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20 October 2016

JBIC to fund Indonesian Infra project without government guarantee

The Japan Bank for International Corporation (JBIC) has announced plans to fund Indonesian infrastrucutre projects, without guarantees from the...

20 October 2016

Glencore to sell Australia coal haulage unit for A$1.14bn

Glencore has reached an agreement with Genesee & Wyoming Australia (GWA) to sell its Glencore Rail (GRail) business in New South Wales Hunter Valley for A$1.14...

20 October 2016

Modo and Bank of America Merrill Lynch announce strategic relationship

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, a global leader in transaction services, and ModoPayments, an industry leader in digital payments innovation, have announced a strategic...

20 October 2016

Exporter Survey ’16: ECAs maintain performance despite changing environment

Exporters have questioned the ability of ECAs to meet their needs in a timely fashion despite an increase in their execution speed, according to TXF/Clevis Research’s...

20 October 2016

Green Climate Fund allocates $378m to EBRD green projects

The Green Climate Fund is allocating $378 million to support green investments by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) under the bank's...

20 October 2016

Trade finance case study in 'Disruptive Trends in Banking' seminar

On 26 October, the 'Disruptive Trends in the Banking Sector' seminar will launch the findings of research conducted by Theano Advisors and Equant Analytics...

20 October 2016

US Ex-Im names new chief ethics officer

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) today announced the appointment of Lisa V Terry as senior vice president and chief ethics officer. Terry...

20 October 2016

Emirates NBD pilots blockchain-based money transfers

The UAE's Emirates NBD banking group is piloting the use of blockchain for transactions between UAE and India, as part of a pilot with IT supplier Infosys and...

19 October 2016
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Kai Preugschat set to depart the Berne Union for ADB

The Berne Union’s secretary general, Kai Preugschat, is leaving the organisation to take up a high-level position within the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila,...

19 October 2016

Exporter Survey ‘16: Diminished risk appetite causes bank performance slump

Exporters have reduced their ratings of banks in 2016 following a challenging year in the industry as the regulatory burden takes its toll. Diminished results across key...

19 October 2016
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Infrastructure, Power, Renewables, Transport

Coface, Cesce power Dubai Metro as ECAs eye UAE infra push

ECAs will be key to the UAE 2021 Vision infrastructure investment programme as commercial bank liquidity feels the pinch from low oil prices.

19 October 2016

BB Energy signs revolving credit facility

BB Energy Holdings has signed a $200 million revolving credit facility, to be used for general corporate and working capital purposes. It was launched at $175...

19 October 2016

US Ex-Im hopes to tap India's airport sector

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) wants to provide loans to India to buy American equipment and technology for the country's booming airport...

19 October 2016

Petrobras sells closed Okinawa refinery to Taiyo Oil

Petrobras, Brazil's state-run oil group, is selling its closed Okinawa refinery and related assets to Japan's Taiyo Oil for $129.3 million as part of its...

19 October 2016

ATI opens for business in Zimbabwe and Ethiopia

The African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) is ready to cover transactions in Zimbabwe and Ethiopia - in a move that is likely to ease concerns of investors who want to...

19 October 2016

ADB, AIIB: Bonds would help private infra investment

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) agree that a bond market to help the private sector invest in infrastructure projects...

19 October 2016

ADB: Marvin Taylor-Dormond's new independent evaluation role

Marvin Taylor-Dormond has been appointed Asian Development Bank's (ADB) new director-general (DG) of independent evaluation. He succeeds Vinod Thomas, who retired...

19 October 2016

KNPC's ECA-backed $5bn loan finalised early 2017

Kuwait National Petroleum Company's (KNPC) $5 billion loan to finance its Clean Fuels project - backed by British, Dutch, Italian and South Korea export credit...

18 October 2016

Traders ‘adapt to thrive’ amid commodity slump

Commodity houses have seen a difficult year for trading as a prolonged slump in prices without the contango opportunities that existed in 2015 has seen them look to find...

18 October 2016

Does the Hinkley Point C financing point to a role for ECAs in new nuclear?

Debt structures for nuclear power plants could evolve beyond government-to-government funding.