In a ramp up of the US-China trade wars, the US is accusing China of being a currency manipulator in order to gain trade advantages. But, asks Jonathan Bell, is this...

UK-based advisory start-up Avonhurst has appointed James Wyatt and Ian Frost as partners.Launched in London in July by former Jones Day partner Jonathan Bloom, the new...

Cofco has signed the largest loan for an agri trading company yet which is linked to sustainability elements. Jonathan Bell examines this growing trend within...

DLA Piper has appointed two new project partners in Sydney – Owen Hayford and Jonathan Stafford.Hayford joins from PwC, having established his career at Clayton...

TXF talks to Makiko Toyoda and Jessica Schnabel, the women who are spearheading the development of IFC’s latest initiative to raise access to trade finance for...

SWIFT has enhanced its global payments innovation (gpi) service for corporates, it announced today. Multi-banked corporates will now be able to initiate and track...

In the first of this series of Risky Business podcasts Coriolis Technologies CEO Rebecca Harding talks to TXF’s Katharine Morton about where we are now with trade...

Despite some of the legal challenges taking place in the US, financiers can be expected to remain committed to the huge volume of hydrocarbons financing which will take...

In the age of ‘clean and green’ there is a growing need to develop rail transport links globally. And on the African continent some recent rail projects show that...

The decision to maintain oil production cuts, and by so doing the market price, is a clear reflection of the impact of the US-China trade wars. Jonathan Bell assesses the...

Jonathan Yellen, head of Mizuho’s power and infrastructure project finance team in the Americas since late 2017, has departed the bank. Yellen, who has also held...

The Chief Executive officer of Ghana Export-Import Bank, (GEXIM), Lawrence Agyinsam, has been elected as the president of the Global Network of Export-import Banks and...

BELLIN, a provider of treasury software and services, has successfully integrated SWIFT gpi for Corporates (g4C) in its tm5 treasury management system and completed the...

Dentons Boekel has strengthened its Banking and Finance practice in Amsterdam with the recruitment of Jacqueline Bell as a partner. She joined the Firm on 1 June.Bell is...

African power generation is still dominated by a mix of hydro and coal, but renewables are finding good purchase in almost every country and at increasingly affordable...

Vancouver-headquartered Lithium Americas Corp has announced that Tom Hodgson has retired as Chief Executive Officer and Director. The board has appointed Jonathan...

As the shipbuilding industry in Norway transitions, so the government support appears well-placed to back new developments. However, in the case of finance for a...

Travers Smith LLP has promoted corporate finance lawyer Jonathan Walters to its partnership, with effect from 1 July 2019. His practice focuses on advising infrastructure...

Now that SWIFT’s Trade Services Utility (TSU), the matching application that underpinned the Bank Payment Obligation, is on its way out, the wiring of trade finance needs...

Philippe Mills, chief executive officer of SFIL, the French public development bank, talks to Jonathan Bell about how the French agency is making a difference on the...