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19 September 2018
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Infrastructure

Financial close on Waikeria Prison PPP

Following contractual close earlier this week, sponsors of the NZ$830 million ($549 million) Waikeria Prison PPP in New Zealand have reached financial close on the...

12 September 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Africa and China – reinforcing the ties that bind

China is putting more major funds and resources in place to further cement trade and investment ties with Africa, but asks Jonathan Bell is this sustainable and what are...

05 September 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport

Sharp rise in marine fuel will impact global trade

The global shipping industry is preparing for a sharp rise in the cost of marine fuel come 2020. Jonathan Bell explores the implications of this – for the crude oil...

03 September 2018
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Power, Renewables

GIP completes acquisition of NRG Yield

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has completed the acquisition NRG Energy, Inc.’s ownership interest in NRG Yield, Inc. and NRG’s renewable...

31 August 2018
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Transport

Bombardier: Senior VP and General Counsel Daniel Desjardins to retire

Bombardier has announced that Daniel Desjardins will retire as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, at the end of the year. He will be...

29 August 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Mexico and US strike new trade pact to replace NAFTA

What does the new trade deal, agreed in principle between the US and Mexico, spell out in the finer detail, and what implications could it have for other trade spats and...

22 August 2018
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Metals and Mining

Lithium Americas makes senior management team hires

Vancouver-headquartered Lithium Americas has announced new appointments to the senior management team. Jonathan Evans is to join the company as President and Chief...

22 August 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Turkey turmoil raises difficult questions

The Turkish economy has been overheating. Mounting external debt and the mismanagement of the economy has caused the Turkish Lira to plummet against the US dollar and...

15 August 2018
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Chemicals/Petrochemicals

Aegean Marine Petroleum unveils leadership hires and new Management Committee

Greece-headquartered Aegean Marine Petroleum has announced three executive appointments and the establishment of a new Management Committee. Kostas Polydakis, formerly...

15 August 2018

US wages economic war against Iran

With the United States' first wave of economic sanctions on Iran already having a heavy impact on the Iranian economy, Jonathan Bell looks at how this will also affect...

08 August 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

China-US trade punches

Last week's announcement that China plans to impose tariffs on up to $60 billion worth of US goods points to a heating up of the trade war between the two countries....

07 August 2018
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Oil & gas

Oil trading: The wrong kind of slick investment?

Rising oil prices dampened trader’s profits last year as the market moved from contango to backwardation, and many of the larger houses are already starting to diversify...

02 August 2018

Melmed joins King & Spalding

King & Spalding has appointed Jonathan Melmed as co-chair Global Private Equity and head of US Power & Infrastructure. Melmed joins from Morrison & Foerster...

02 August 2018
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Infrastructure, Waste and water

E&Y wins advisory for Unified South Sarpy Wastewater System P3

Sarpy County and Cities Wastewater Agency in Nebraska has appointed Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisors as preferred proponent to provide financial advisory...

01 August 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power

Miners dig in to resolve African resource nationalism challenges

This week's edition of The Week That Was focuses on recent problems being caused by resource nationalism in Africa's mining sector

27 July 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Manufacturing & equipment, Oil & gas, Power

Soy it goes!

It would be good to escape from major economic trade factors that are influencing our lives – if only for a while, and for some in the Northern Hemisphere that obviously...

19 July 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

US-China get electric on the auto front

Jonathan Bell, Editor-in-Chief at TXF gives us his take on news that Tesla is to build an EV Gigafactory in Shanghai, as well as a review of TXF's market coverage from...

04 June 2018
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Infrastructure, Transport

Six responses for the Belle Chasse Bridge and Tunnel PPP

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has received six responses to their Request for Qualifications for the Belle Chasse Bridge and Tunnel...

31 May 2018

Vesteri to be presented with TXF Industry Fellowship Award

Topi Vesteri, Deputy CEO, Group CCO at Finnvera and President at the International Union of Credit & Investment Insurers (Berne Union) is to be honoured with the TXF...

30 May 2018

TXF Global 2018: Editor's choice

With TXF Global 2018: Export & Agency Finance just around the corner, we cast our eyes at the agenda for some of our favourite sessions taking place next week. If you...