Trade finance took another battering in the mainstream press earlier this week. With the fallout of the Citi/Oceanografia fraud still rumbling on daily, attention has now...
Hong Kong headquartered Tai Chong Cheang Steamship Group (TCC Group) has secured financing amounting to $47.7 million to finance the purchase of two bulk carriers from...
One year on from the introduction of the ICC Uniform Rules on Bank Payment Obligation (URBPO), market adoption of the trade finance instrument has been fairly slow....
The great and good of Spain’s export finance community met for an informal roundtable in Madrid yesterday. The meeting, jointly hosted by TXF and Cesce – the Spanish...
The Berne Union has appointed Kai Preugschat as its new secretary general, filling a gap at the head of the secretariat following Peter Jones’s retirement in November...
Italy’s export credit agency, Sace, has guaranteed a $100 million export credit issued by HSBC in favour of Orpic (Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company),...
Hesham Zakai talks with David Godfrey, chief executive officer of UK Export Finance, about the turnaround which the agency has undergone in the last five years.
TXF talks with several Asia-Pacific heads of export finance about trends and prospects for the business line in the region.
Hesham Zakai analyses the results of the inaugural ICC export finance benchmarking survey.
Jonathan Bell talks with Jonathan Joseph-Horne, head of export & agency finance for EMEA within the global trade finance department, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation...
In this article, Charles Berry, Chairman, BPL Global, argues that, increasingly, the ECAs are needed to provide additional capacity for risks for which there is market...
Hesham Zakai assesses the impact of the Russia-Ukraine political problems on trade.
Commonality among export credit agencies can be found in procurement of home country goods and services, the heart of this type of financing.
TXF examines the recently launched export refinancing facility by UKEF.
Jonathan Bell examines the renaissance of shipbuilding in Asia in a sector assisted by the demand for specialised vessels.
Deutsche Bank has appointed Jens Ruebbert as chief country officer (CCO) and head of global transaction banking (GTB), Deutsche Bank, Vietnam.
Mandated lead arranging (MLA) banks have launched a new seven-year pre-export finance (PXF) transaction into senior syndication for Angolan the state-owned oil producer...
The Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim) has signed a $100 million line of credit agreement with the Nigerian government for the financing of three energy projects in...
Russia’s Gazprom has signed a 30-year gas contract with the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) that will see more than 1 trillion cubic metres of gas flow...
Agricultural commodity trading company Olam International has secured a $2.2 billion unsecured revolving credit facility (RCF).
The wait for the winners of the TXF Perfect 10 Commodity Finance Deals of the Year is over. Read on to find the landmark deals of 2024.
In February the Berne Union and the ICC convened a meeting of export finance practitioners to discuss the future of sustainability in the industry. The key message? A more holisitic approach is required to appropriately balance risk and impact.
TXF spoke with Orsted's Peter Highmore, senior vice president, head of partnerships and M&A and EIFO's Kurt Martin Larsen, managing director for transactions and global wind to outline the major opportunities and challenges in the offshore wind sector — from crowding in Taiwanese state-owned banks to supporting new Ukrainian developments. Why take the ECA funding route?
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