MSFL leases Bombardier jets using EDC financing
Asia’s leading business aircraft leasing company, Minsheng Financial Leasing (MSFL), has received a $210 million loan from Canada’s export credit agency, Export...
Asia’s leading business aircraft leasing company, Minsheng Financial Leasing (MSFL), has received a $210 million loan from Canada’s export credit agency, Export...
Standard Chartered (StanChart) has arranged two loans totalling €160 million ($215 million) for Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), Indonesia’s national electricity company,...
Singapore-headquartered agri-group Wilmar International has mandated the banks for the launch of its new $1.75 billion revolving credit facility (RCF) syndication.
The Basel Committee has issued changes to the Basel III regulatory framework’s leverage ratio structure and disclosure requirements, following a consultation process on...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Mauritius-based AfrAsia Holdings Limited have signed a term sheet for a $10 million facility. The funds will be made...
Standard Chartered (StanChart) Vietnam has signed a $70 million trade facility agreement with An Giang Plant Protection (AGPPS) to allow the agricultural business to...
The State Bank of India (SBI) has signed a $200 million loan agreement with the Export- Import Bank of Korea (Kexim).
Russian fertiliser production company, PhosAgro, has signed a $440.6 million loan package with an international group of banks, supported by the Japanese agencies Japan...
Henri d'Ambrieres, the former global head of export finance at Crédit Agricole, has joined the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) as a technical expert advising on...
Euler Hermes is expanding its services in Asia-Pacific with the addition of a specialised single risk and political risk insurance team based in Singapore.
HSBC China has initiated renminbi (RMB) two-way cross-border sweeping for businesses in the pilot Shanghai free trade zone (FTZ), with industrial manufacturer Dover being...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has led the refinancing of a strategic Hungarian gas storage facility, after majority stakeholder MOL sold its...
The Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) has appointed Jim Liddell, former vice president of trade finance at Scotiabank (and occasional TXF contributor), as its...
KfW IPEX-Bank and NordLB have teamed to structure export credit agency-backed financing of €194 million ($263.7 million) to finance German power plants to South Korea.
Johan Schrijver, the former managing director of the Dutch export credit agency Atradius, has set up a new consultancy, Schrijver & Partners, to advise businesses and...
The opportunities are there, but trade banks need to fully understand investors before they can sell to them
The export credit agencies of Mexico and Italy, Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior (Bancomext) and Sace respectively, have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at...
Japan’s Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (Nexi) has provided a $12.3 million buyer’s credit insurance on loans extended to Bahama-based African Kite Shipping. The...
Christophe Kloeti has been appointed head of trade finance in Paris by the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD). The move signals the expansion of the bank’s international...
Geneva-headquartered trade insurance brokerage IRIA SA has hired highly experienced ex-banker Craig Weeks to head up their North American office. He is based in the IRIA...