Germany’s KfW IPEX - Bank is financing the export of equipment to Turkey’s steel manufacturer Kardemir with an ECA-covered loan of €140 million ($190 million).

Tullow Oil has refinanced its NOK2 billion ($330 million) Norwegian exploration revolving credit facility (RCF), and at the same time it has successfully increased the...

A new study for ING Commercial Banking by ING’s Economics Department provides conclusive evidence that the relationship between Western Europe and Central and Eastern...

TXF and ANZ conducted an anonymous industry survey at the ECA/DFI Finance Conference in Paris last week. Delegates were each given a handset and asked to give a response...

Energy trader Vitol Asia has closed its syndicated one year revolving credit facility (RCF). The facility was oversubscribed and closed at $1.87 billion.

Finland’s Konecranes has won a landmark export order with Indonesian state-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III (Pelindo III) for 11 automated rubber tired...

Intesa Sanpaolo and Italian export credit agency Sace have signed an agreement to jointly support the export and internationalisation of projects in China being...

After the success of the first roundtable last November in Paris, the day before ECA/DFI Finance in 2014, Henri D’Ambrieres and Maelia Dufour hosted a second roundtable...

Last week in Paris, TXF welcomed close to 400 exporters, borrowers, ECA's, DFI's, banks and law firms to their second edition ECA/DFI Finance event.

International aircraft leasing company Avolon has filed documents to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed initial public offering (IPO).

The US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) have combined to provide a $350 million political risk...

Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) has launched Surecomp’s allTRA multi-entity Java trade finance system in Singapore.

Mizuho Bank Americas has bolstered its trade offering with the appointment of regional heads within the global trade finance division (GTFD) of the bank.

HSBC veteran Stuart Tait has been selected to take over as head of the bank’s global trade and receivables finance (GTRF) division, replacing James Emmett. Emmett will...

Equinox Global, the Lloyd’s cover holder specialising in trade credit insurance, has opened an office in the Netherlands. The new office will be headed-up by Frank...

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has expanded its London team with the appointed of Hayden Baker as senior financial institutions (FI) underwriter, regional...

International law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has expanded its Paris banking and finance practice with the hiring of Janet Butterworth, as a partner.

Commodity trading group Glencore Xstrata (Glencore) has signed its annual revolving credit facilities for a total amount of $15.3 billion.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has arranged a $65 million syndicated loan to its longstanding client, Wissol Petroleum Georgia (Wissol) to...

Steven Mayo has joined Siemens Financial Services (effective as of June 2nd), taking on a business development role supporting the company’s wind turbine operations.