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10 December 2013

Boost for Kenyan SMEs as Proparco signs deal with Chase

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...

Transmission
10 December 2013

TXF interviews John Ahearn, global head of trade at Citi

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...

Perspective
09 December 2013

Gunvor signs oversubscribed RCF

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...

Perspective
09 December 2013

Ince & Co appoints new global head of trade

International law firm Ince & Co has appointed Stuart Shepherd as its new global head of trade. He succeeds Steven Fox who will be retiring from the firm in April...

Perspective
09 December 2013

JB's weekly round-up - 9 December 2013

tagmydeals is a free of charge, user-generated database covering deals in trade, export and project finance. Following months of consultation with many of you (something...

Perspective
09 December 2013

Russian Copper Company successfully closes PXF

Russkaya Mednaya Kompaniya (Russia Copper Company – RCC) has successfully closed its $250 million pre-export finance (PXF) facility. The facility is a five-year,...

Perspective
06 December 2013

IFC and SG combine to finance Cote d’Ivoire oil imports

IFC and Société Générale CIB (SG CIB) have co-arranged a $300 million trade finance facility to fund crude oil imports into Cote d’Ivoire. The arrangement is for the...

Perspective
06 December 2013

Russian power sector gets EBRD local currency loan

Russia’ power sector is to get a major boost with a 12-year, €100 million ($136 million) loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)to assist...

Perspective
06 December 2013

Mechel arranges covenant holidays with lenders

Russian mining and metals company, Mechel, has agreed terms for covenant holidays with a group of international lenders and separately in relation to bilateral credit...

Perspective
06 December 2013

DEG provides loan for Chile solar power project

The German development bank – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) – will contribute $18.5 million as part of a loan package to finance the expansion...

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05 December 2013

US Ex-Im provides direct loan for Turkish Star refinery

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has come up with one of its largest direct loans to date under its direct lending programme – a $640.7 million...

Perspective
05 December 2013

MIGA risk survey finds increasing levels of caution

In a new survey on risk published by the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) it reveals that foreign investors are increasingly cautious about investing in...

Perspective
05 December 2013

Schlumberger selects StanChart for cash management solution

Schlumberger the world’s largest oilfield services company, has selected Standard Chartered (StanChart) to provide a comprehensive cash management and trade guarantee...

Perspective
04 December 2013

EBRD provides financing for Ukrainian agri-sector

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a new debt facility to Ukrainian agribusiness producer Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP Group).

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04 December 2013

China’s RMB overtakes euro as second most-used trade finance currency

According to the Society for Worldwide International Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), China’s renminbi (RMB) overtook the euro as the world’s second most-used trade...

Perspective
04 December 2013

GE Hungary exports to Russia get Sberbank and Mehib backing

Russia’s Sberbank has signed its first export credit transaction with the Export-Import Bank of Hungary (Hungarian Exim), allowing for the export of...

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03 December 2013

Gazprom-Neft signs mega club loan

Russian oil exploration and producing company, Gazprom-Neft, has signed a $2.15 billion club term facility agreement with a group of international banks. The heavily...

Transmission
03 December 2013

Risk, regulation and alternative funding sources: Geoff Wynne on trade finance in 2014

Another chance to see Geoff Wynne's lecture on trends in trade finance

Perspective
03 December 2013

Gazprombank finances PDVSA Venezuelan JV

Russia’s Gazprombank has agreed to provide financing to an oil producing joint venture with Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the state-owned Venezuelan oil and natural gas...

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03 December 2013

Kexim provides first ship bond to help local firms

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has agreed to provide a ship bond guarantee to help ship financing to a local shipping company - Sinokor Petrochemical. This is...