Today, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) released its Trade Register Report 2014. The empirical evidence from the report points to the fact that trade and...

JP Morgan has appointed Pravin Advani as its new global head of sales for global trade and loan products, effective May 1. He replaces David Conroy in the role, who left...

At a board meeting of a top 20 multinational corporation, the question of whether to invest $50 million in a project in a Middle Eastern Country was discussed. The...

Accounts receivables securitisation specialist Finacity has closed two loan facilities for US-based affiliates of international corporate clients. Both the facilities are...

Jonathan Bell, editor-in-chief at TXF, talks with Dan Riordan, president of the Berne Union, about taking the organisation forward in its 80th year.

Since the establishment of the Berne Union in 1934 – with the aim of facilitating cross- border trade, by establishing common export credit principles – the role of...

How financial institutions can partner with consumer goods companies to help reduce deforestation

Finacity, the trade receivables securitisation specialist, has closed a new securitisation programme with agricultural processing company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)....

JP Morgan has reached a definitive agreement to sell its physical commodities business to Mercuria Energy for $3.5 billion. The all cash transaction is expected to close...

Mizuho Bank and Itaú BBA International have arranged financing for Rio-based oil and gas firm GranEnergia to purchase and take delivery of a multi-service vessel, named...

French bank Natixis is expanding its presence in Asia-Pacific with two new hires for its regional banking platform within trade and treasury. Yuri Lin has been appointed...

Structured commodity financier Gilles Sayer has joined Essar as managing director of Peak Trading Overseas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Essar Global Fund. In this...

Swiss commodities trader Ecom Agroindustrial Corporation (Ecom) is in the process of buying Armajaro Trading, the trading arm of London-based commodity trading house and...

Berne Union, the association of export credit insurers, today announced the retirement of secretary general Peter Jones.

Trade transactions are fraught with all kinds of perils – starting with those in the board room. Country risk specialist Daniel Wagner provides insight into how to avoid...

Regulation was the key challenge identified by panelists at an engaging opening session of the ICC banking commission meeting in Vienna.

Daniel Riordan, CEO of Global Corporate, Zurich North America has been elected president of the Berne Union – the international association of export credit insurers. He...

International law firm King & Spalding has hired Alejandro Jara, former deputy director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), as senior counsel in the WTO and...