Lenders have always been keen to protect their returns but a recent trend towards borrowing base facilities demonstrates a clear preference for stringent security and...

We're counting down the weeks and days until TXF Asia 2016: Export, Agency & Project Finance in Hong Kong on October 12 and 13. But in the meantime we are...

Commodity trader Gunvor Petroleum Rotterdam has secured a $200 million project financing for the development and infrastructural upgrade of its facilities. Rabobank...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) invested $839 million over the past fiscal year to help banks extend trade financing, boosting cross border trade and...

Intellect iGTB has hired Mikael Estvall as senior business development manager, Nordics and Baltics. He joins from Misys and will oversee operations throughout Norway,...

Brazil-based Banco Original has signed up to SWIFT's Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry - a centralised repository which maintains a standardised set of information...

Australia-based Altech Chemicals' debt financing for its Malaysian high purity alumina project has risen to $70 million from $60 million. The cover by Euler Hermes...

The Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran's finance ministry to boost financing for economic and...

Power is the export finance’s largest sector in H1 of 2016, accounting for 44.1% of the market, with significant growth in both coal-fired and conventional power.

Commerzbank has expanded and repositioned its export finance department in order to become an even bigger player in the ECA market, as Africa and Russia look set to...

BHP Billiton, the Australian mining giant, has reported a record $6.4 billion loss. The company has been hit by a slump in commodity prices, a bad bet on shale and a...

Texas-based Sabine Oil & Gas has emerged from bankruptcy as a private company. The group closed on its new senior secured credit facility, which has commitments of...

US natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy has arranged a $1 billion five-year term loan to buy back senior notes due between 2017 and 2038.

The Development Bank of Kazakhstan (DBK) and holding group Almex are planning to jointly fund promising projects and bid to attract foreign investment into the...

Argentina hopes the International Monetary Fund (IMF) can help boost its risk rating - which is currently on par with North Korea and Iran. IMF economists will assess...

Despite sanctions still impacting Russia, the state-owned oil giant Gazprom’s UK-based subsidiary has quelled lender concerns to seal a new commodity financing agreement....

Swiss-headquartered Micro Informatique & Technologies (MIT) - which develops trade and commodity finance software solutions - has opened an office in Singapore to...

FIMBank, the Malta-based trade finance bank, is back in profit for the first time since 2014. The group registered a half-year profit after tax of $1.21 million...

KUKE, the Polish export credit agency, has appointed Janusz Władyczak to the post of vice-president of its board. He will be responsible for sales and product offer...

US-based Gerber Finance, which provides asset-based lines of credit, has hired Kevin McGarry as chief credit officer. He joins from First Capital, where he led the...