HSBC Bank has arranged a €500 million ($685.2 million) with the Development Bank of Kazakhstan (DBK) under a framework agreement to facilitate long-term export credit...
Five leading business associations have joined forces with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission to undertake a major project to standardise and...
The Export-Import Bank of the United States US Ex-Im has appointed the 11 members to its 2014 sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee.
Perth, Australia headquartered oil exploration company Tap Oil has signed a borrowing base debt facility with BNP Paribas (BNPP) for up to $90 million, primarily to fund...
The LME aluminium price has certainly not been encouraging. In this negative climate, what Rusal has managed to achieve through production cuts, how the company is...
Jonathan Bell talks with Andrew Voysey, director, finance sector platforms, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), about the Banking...
Jonathan Bell presents a case study where a Vietnamese commodity trader – VinaCommodities – secured a bespoke cross-border financing solution that allowed the company to...
China has, and continues to be the leading light as the global end-user of raw commodities. It is the key player. Now in the agri sector China is revealing the country’s...
Jonathan Bell talks with the RB International (RBI) global natural resources team heads in Vienna about what the recent reorganisation means for the bank’s operations and...
Jonathan Bell talks with Paul Cohen Dumani, general manager of MIT, about the company’s highly successful commodity finance collateral management software system for...
Hesham Zakai provides an overview of the FImetrix survey on commodity trading companies' views on finance and regulation.
International law firm Ashurst has made a series of appointments and developments that will increase the strength of its finance practice in Asia-Pacific.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission, and BAFT, the international financial services association have agreed a cooperation agreement to improve...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed an agreement with the Gabonese Gabonaise de Tourisme et de l’Hotellerie (GTH) group to provide a €24 million...
Trading company Gunvor Singapore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gunvor Group - has launched a $350 million syndicated revolving credit facility RCF, which will support new...
Jonathan Bell reviews the Rosneft mega-prepayment Deal of the Year 2013.
The Sabine Pass Liquefaction LNG project marked a turning point in energy projects and their associated financing in North America. Jonathan Bell talks with Federico...
Hong Kong-headquartered Pacific Basin Shipping (Pacific Basin), through PB Vessels Holding (PBVH), a wholly-owned British Virgin Islands company, has signed an export...
Egyptian trade with African countries looks set for a boost following the signing of a risk participation agreement between Egypt’s Commercial International Bank (CIB)...
TXF is delighted to be the official media partner for this year’s Fin4Ag conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Running from July 14 to 18 at the Kenya School for Monetary...
Welcome to Exiled: The Real Assets People, a podcast where we ‘strand’ a guest on a desert island and ask them who from their professional past, present, and future they’d choose to be stranded with. After all, it’s people that make a profession. Our first guest is Catherine Lang Anderson, Partner & Head of Trade & Commodity Finance Practice at A&O Shearman. Recorded live from the Royal Academy of Arts, it will be no surprise to anyone who knows Catherine that her Exile is going to be a party!
Commodity traders reaped substantial profits off the back of market volatility in 2022 and 2023. With their war chests armed, they pursued a policy of diversification – across financing, business lines and investments.
The trade finance industry has suffered a trio of ailments since the end of 2024 with the shuttering of three different non-bank lenders. While the circumstances across the three cases vary, market conditions are posing problems for lenders of all sizes. How can the community reflect on these events, and what options are borrowers left with?
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