ICBC Standard hires ex-Trafigura executive as base metals trading head
London-based ICBC Standard Bank has appointed Mark Thompson, a former executive at trading house Trafigura's asset management business, as head of its global base...
London-based ICBC Standard Bank has appointed Mark Thompson, a former executive at trading house Trafigura's asset management business, as head of its global base...
Five European banks have teamed together to fund a €174.4 million ECA-backed loan agreement with Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) to fund the second, and final,...
Developing markets are likely to experience further economic backlashes this year from the floundering price of oil. Severe energy price shock was named as one of top...
Japan has historically been a major manufacturer of geothermal turbines, boasting a 70% global market share. But an export credit agency (ECA)-backed deal closed last...
Localisation requirements in emerging-markets projects are meant to be a way of giving back; an attempt at ensuring a lasting beneficial legacy for the local population...
Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) has signed agreements to build, operate and finance the $6.4 billion Liwa Plastic Industries Complex (LPIC)...
Last month’s TXF conference in Hong Kong provided numerous dynamic interactions between industry members. An interesting discussion during the Exporter’s Idea Lab...
Adrian Katz, CEO of Finacity, tells TXF’s Ollie Gordon why trade receivables securitisations could well be the answer to the trade finance industry’s leaking capacity.
UAE-headquartered Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), one of the world’s leading aluminium producers, has launched the syndication for its $4.9 billion corporate facilities....
US-based Matador Resources Company has amended its revolving credit facility to extend the maturity date from December 2016 to October 2020. Matador's lenders...
TXF recently caught up with the five most prolific dealmakers on tagmydeals to find out a little bit about them, their favourite deals from the first half of 2015, and...
Michal Ron, managing director, head of international business, SACE, argues that knowledge-sharing and cooperation in the export finance industry is a quick-fire way of...
Ralph Lerch, chair of the European Banking Federation’s export credit working group, and global head of export finance at Commerzbank, discusses the shifting tectonics of...
Finland’s Export Guarantee Act was amended in September 2014 to enable export credit agency (ECA) Finnvera to grant guarantees also to large companies in Finland for...
Maxence Mormède, chief investment officer (CIO) advanced fixed income* at Allianz Global Investors explains the approach taken in assessing and analysing claims and...
Exporters – large, medium, small or tiny – play a vital role in any economy. Creating a business-friendly environment for these companies to help increase exports is...
By Markus Wohlgeschaffen, global head of trade products, UniCredit and member of the banking advisory board, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); and Andre Casterman,...
Trade & Export Finance (TXF) is to host its first African event aimed at ECA and project financiers this February in Addis Ababa. The two-day event, TXF Africa...
Accuity, a global provider of payments, KYC, risk and compliance solutions, has partnered with China Systems, the trade finance software solutions vendor, to create a...
A new trade platform has launched - Trade Finance Market (TFM) – targeting both exporters and investors. Based out of Singapore, the founders say the platform “enables...