Malta-headquartered FIMBank has appointed Maarten van Alkemade as head of its trade finance department. A Dutch national, van Alkemade joins FIMBank from Coalogic,...

the role of head of financial institutions (FI) regional unit London. Her responsibilities will be to, drive the FI portfolio and work with new and existing clients....

Commodity producers, traders and financiers gathered in Amsterdam last week for TXF's inaugural Natural Resources & Commodities Finance conference. Held at the Beurs van...

The Chinese and Kenyan governments have signed an agreement whereby Chinese contractors will build a new rail link between the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa and the Kenyan...

As part of our Commodity Finance Series, TXF has released a Natural Resources & Commodities Finance special report.

Jamaica’s first digital agricultural clearing house using SMS to Web technology will launch in August, connecting small farmers with buyers.

ABN AMRO has promoted Jacqueline Chang to the newly created role regional head of commodities Asia, as part of an expansion of the bank’s global commodities activities...

East Africa-focused microfinance platform Musoni will extend to Uganda by year-end, focusing from the start on rural regions and agricultural finance, according to CEO...

Equinox Global, the Lloyd’s coverholder specialising in trade credit insurance, has moved into a new office in New York and has been approved as Lloyd’s coverholder in...

The German development bank, Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) is providing a loan of €3 million ($4.1 million) to the German horticulture company...

Scobie Mackay has been promoted to the position of head, commodity traders and agribusiness, trade finance at Standard Chartered (StanChart)in Singapore.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an unfunded $50 million risk participation agreement (RPA) with the Union de Banques Arabes et Françaises (UBAF), to...

Trade documentation software specialist Bolero International has appointed Ian Kerr as its new chief operating officer (CEO).

MIGA and the IFC have approved a package of loans and guarantees supporting a series of energy projects that will help boost independent power generation and ease...

First Quantum Minerals has closed the syndication of its $2.5 billion five-year term loan and revolving facility, which was increased to $3 billion through...

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank, a US-based provider of funding and financial services to agricultural credit associations, has selected SunGard’s Ambit Commercial Lender to...

Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) has promoted Isabelle Roux-Sharpe as the new head of the export finance business units and project team. The...

Specialist insurer, Markel International, has appointed Simon Philpin as underwriter and senior risk analyst in its trade credit division.

Orpic (Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company) and a consortium of 21 international and national financial institutions have signed a $2.8 billion umbrella...

Commodity trader Trafigura has published a whitepaper analysing the economics of commodity trading firms.