Trade finance specialist Bachmann & Welser is planning to launch the $2 billion B&W Global Project Finance Fund in March to coincide with the opening of its...

Greek energy company Energean is planning a $500 million IPO on the London Stock Exchange to add to the $1.25 billion raised by Israeli and international banks to develop...

Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear generator has closed a bond issue for a nuclear waste storage project at a cheaper rate than its parent, thanks to a first-of-its-kind...

Orrick has appointed Paul Doris as a partner in London. Doris advises on domestic and cross-border private equity and MA transactions, with a focus on wind and solar...

Altech Chemicals has had its manufacturing licence for the proposed KfW IPEX-financed high purity alumina plant in Johor, Malaysia, approved. Issuing the formal...

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed a final agreement on the formation of a joint venture company to promote Japanese investment in the...

Germany's Degussa Bank is to use a white-labeled direct API-based connection to local fintech startup Giromatch to provide clients with faster loan decisions and...

The Saudi Arabia based-Advanced Petrochemical Company (APC) and Global Company for Downstream Industries (GDI), a subsidiary of the Riyadh-based Addar Group, have signed...

Italy's SACE has appointed Dario Liguti as the new Chief Underwriting and Business Innovation Officer. He succeeds Alessandra Ricci, who was appointed CEO of SIMEST...

Eighteen bidding teams have responded to pre-qualification for Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company’s (EETC) 600MW West of Nile solar PV project. The prequal...

Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has launched the first mixed round of tenders for large-scale solar and wind turbines. The German government...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has appointed Marjut Santoni as Secretary General. She will start her new role on 1 March. From 2013 to 2015, she was Deputy Chief...

Congo Republic is set to become the latest African country to start debt relief talks with trading houses after borrowing $2 billion from merchants such as Trafigura and...

The World Bank has agreed to provide $486 million to Nigeria to support its Nigeria Electricity Transmission Project. The funds will be used to upgrade electricity...

Africa-focused OVH Energy has appointed Huub Stokman as its new Chief Executive Officer. He was previously the head of Puma Energy International in Angola. Before that,...

Finastra has unveiled a tailored Fusion Treasury solution for Russia and the CIS. The local language solution enhances customer experience in Russian speaking markets....

The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) has released a paper pressing for faster cross-border payments at a global scale. Cross-border payments are...

Traditional bank loans still reign as the top financing target for small business borrowers, but a new report by Mercator Advisory Group suggests alternative lenders are...

Krishnan Ramadurai, the International Chamber of Commerce's Trade Register Project's new chair and HSBC's global head of capital management for trade and...

Despite the endless stream of PR statements about banks exiting coal-related lending, none can actually track where the proceeds of loans to commodity traders go. When...