Russian metals and mining company Evraz has signed loan agreements with VTB Bank for the development of its Urals iron ore mining operations. The borrower is Evraz’s...

Eastern European growth has laboured as a result of the eurozone crisis. Yet overall economic growth continues to surpass that of Western Europe, says Per Fischer, head...

Citi and Santander have partnered to issue Trade MAPS 1 - an asset-backed securitisation (ABS) debt issuance backed by trade finance assets. The two institutions will...

Russian mineral fertiliser producer Uralchem has signed a new, $200 million, five-year unsecured syndicated loan. This is the debut unsecured syndicated loan for the...

The aviation industry will take delivery of $3.5 trillion of new commercial jets aircraft over the next 20 years, with an average of $125 billion of funding required over...

Stamford, US-headquartered Finacity Corporation has successfully merged of two existing trade receivables securitisations for Mexican glass producer Vitro SAB de CV...

Law firm Hogan Lovells is expanding its scope and capabilities in Africa by merging with the South African law firm Routledge Modise. The combination will take effect...

Dutch institutional investors Zwitserleven, the Spoorweg Pensioenfonds and the Pensioenfonds Openbaar Vervoer have made a first deposit in the SNS FMO SME Finance Fund –...

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) has appointed Aleem Khan as head of its newly established structured financing business. Before joining NBAD, Khan served as...

View pictures from the recent ECA Finance in 2013 conference in Paris

Read the results from our ECA finance industry poll, taken at the TXF conference in Paris

The differences between export credit agencies was a prevailing topic of conversation at the TXF ECA Finance conference in Paris

Metals and energy producer Norsk Hydro has signed a $1.7 billion syndicated revolving multi-currency credit facility with a syndicate of 13 international banks. The...

Russia’s Nomos-Bank has secured a syndicated loan of $240 million from a group of foreign and Russian banks. The arrangement is the largest syndicate loan yet arranged...

Last week was an extremely busy time for everybody at TXF as we uprooted ourselves from London to deliver our ECA Finance in 2013 Conference Paris.

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has announced a record year for fiscal year 2013. Highlights of the year’s operations include: • OPIC's lending...

Eksport Kredit Fonden (EKF) and the Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior (Bancomext), the export credit agencies of Denmark and Mexico respectively, have signed a...

Wells Fargo and the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) have combined to arrange financing to support US exports of compressor equipment to Singapore. The...

ABN AMRO has appointed Peter Boogers as global head of energy within the bank’s energy, commodities and transportation (ECT) business. Boogers is promoted from his...

Law firm Sullivan & Worcester, recently established in London, is broadening its scope with the appointment of yet another partner (also see TXF News 7 November 2013)....