election after being caught on camera discussing taking cash for...

Perspective
18 May 2015

FIMBank appoints new chief risk officer

FIMBank has appointed Ronald Haverkorn as its new chief risk officer. The appointment comes following the bank’s financial results for 2014 report earlier this year in...

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18 May 2015

Boeing threatens to move manufacturing if US Exim is not reauthorised

In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Scott Scherer, Boeing’s head of regulatory strategy, has said that the aerospace and defence group would consider taking...

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15 May 2015

UKEF creates interactive toolkit for insurance brokers

The United Kingdom’s (UK) export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), has set-up an innovative, new online and interactive guide to help credit insurance brokers work...

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15 May 2015

Demica appoints Tim Davies first Europe head of origination

Working capital solutions provider Demica has appointed Tim Davies to the newly created role of head of origination, Europe. He will report directly to Demica’s chief...

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15 May 2015

HSBC appoints Asia-Pacific head of GTRF

HSBC has appointed Tan Siew Meng the newly created role of regional head global trade and receivables finance (GTRF) Asia-Pacific, with effect from 1 July 2015. This is a...

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15 May 2015

SACE signs agreement in support of Iranian ECA

Italian export credit agency (ECA) SACE has signed a technical cooperation agreement to increase the capacity of the Iranian ECA, Export Guarantee Fund of Iran (EGFI).

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14 May 2015

Reliance Infocomm signs $750 million K-sure backed loan

India’s Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries (RIL), has signed a $750 million loan backed by Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-sure). This...

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14 May 2015

BBVA welcomes new head of global trade finance

Spanish bank BBVA has appointed Francisco Javier Fernández de Trocóniz as its new head of global trade finance & international financial institutions, replacing the...

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14 May 2015

EBRD announces TFP award winners

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) honoured the most successful participants in its Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) 2014 in an award ceremony...

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14 May 2015

Russia’s VEB ramps up business in China

Russian state corporation Vnesheconombank (VEB) has increased business with Chinese institutions by signing a $8 billion framework credit agreement with China Development...

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14 May 2015

Euler Hermes makes series of senior executive appointments

Trade credit insurer Euler Hermes has appointed three regional chief executive officers (CEO) to its German, Austrian, Swiss (DACH), World Agency and French offices, and...

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13 May 2015
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Infrastructure, Transport

HSH Nordbank tie-up with Kexim strengthens bank’s focus on ship financing

HSH Nordbank has today signed a cooperation agreement with the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) and Busan, Korea's second-largest city after the capital Seoul, which...

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13 May 2015

'The perfect ECA': A discussion at TXF Washington

During the recent TXF Washington conference, a group of ECAs, multilateral institutions, lenders, insurers, and exporters got together to discuss how to design the...

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12 May 2015

SACE and Sinosure sign reinsurance agreement

The Italian export credit agency, SACE, and China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure), have today signed a reinsurance agreement aimed at facilitating the...

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11 May 2015

UniCredit merges global syndications and capital markets businesses

UniCredit announced today that it has combined its global capital markets and loan syndication businesses to create a new global syndicate and capital markets platform to...

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08 May 2015

RDIF signs four deals increasing financing cooperation between Russia and China

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has announced four major financing initiatives increasing Russia’s trade and economic cooperation with China. The development of...

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08 May 2015
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Metals and Mining

BHP Billiton selects essDOCS for harmonised documentation solution

Following a global tender, essDOCS, a leading enabler of paperless trade, has has won the contract to develop and deliver a document preparation (Doc Prep) solution for...

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08 May 2015

Report: Commodity Finance market overview

A special report from TXF Data presenting an overview of key commodities market transactions.