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Perspective
22 September 2016

Finnvera steps in to finance UK biomass plant amid government subsidy cuts

The UK government introduced dramatic cuts to renewable energy subsidies in August, just a month before Finland's ECA, Finnvera, closed a £100 million financing for the...

News
22 September 2016

HFW hires Diane de Mouy as partner in Paris

Global law firm Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has hired Paris-based finance expert Diane de Mouy as partner. She has experience in areas such as export finance,...

News
22 September 2016

Will US Ex-Im be fully online at the end of the month?

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) could be free to approve guarantees over $10 million by the end of the month if Congress approves a stop-gap...

News
22 September 2016

Cocobod seals $1.8bn PXF for 2016/17 cocoa purchases

The Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has signed a $1.8 billion pre-export finance facility with international banks. The loan was oversubscribed by $640 million.

News
22 September 2016

UKEF hires Richard Simon-Lewis

UK Export Finance (UKEF) has hired Richard Simon-Lewis as its head of civil, infrastructure and energy. He joins following a career including 20 years leading...

News
22 September 2016

Kexim finances Turkish hospital construction

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has agreed $159 million in direct loans and loan guarantees for a project to build a hospital in Turkey. The project will be...

News
22 September 2016

EuroChem signs $800m PXF to refinance debt

Swiss-based EuroChem, the Russia-focused fertiliser producer, has signed an $800 million pre-export finance facility (PXF). The five-year facility was sealed with a...

News
22 September 2016

Sibos 2016: Discussing real-time liquidity monitoring and management

Ahead of Sibos 2016, Dennis Sweeney - global liquidity & collateral relationship management at Societe Generale - discusses: Real-time liquidity monitoring and...

News
22 September 2016

GE Africa's Jay Ireland to help advise US on trade

Jay Ireland, president and CEO of GE Africa, has been named as chair of the second President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa. He will advise on...

News
22 September 2016

SWIFT on application of financial business standards to DLT

SWIFT has released a new paper investigating the application of business standards to distributed ledger technology (DLT) and smart contracts.

News
22 September 2016

KDB to agree credit line to help Hanjin unload cargo

The Korea Development Bank (KDB) is set to offer the country's troubled Hanjin Shipping a $45 million credit line to help it unload stranded cargo. KDB is...

News
22 September 2016

EBRD funds Turkey's investment in undersea cable system

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is funding Turkey's investment in a fibre-optic submarine communications cable system to carry data...

News
22 September 2016

Equant Analytics looks at Trump, the AfD, and Russia

Equant Analytics Global Themes for September 2016 includes reports into the potential geopolitical impact of a Donald Trump presidency, the AfD's rise in Germany,...

News
22 September 2016

Olivier Bazin joins HFW as Geneva partner

Law firm Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has hired Olivier Bazin as a partner in its Geneva office. He specialises in cross-border finance, structuring and negotiating...

News
22 September 2016

Seabury Trade Finance Exchange makes advisor hires

US-based Seabury Trade Finance Exchange has hired Guy Rey-Herme as senior advisor to its board. Aithene Yung and Corbin Ho also joined the company, a division of...

Perspective
21 September 2016

Kexim credit 'unaffected' by shipping losses

South Korea's ECA, Kexim, posted a net loss of $838.6 million for the first half of the year after bad debt provisions surged due to over exposure to struggling...

Perspective
21 September 2016

Commodity financiers ‘cautious’ of China risks

Following the Financial Times’ Asia commodities summit in Singapore, questions have been asked about the over-supply of particular commodities and high debt levels in...

News
21 September 2016

NDB to raise up to $3bn in next 3 years

The New Development Bank (NDB) will raise up to $3 billion over the next three years to help finance infrastructure projects in emerging markets such as India. It is...

News
21 September 2016

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network renews $1bn RCF

Greece-headquartered petroleum refining and trading group Aegean Marine Petroleum Network has renewed its $1 billion secured global borrowing base multicurrency...

News
21 September 2016

China Exim backs power supply project in Nairobi

The Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) is financing a project to boost the electricity supply network in and around the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. Kenya Power...