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13 July 2016

Thomas Jacquet joins insurer Coface

Credit insurer Coface has appointed Thomas Jacquet as group investor relations & rating agencies director. He succeeds Nicolas Andriopoulos.

13 June 2016

China Exim continues to woo Ethiopia with $500m industrial park loan

China Eximbank is advancing a $500 million loan to Ethiopia towards the construction of an industrial park in Adama, in the latest rapprochement between the two...

26 April 2016

Jim Thomas to lead new Everest insurance unit

Bermuda-based Everest Re Group is growing its insurance platform with the launch of a new credit and political risk business unit. Jim Thomas has been hired from...

22 April 2016

MOST INNOVATIVE ECA FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR: Peru’s Lima Metro taps ECA and PPP model

In a pioneering $800 million deal to finance Peru’s Lima Metro, the borrowers successfully structured a joint ECA and Public Private Partnership, to be crowned as TXF’s...

20 April 2016

Former Berne Union president takes leading role at XL Catlin

Daniel Riordan has been appointed as president, XL Catlin Global Political Risk and Trade Credit. This represents a significant move from the private insurance...

14 April 2016

ECAs propel cruise-ship market boom

Last week, MSC Cruises signed a letter of intent with STX France for the construction of four LNG-powered ships with France's ECA, Coface, backing the $4.5 billion...

09 March 2016

Thomas Cook to help SMEs with cross-border trade deals

Thomas Cook (India) is working with Western Union Business Solutions and India's DCB Bank to help the country's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with...

12 February 2016

Lundin signs Europe’s largest reserve-based loan

As oil prices reached 12-year lows with wide-ranging consequences for the petroleum industry, Lundin Petroleum (Lundin) sealed the largest-ever reserve-based lending deal...

12 February 2016

Bank-fintech alliances set to revolutionise B2B payments

In a new report just released, it asserts that banks and fintechs should collaborate rather than compete, as a strategy to overcome some of the challenges facing the...

02 February 2016

Receivables finance and the importance of contract due diligence

International law firm Thomas Cooper has examined receivables finance and looked at the importance of due diligence on the underlying sales or customer contracts.

01 February 2016

Finance focus: Bail-in powers over troubled institutions

Thomas Cooper, the international law firm, has reported on the Prudential Regulation Authority's (PRA) recognition that the implementation of Article 55 of the...

21 January 2016

Thomas Cooper examines the end of Iran's sanctions

International law firm Thomas Cooper has examined the lifting of sanctions on Iran and what it means for countries and individuals.

05 November 2015

Berne Union elects Topi Vesteri as president at AGM in Shanghai

At the Berne Union - the International Union of Credit & Investment Insurers - and Prague Club annual general meeting this week in Shanghai - hosted by China’s official...

18 August 2015

Wells Fargo makes hire to lead European push of supply chain finance

Wells Fargo Capital Finance, part of Wells Fargo & Company has appointed Nick Lawrence as managing director for supply chain finance as it finalises the build out of its...

15 June 2015

New Zealand ECA announce new senior hires

The New Zealand Export Credit Office (NZECO) have announced three senior hires. The New Zealand export credit agency (ECA) have hired Phil Quinn and Michael Hoare -...

27 February 2015

Register now for TXF’s free SCF webinar

Join TXF for our live webinar on how companies are using supply chain finance (SCF) on Monday 16 March.

12 January 2015

IFC and Rabobank provide loan for Georgian glass bottle manufacturer

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank group, is teaming up with Rabobank to provide financing for Georgia’s sole glass bottle...

09 December 2014

Deutsche arranges largest Chinese structured commodity deal to date

Deutsche Bank has arranged a $1.5 billion pre-payment loan for China’s Tangshan Iron & Steel Group (Tangsteel), in a transaction which is the largest structured commodity...

08 December 2014

Inventory finance and a view on Qingdao

The investigation into falsified warehouse receipts, the warehouse lock-down and fraud investigation against Decheng Mining (and others) in the Chinese port of Qingdao...

06 November 2014

Citi launches integrated supply chain and working capital management suite

Citi’s Treasury & Trade Solutions division has launched Integrated Payables Solutions, a product designed to aid clients in identifying opportunities to effectively...