Myanmar has completed all procedures to become the eleventh shareholder of the ASEAN Infrastructure Fund (AIF), joining other Association of Southeast Asian Nations...

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has completed an exceptional fund raising sequence, which sees the investment grade rated multilateral development finance institution...

Hatton National Bank (HNB) has become the first Sri Lankan bank to establish a revolving credit line with the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim).

Swiss-headquartered commodity trading company Mercuria Energy has moved more intensely into the shipping fuel sector with the hire of personnel from the Danish-owned OW...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has made four senior appointments to its global transaction services (GTS) team, all from within its own ranks.

Singapore-listed Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd. (Yoma Strategic) has secured a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is designed to improve infrastructure...

The Canadian export credit agency (ECA), Export Development Canada (EDC) has announced it will guarantee a loan provided by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), to support...

The Italian export credit agency (ECA), SACE, is teaming with Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna (BPER), to support Zaccagnini – an Italian agricultural firm specialised...

Canada’s export credit agency (ECA), ~Export Development Canada^ (EDC), has announced a commercial financing deal with telecom service company, ~Vodafone^, in support of...

The global solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services, SunEdison, has closed its second fund for distributed generation projects in the US with...

As a result of liquidity improvement measures taken by the company, Russian diamond producer Alrosa has reached two separate new financing agreements with VTB Bank and...

Gazprombank is seeking immediate repayment of a major US dollar-denominated loan to Ukrainian fertiliser producer Ostchem Holdings.

Indonesia was voted the borrower destination that brought most opportunity for export finance, at a recent industry poll taken at the TXF ECA Finance Asia conference,...

As undisputed drivers of trade, the world’s commodity traders are a hugely influential group but also oddly misunderstood. They are the lynchpins of global trade, not...

Political Monitor's Damian Karmelich writes about how oil markets have continued to be affected by geopolitical factors over the past year.

The political risk research and advisory firm, Political Monitor, has just released its 2014 report in which its 2014 forecasts were reviewed in light of the eventual...

Italian export credit agency SACE has announced today that it is finalising its guarantee programme to support Italian companies working on the development of the Star...

The government of Spain has approved the regulatory framework which is to take effect after the privatisation of the country's export credit agency (ECA), Cesce,...

Agricultural producer and trader Olam International has signed a A$350 million ($288.5 million) to be used by its Australian subsidiaries Olam Orchards Australia and Olam...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $100 million loan agreement with the government of Fiji for a project to improve the safety and durability of the country’s...