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05 January 2017

SIMEC hires Rene Baars to help drive European operations

SIMEC, the global commodities and energy group, has hired commodity and trade finance specialist Rene Baars to help expand its Geneva-headquartered European operations....

05 January 2017

Gunvor sues Cerberus over failed Chevron bid costs

Swiss-based oil trader Gunvor is suing Cerberus Capital Management over claims the US private equity firm won't pay its share of costs incurred when the two companies...

05 January 2017

Thomson Reuters: Debt capital markets review 2016

Overall global debt capital markets activity hit a record high of $7 trillion by the end of last year, a 16% rise on the previous 12 months. JP Morgan held the top spot...

05 January 2017

Kexim, K-sure back Iraq new city project

South Korea's Hanwha Engineering and Construction has received about $560 million in construction fees from Iraq for its new city of Bismayah project, 10km from...

05 January 2017

Lloyds appoints Charnley as new national sales director

Lloyds Bank has hired Andrew Charnley as its new national sales director. He will lead its global transaction banking invoice and trade finance business for small and...

05 January 2017

Norfund agrees deal for Nigerian solar power plant

Norway's Norfund and Scatec Solar, and African infrastructure fund Africa50 have signed a joint development agreement for the investment of the Nova Scotia power...

05 January 2017

US Ex-Im reveals $8bn support in 2016 report

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) supported more than $8 billion in exports during 2016, according to its Fiscal Year 2016 Annual Report. Small...

05 January 2017

Development Bank of Rwanda expands export guarantee fund

The Development Bank of Rwanda will almost double its export guarantee fund in 2017 - but many mass producers will still miss out because of the relatively small number...

05 January 2017

EssDOCS unveils latest Paperless Trade Insights

Fintech group essDOCS has delivered its Paperless Trade Insights for the final quarter of 2016. 'Trade digitization' dominated the headlines - but with a shift...

04 January 2017

Yamal LNG: Multi-sourced, multi-priced, multiple sanctions

Financing for the Yamal LNG project is the highest profile demonstration to date of how Russian borrowers are adapting to EU/US sanctions.

04 January 2017

National Grid taps landmark ECA facility for NSL project

National Grid North America has tapped a SACE and EKN-backed facility to finance EPC contracts for the North Sea Link project. The transaction is the largest ever...

04 January 2017

KfW IPEX helps finance Chile power grid expansion

Germany's KfW IPEX-Bank is taking part in financing an $854 million power grid expansion project, Transmisora Electrica del Norte, in Chile. Eight local and global...

04 January 2017

A review of the $4trn syndicated loans in 2016

Global syndicated lending reached $4 trillion by the end of 2016, down 10% compared to the previous 12 months. Americas loans accounted for 58% of global loan volume,...

04 January 2017

IFC finances renewable energy projects in Brazil

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is providing $175 million in financing to Banco ABC Brasil in support of projects which will help mitigate the effects of...

04 January 2017

EBRD boosts green transport in Romanian city

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed a €22 million-equivalent loan to the Romanian city of Constantato to buy new low-emission...

04 January 2017

TXF Deal of the Year 2016 Award submissions due to close on 23rd January

We are looking for the most innovative, market influencing transactions within trade, commodity, ECA/DFI-backed and project financing.

04 January 2017

Vitol seals $1bn pre-finance oil deal with Iran

Swiss-headquartered oil trader Vitol has sealed a deal with the National Iranian Oil Company to loan it an equivalent of $1 billion in euros guaranteed by future exports...

04 January 2017

India Exim agrees deal with Ivory Coast for Tata Motors services

The Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim) has extended an $87.46 million buyer's credit to the Ivory Coast for the supply of 500 buses, 62 fleet maintenance...

04 January 2017

Development Bank of Wales set for launch

The Development Bank of Wales is to launch in the first half of 2017 following receipt of a detailed business plan. It is set to provide more than £1 billion of...

04 January 2017

SACE: Disappointing export growth in 2016

Italian export credit agency SACE says the country's exports growth slowed considerably in 2016. Key factors were sluggish exports to the US following a good...