Mexico has auctioned 21 of 24 onshore oil and gas blocks on offer to investors from North America and Asia, including tycoon Carlos Slim and Mexican newcomer Jaguar.

After a burst of greenfield and brownfield financings in the US PJM power pool - a boom fuelled by cheap gas - recent capacity auctions point to a slowdown. Some bankers...

Lincoln Power, a Carlyle subsidiary, has reached financial close on the debt backing its acquisition of a 1000MW-plus portfolio of US gas-fired peaker generation units...

General syndication is set to be launched for a $2 billion seven-year revolving credit facility (RCF) to finance Neptune Energy’s acquisition of Engie’s North...

Carlyle Group is suing a group of its insurers over $400 million of oil it claims it lost when Morocco's sole refinery, Samir, went bankrupt two years ago....

London-based Neptune Oil and Gas, backed by private equity funds The Carlyle Group and CVC Capital Partners, has made a firm and binding offer for a majority stake in the...

Ince & Co has announced three partner promotions. In Beijing, Fei Mao focuses on general commercial litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on aviation,...

Insurer Sompo Canopius has hired Will Clark and Scott Morrison, both from AIG, as trade credit underwriters. Clark was previously head of UK trade credit at AIG, while...

Australian apple exporter Lenswood Apples has embraced high-tech packing machines to boost business in a deal with Tesco and Morrisons in the UK. The pre-sizer machine...

Australia’s New South Wales pronounces itself happy with an all-local bid for its prize electricity transmission asset.

SMEs in Asia and the Pacific face acute challenges in obtaining financing, with unique geographies and low bank densities forming barriers for businesses. The development...

The Australian government's push to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is beginning to bear fruit, as last month Australia's export credit agency (ECA),...

Inside Industrial Infrastructure (IIICorp) and tagmydeals are pleased to announce a partnership between two leaders in deal intelligence.

SMBC has reorganised its structured trade and commodity finance (STCF) groups in London within its global trade finance department. As part of the reorganisation it is...

Banco Santander has appointed Mariano Urquiola as its new head of global transaction banking (GTB) US. He is based in New York and reports to Federico Papa, head of...

The $314 million deal is part of a strategy to get a slice of Eurasian trade along the new Silk Road as the country tries to wean itself off a dependence on shrinking oil...

Commodities group Olam International is expanding its grains trading in Switzerland after hiring executive Carl Desjardins from Grupo BTG Pactual. He will lead the...

Helen Castell asks brokers and insurers what’s next for the industry and whether developing unconventional new products is essential for insurers’ survival or a dangerous...

In the face of precarious politics and a troubled economy, Argentina's largest soy bean producer Vicentin closed a $135.3 million PXF in the country's largest...

Hong Kong-based commodities trader Noble Group is in talks to refinance a $1 billion revolving credit facility. If pricing on the new loan does triple, as reports...