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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...