Russian oil company Rosneft has announced that it has started early repayment of a part of the loan obtained earlier in 2013 from international banks to finance TNK-BP...
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) and the Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation (EGAP), the export credit agency of the Czech Republic, have...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing two loans to Pakistan to help deliver reliable, cost-effective electricity to domestic and business consumers.
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has just released its figures for its financial year 2013, which reveal the agency has supported a record number of...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting phase I of the construction and operation of a wind farm in North West Poland with a loan of up...
Russian aluminum producer Rusal has signed an agreement with VTB Capital for the establishment of a credit line with a total aggregate amount of up to RUB15 billion ($456...
Deutsche Bank, working together with steel trader Duferco, has arranged an $800 million structured steel pre-payment term loan facility for China-based Tangshan Iron &...
Power company AES Gener, the Chilean subsidiary of US-based AES Corporation, and Chilean copper mining company Antofagasta Minerals (AMSA) have signed the financing...
Over the past couple of months, TXF has been beavering away along with our friends at Silversun Media to create a library of free, high quality video content for our...
The IFC and Standard Chartered Bank (StanChart) have signed a unique risk sharing facility, which will increase the amount of renminbi (RMB) denominated trade finance...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a €40 million ($54.7 million) loan to Hrvatske Zeljeznice Infrastruktura (HZ Infrastructure), the...
China Airlines, Taiwan’s largest international carrier, has implemented CashPro Accelerate, a cash-management and treasury solution provided by Bank of America Merrill...
Sumitomo Corporation in collaboration with GDF Suez and Abdullah Hamad Al Sagar & Bros have signed the project financing for the first phase of Kuwait's first independent...
Russian oil and gas company Lukoil has signed an export finance package with a club of international banks for a major upgrade programme at its Bulgarian refining...
Susanne Kavelaar is due to become the chief representative in Europe for IFC's global trade and supply chain finance programme
Joint Citi / Santander $1 billion trade securitisation is expected to price at one month Libor plus H60's bp
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has signed agreements for increased cooperation in third-country projects with three French organisations that occupy key...
Development financial institution Proparco has signed a $40 million loan agreement with Chase Bank (Kenya). The loan, which has a seven-year tenor, will be used for...
Bank balance sheets are no longer big enough. Trade’s new natural home should be with institutional investors. Risk is not priced correctly. Jonathan Bell interviews John...
Gunvor Group has signed a $1.515 billion revolving credit facility (RCF) for joint borrowers Gunvor International BV and Gunvor SA in a syndication which saw heavy...
Welcome to Exiled: The Real Assets People, a podcast where we ‘strand’ a guest on a desert island and ask them who from their professional past, present, and future they’d choose to be stranded with. After all, it’s people that make a profession. Our first guest is Catherine Lang Anderson, Partner & Head of Trade & Commodity Finance Practice at A&O Shearman. Recorded live from the Royal Academy of Arts, it will be no surprise to anyone who knows Catherine that her Exile is going to be a party!
Commodity traders reaped substantial profits off the back of market volatility in 2022 and 2023. With their war chests armed, they pursued a policy of diversification – across financing, business lines and investments.
The trade finance industry has suffered a trio of ailments since the end of 2024 with the shuttering of three different non-bank lenders. While the circumstances across the three cases vary, market conditions are posing problems for lenders of all sizes. How can the community reflect on these events, and what options are borrowers left with?
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