Sberbank of Russia has revealed it is the latest bank to join SWIFT's Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry - a centralised repository that maintains a standardised...

Localisation requirements in emerging-markets projects are meant to be a way of giving back; an attempt at ensuring a lasting beneficial legacy for the local population...

The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) operations reached an all-time high of $27.15 billion in 2015. The figure - a sign of the continent's demand for development...

Multinational law firm Eversheds has appointed Jae Lemin as a partner in the banking and finance team, and Paul Moloney as Of counsel in the financial services and...

Sberbank of Russia has revealed it is the latest bank to join SWIFT's Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry - a centralised repository that maintains a standardised...

The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be open for business in Beijing on 16 January 2016. The development bank now has 57 members and is seen...

Submarine communications cables developer Seaborn Networks has completed its $500 million funding for Seabras-1 - a fibre optic cable system connecting New York and...

Bank recommendation levels are on the up among British small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to research overseen by the British Chambers of Commerce...

A group of European development banks, led by the Netherlands' FMO, have lent Myanmar-based Irrawaddy Green Towers $122 million to build telecom towers in the...

US-based global law firm Reed Smith has examined the effectiveness and limitations of entire agreement clauses. Questions regarding their effectiveness appear to arise...

The former head of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has been hired by American private-equity firm TPG Capital to lead a new investment drive into...

Hong Kong-headquartered commodity trader Noble Group's credit rating has been cut to junk by Standard & Poor's. The ratings company lowered Noble Group to...

Cocoa - the best performing commodity of 2015 - is set to plunge this year, according to Rabobank International. A global surplus will send prices tumbling, it...

Australia is set for a record trade deficit amid plummeting prices for the country's key commodities. The January-to-November shortfall has already surpassed the...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is eyeing up a $100 million loan facility and up to $75 million mobilisation to Singapore-based commodity trader Olam...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Belgium-based BNP Paribas Fortis have signed a partnership deal for each to provide a €250 million loan to support projects...

A $120 million stadium will be built in Ethiopia by a Chinese company to increase the country's chances of hosting international and continental football...

Representatives from Bechtel and Boeing will be speaking at TXF’s one-day conference in New York. The conference, which will be held on 22nd January 2016, is...

The Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Academy has appointed Vijey Ananda as commercial director. His role will focus on the development of the...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) global transaction services has announced the launch of automated US dollar cross-border cash pooling services for corporations...