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02 November 2020
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Oil & gas, Power, Renewables

Shop talk: Embracing consolidation in oil and gas

TXF spoke with Robin Miles, partner at Bracewell, to outline the impact of depressed oil and gas prices on oil majors and traders. From consolidation to financially over...

22 October 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities

The LIBOR transition: Olam’s SORA-tied loan debut

With the complicated transition away from LIBOR looming at the end of 2021, Olam has secured Singapore’s first club deal pegged to the country’s new Singapore Overnight...

23 September 2020

TXF TV: Advocating for the commodities industry

Live Webinar | 23.09.2020 | 14:00 UK | Join us for a one-on-one interview with the STSA's Secretary General, Florence Schurch.

22 September 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas

Trade finance funds: Confidence grows as banks retreat

Alternative lenders cannot solely pick up the funding gap left by European commercial banks retreating from the commodity finance space in the Covid-19 epoch. But can...

14 September 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities

TXF TV: Czarnikow's CEO discusses the world's first sustainable sugar supply chain partnership

Webinar | 16.09.2020 | 14:00 UK | Amidst current concerns over the future of food security and supply chain resilience, global sugar trader Czarnikow recently announced...

08 September 2020

TXF TV: Key findings from the H1 Export Finance Data Report

TXF is excited to announce the launch of TXF TV, an exciting new channel featuring weekly broadcasts of the latest trade, export and commodity finance content, directly...

20 August 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas

Commodity trade finance: Please mind the funding gap

With European banks retreating from the commodity finance space, amid a raft of corporate losses and fraud cases in the wake of the pandemic, the risk perception of the...

27 July 2020
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Oil & gas, Power

Mercuria’s European refi: The end of costly 'Covid-19 premiums'?

Mercuria sealed tight pricing on its European RCF refinancing despite sounding out banks in the midst of the pandemic. The deal signed when other investment grade...

22 June 2020
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Metals and Mining

Russian corporates stay cool, calm and collected amid crisis

While some European commodity-linked corporates are tapping into expensive, short-term debt to boost their liquidity amid the Covid-19 pandemic, many Russian traders and...

29 May 2020

Shop talk: Bpifrance ups ECA cover and offering

Arnaud Floris, head of West, Central and North Africa at Bpifrance has been busy since he started his new role two months ago at the French ECA in the midst of a global...

28 May 2020

Perfect Deals of the Year 2019: Commodity finance

It’s time to celebrate commodity finance excellence, as last year’s most outstanding, unique and influential deals, which cover a range of sectors and regions, have been...

28 April 2020

Shop talk: EASTvine – the rise of the small and flexible trade fund

TXF spoke with EASTvine Capital, a small alternative fund set up in Singapore in 2018 by three ex-bankers who saw an opportunity to fill the commodity trade finance...

20 April 2020
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Oil & gas, Power

Shop talk: Squire Patton Boggs ups commodity finance capacity in Asia

A few months after the launch of Squire Patton Boggs’ shipping and commodities group, headed up by partners Jessica Kenworthy and Barry Stimpson, TXF caught up with the...

01 April 2020
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Metals and Mining

Rusal pioneers the market with ‘green’ aluminium financing

Winning the Russian Commodities Finance Deal of the Year Award is aluminium producer Rusal with its $1.085 billion pre-export financing. Rusal has changed the benchmark...

01 April 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Cocobod signs Africa’s inaugural ESG-tied loan

Cocobod has won TXF’s African Commodities Finance Deal of the Year for securing the first ever syndicated sustainability-linked loan for an African borrower – a milestone...

01 April 2020
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Metals and Mining

JSW Steel’s pre-pay sets new standard in steel

Winning TXF’s Asian Commodities Finance Deal of the Year Award, the up to $750 million cash-for-metal deal, signed between Duferco and JSW Steel in 2019, is the largest...

01 April 2020
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Oil & gas

Var Energi taps largest RBL of 2019

Winning TXF’s Commodities Acquisition Finance Deal of the Year, Var Energi signed a $6 billion reserve base lending facility (RBL) in 2019 to back a highly strategic...

01 April 2020
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Renewables

Trailstone amps up ‘green’ funding portfolio

Winning TXF’s Most Innovative Commodities Finance Deal of the Year Award, Trailstone’s €150 million 2019 borrowing base marked a flurry of firsts for the commodity trade...

01 April 2020
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Power

Nayara Energy’s new pre-pay era?

Winning TXF’s Energy Commodities Finance Deal of the Year, Nayara Energy’s first pre-payment loan is set to serve as a viable financing template for commodity-linked...

01 April 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Bunge’s sustainability-linked loan first

Winning TXF’s Commodity Trading Company Finance Deal of the Year Award, Bunge’s debut sustainabilitylinked facility has provided a seedbed for the trader to replicate...