The African Development Bank (AfDB) has issued the first "Light Up and Power Africa" Bond for about JPY 10 billion, sold to Tokyo-based Dai-ichi Life Insurance...
Guangxi Hydroelectric Construction Bureau is in talks with Chinese banks to secure finance for the construction of 60MW Kapangan hydropower project in the Philippines,...
The Export Guarantee Fund of Iran has signed an agreement to bolster banking and insurance cooperation with Polish export credit agency KUKE.
Switzerland-headquartered commodity trader Vitol has closed syndication of a new $8 billion revolving credit facility (RCF). The heavily oversubscribed deal includes...
Santarelli Group subsidiary Inergia has closed a €32 million ($38 million) project financing for its 22MW Parco Eolico Banzi wind project in southern Italy. The...
Finnvera issued a $1 billion three-year bond on 27 September with a coupon of 1.875% – its largest US dollar transaction to date. Credit Agricole, Citi,...
LSP Transmission Holdings as operator of over 500 miles of transmission lines, believes its ability to develop power-line projects as an out-of-state...
David A Lang has joined Baker McKenzie as a partner in the firm's Houston office and as global head of LNG. Lang will focus primarily on...
SACE has guaranteed a Banca Popolare di Puglia e Basilicata loan to Apulia-based IT and digital services firm The Digital Box to support its growth in the US market and...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is to shut five of its seven offices in Russia next year as its projects are drying up following the country's...
A survey by SWIFT and EuroFinance has highlighted pressing issues such as the current lack of payments traceability and confirmation of credit, the lack of visibility on...
Brazilian development bank BNDES is looking to develop more external sources of funds to lower its dependence on the country's Treasury. BNDES has committed to...
ENGIE North America through its subsidiary Green Charge and the municipally-owned utility Holyoke Gas & Electric (HG&E) will deploy a 3MW/6MWh energy storage...
Statoil has bought a 40% share of the 162MW construction-ready Apodi project in the municipality of Quixere, Ceara State in Brazil from Norwegian IPP Scatec...
Renewable energy asset operator Saeta Yield has acquired the Lestenergia portfolio of 9 operational Portugese wind farms for €104 million following an agreement...
Solar module producer Neo Solar Power (NSP) is set to construct a two-phase 40MW solar project in ChangHua, Taiwan with subsidiary General Energy Solutions...
Turbine manufacturer Senvion has secured a full EPC contract to build the 27-turbine Los Hercules wind farm owned by EREN Renewable Energy and awarded a PPA in...
Realtime Electronic Payments (REPAY) has completed its takeover of accounts receivable management firm PaidSuite and says it will target add-on acquisitions as it looks...
Managing counterparty risk is a growing burden for corporates but numerous tools can help. For financial institution counterparty risk, treasurers should establish strict...
The 2017 financial year was another tough one for stakeholders in the mining sector. Decreases in precious metal rand prices have put a lot of pressure on conventional...
Cameroon recently signed an ECA-backed loan for a strategic national road project. The deal has provided a financial blueprint for SME exporters to get involved in future such deals in the country - if they are willing to shoulder complex and lengthy deal timelines.
Every article should have a call to action in the 'standfirst'. It's particularly tough to do that on an obituary for a much loved friend and colleague. Thanks to all those who joined us at Sean's alma mater London watering hole, the Cockpit, to raise a glass in his memory. For those who missed it, please do continue to read about him.
The latest Angolan Ministry of Finance ECA-backed loan to sign to fund the construction of an airport marks the country's ninth such sovereign deal this year, with Angola now accounting for nearly half of Africa's total deal volume.
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