The IFC has agreed to invest £6.6 million ($11.1 million equivalent) in Aureus Mining to further the company’s gold exploration and development work in Liberia.

Markel International, the specialist insurer, has applied to the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to establish a company to operate within the Dubai...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector financing arm of the World Bank group, is set to invest $27.5 million in the construction of a terminal to...

Canadian mining company Avanti Mining has mandated a syndicate of financial institutions to to provide secured debt finance facilities for $612 million to develop the...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has appointed Paul Donofrio as head of global transaction services (GTS) across the bank. He will be based in New York.

Global agri-trader, food, logistics and services company Cargill, is accelerating its transition from paper documents to ePresentation using Bolero’s cloud-based...

Jessica Farmer has joined IFC as InfraVentures principal investment officer based in India

The American accounts receivable securitisation services company Finacity has facilitated a series of European trade receivable funding solutions for Spain’s Uralita,...

The Ukrainian agri-sector has received a boost with funds for a new grain storage terminal in the Port of Odessa.

Ghana National Cocoa Board (Cocobod) is increasing the size of this year’s pre-export financing (PXF) in order to support additional purchasing of the country’s crop...

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has signed a series of agreements with Mexican institutions that should see the further development of business in...

Structured commodity finance stalwart Pepi Bedi has been promoted to head of structured trade finance at Sumitomo Mitsui Bank Corporation Europe (SMBCE). He is based in...

The IFC has signed a loan of $18 million to Terra and African Milling Company Congo, to help the company expand its maize farm and mill in Katanga, Democratic Republic of...

Principal contractor Siemens has signed the financing agreements with a group of banks for the development of the Wind Farm Westermeerwind in Noordoostpolder in the...

In a significant reorganisation of the export finance department, HSBC has appointed two new regional heads of the business line. The changes in the department – the most...

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) and The Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) have teamed to act as joint financial advisors on a major Chinese LNG ship...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved its largest loan to date in Tajikistan with the signing of a $50 million loan to fund the first...

While some loans to Russian corporates are being hit by the continuing conflict and political trouble in eastern Ukraine, and the now accentuated associated fallout with...

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group, has just released strong results for...

IFC is providing up to $70 million to Kenya’s National Cement Company to expand the company’s operations, increase the local supply of cement and promote infrastructure...