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02 February 2016

Iran mining attracts $10 billion

The mining sector of Iran has attracted more than $10 billion of investment pledges from China and Europe. Among them was Italy's Danieli, which signed a joint...

02 February 2016

15% more SMEs use EDC export guarantee

More than 630 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) took advantage of Export Development Canada's (EDC) export guarantee programme last year - a 15% rise from...

02 February 2016

ADB offers financial help in Pakistan power sector

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has offered technical and financial assistance for investment into the power sector of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in Pakistan. The government...

02 February 2016

Receivables finance and the importance of contract due diligence

International law firm Thomas Cooper has examined receivables finance and looked at the importance of due diligence on the underlying sales or customer contracts.

02 February 2016

EDC helps Canadian firm increase US and India exports

Export Development Canada (EDC) has agreed $1.5 million in financing for British Columbia-based Vanrx Pharmasystems to help the company boost exports to India and the...

02 February 2016

Ukraine looks to Africa to boost agricultural exports

Ukraine's agricultural exporters are targeting Africa's growing middle class as a market to increase their trade. Ukraine agriculture minister Oleksiy Pavlenko...

02 February 2016

Global trade recovery stalls

World trade shrank 0.1% month-on-month in November after an increase of 0.6% in October, according to a data release by the Netherlands Bureau for Policy Analysis.

02 February 2016

Reed Smith hires new partner at Singapore base

International law firm Reed Smith has hired Richard Lovell, an admiralty and casualty response lawyer, as a partner in its Singapore office. He joins from Ince &...

02 February 2016

BAFT hails future leaders of transaction banking

BAFT, an international financial services association, has launched a new programme to recognise future leaders in the transaction banking industry. The class of 2016...

01 February 2016

SACE backs $6bn GE Oil & Gas exports

SACE, the Italian export credit agency, has agreed to back exports of GE Oil & Gas worth $6 billion. SACE also confirmed it will support the sale of GE's...

01 February 2016

IFC to inject $200m into Myanmar Industrial Port modernisation

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is set to increase its exposure in Myanmar by injecting $200 million, in the form of debt financing, into the Myanmar...

01 February 2016

FIMBank appoints Michael Davakis as head of treasury

Malta-based trade finance bank FIMBank has hired Michael Davakis as senior vice president and head of treasury. He has previously work for, among others, Germany's...

01 February 2016

US Ex-Im bank redemption: (Nearly) free at last

Fred Hochberg, chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) speaks to TXF about the reality of running a bank that has been held...

01 February 2016

AIG Indonesia launches new trade credit insurance

AIG Indonesia has unveiled a new trade credit insurance amid a government pledge to increase exports in 2016. The insurance covers losses from natural disasters and...

01 February 2016

Coface and Iran's central bank agree on debt settlement

French export credit agency Coface and the Central Bank of Iran have agreed on settling debt issues blocked while Iran was under international sanctions. The deal...

01 February 2016

Rwanda unveils export credit and insurance plan

Rwanda is setting up an export credit and insurance facility in order to increase trade around the world by 28% annually. The government has worked with the...

01 February 2016

Olam appoints new COO and CFO

Singapore-based commodity giant Olam International has promoted executive director Shekhar Anantharaman to the new position of executive director and group chief...

01 February 2016

Bosch chooses Deutsche Bank's ERP for China payments

Deutsche Bank has implemented an electronic enterprise resource planning (ERP) integration solution for Bosch's foreign currency and renminbi cross-border payments...

01 February 2016

Finance focus: Bail-in powers over troubled institutions

Thomas Cooper, the international law firm, has reported on the Prudential Regulation Authority's (PRA) recognition that the implementation of Article 55 of the...

31 January 2016

New Nigerian export finance schemes to boost non-oil exports

Nigeria’s Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said last week that it has designed two export financing programmes known as RRF and ESF...