Canada’s Equinox Gold and Leagold Mining have announced that shareholders in both companies have approved their merger, creating an America-focused gold miner with...
ArgoGlobal has announced the appointments of Jeremy Shallow as head of international specialty and Ross MacDonald as head of non-US international casualty. Shallow will...
US-based Bunge has reorganized its trading business, as one of the world's top agricultural commodity merchants presses ahead with its restructuring plan.After...
Fund manager Iona Capital has announced that co-founder Mike Dunn has passed away unexpectedly. Mike set up the company in 2011 with Nick Ross and together built the...
US law firm Hodgson Russ is pleased to announce that Noah Shaw has joined as a Partner and Co-Chair of the firm's Renewable Energy Practice. His practice centres on...
Ross Lomax is joining Herbert Smith Freehills' Johannesburg office from August 1. He moves from Norton Rose Fulbright in South Africa, where he was head of Corporate,...
Rio Tinto has completed the sale of its stake in the Rossing uranium mine in Namibia to China National Uranium Corporation Limited (CNUC) for an initial cash payment of...
First State Investments-owned Finerge’s recent Portuguese wind portfolio refinancing knocked around 100bp off the cost of debt and upped the tenor. But most significantly...
In the latest edition of law firm Sullivan’s Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar, partner Geoffrey Wynne questions whether there is a bright future for trade finance? Topics...
The growth of solar energy generation is fundamental to phasing out coal-fired projects in Vietnam. TXF spoke with lawyers at Watson Farley & Williams to discuss the...
The 640MW Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan has provided a viable financing template for large-scale offshore wind farms in nascent markets across Asia-Pacific. But...
Geothermal power projects in East Africa have been gaining traction after a handful of heavily DFI-backed projects reached financial close. TXF spoke with Darrell Boyd,...
Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) sealed a tightly priced heavily ECA-backed financing last month. However, the state-owned sponsor significantly cut back the initial ECA...
JBIC has claimed Sumitomo Corporation’s ECA-backed loan to finance the $2.8 billion Van Phong 1 coal-fired power project in Vietnam is its last loan for a ‘dirty’ power...
Former JLT Re chairman Ross Howard - who last November was appointed to serve as Guy Carpenter vice chair effective upon closing of the US$5.6 billion takeover deal...
TXF talks to Banu Erkok, manager at Turk Exim, to find out more about the Turkish ECA’s bid to stimulate the country’s crisis-stricken economy.
In the latest edition of law firm Sullivan's Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar, partner Marian Boyle and managing associate Hannah Fearn examine the use of insurance and...
The $15.3 billion RAPID oil refinery in Malaysia is nearing completion. But a recent oil blast has slowed progress and sponsors' aggressive terms have meant financial...
Bids are in for France's third round offshore wind tender – the 600MW Dunkirk project which will be the first under the new CfD regime. Will lenders feel comfortable with...
The US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the appointment of 21 new members to the Trade Finance Advisory Council. One of these new members is R3, which...
How do you have a thriving offshore wind export business when you don’t, technically, have an offshore wind industry? Norway’s exporters are finding the answer, and of Norway’s green exports, offshore wind is by far the largest supported by Eksfin. Tone Lunde Bakker, CEO of Eksfin discusses how the restructured agency has been helping support the pivot away from fossil fuels, into wind, marine, onshore aquaculture, to name a few.
The return of Commodity Trading Week marks a period of sustained calm in the commodities markets – at least in contrast with the volatility of recent years. But how long will this last, and what can the industry do to manage risk going forwards?
In her first interview since her appointment on 7 May, Shona Tatchell, the new head of trade and supply chain finance, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP), discusses her unusual journey to the role, and how she is well placed to help champion digitalisation and sustainability in trade. Is she the 'Queen Creole' of trade facilitation?
Unveil Amsterdam's allure! Elevate your pipeline with top dealmakers. An Industry Awards dinner adds glamour to this unmissable adventure.
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Join us on a mythical adventure through all things export, agency & project finance as TXF Global 2024 travels to the historic city of Athens for the first time!
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