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06 July 2016

Back in business: Argentina's trade revival

Despite foreign investors’ and ECAs’ concerns over the risk of doing business in Argentina, the export community remains excited by the country’s trade prospects , TXF's...

01 July 2016

STX: Investing in the future of cruise ships

On the sidelines of TXF's Export & Agency Finance conference in Rome, Max Thompson caught up with STX France's head of financing and treasury, Jean-Philippe Neau, to find...

30 June 2016

Hornsdale's $173.5m project financing propels Australia towards renewables target

Australia's Hornsdale Wind Farm secured financing with a club loan of A$173.5 million from KfW IPEX-Bank and Société Générale for the project’s second stage of...

28 June 2016

Lenders not 'nervous' as Gunvor taps $400m borrowing base

Despite the downturn in commodities markets, one of the world's biggest oil traders - Gunvor - is currently enjoying its 'best trading years'. The company closed a $400...

24 June 2016

Is Asia really falling off in the ECA market?

Despite TXF's figures showing over half the amount of ECA-backed deals in Asia in H1 of 2016 compared to H1 2015, one Asian export finance specialist tells TXF how the...

23 June 2016

ED&F Man closes $1.88bn RCF

At the end of last month, UK agricultural commodities trader ED&F Man closed a two-year $1.88 billion revolving credit facility with a syndicate of 45 international...

20 June 2016

Seaborn CEO: Laying the foundations for subsea ECA support

On the sidelines of TXF's Export, Agency and Project Finance conference in Rome, Max Thompson caught up with the CEO of Seaborn Network, Larry Schwartz, to find out more...

15 June 2016

Year of risk takes its toll on export finance, survey reveals

At the beginning of 2016, the TXF-ICC Global Survey on Export Finance was carried out among more than 100 export financiers, ECAs, exporters and borrowers. TXF digest the...

13 June 2016

India’s Reliance on ECAs

During TXF’s Export, Agency and Project Finance conference in Rome last week, Max Thompson caught up with senior vice president of Reliance Industries Vineyesh Sawhney to...

07 June 2016

SMEs help EKN double number of guarantees in Q1

Increased demand from SMEs has Swedish ECA EKN double its number of guarantees in Q1 of 2016 compared to the first quarter of 2015.

06 June 2016

ECA borrower interview: Cambridge Industries

Samuel Alemayehu, managing director at Cambridge Industries, tells Ollie Gordon about the Africa-focused clean energy firm’s approach to ECA finance.

03 June 2016
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Renewables

DFIs warn Egypt rule change will delay all renewable deals

Earlier last month, the Egyptian government tweaked its contract terms to exclude the option of international arbitration for financiers of renewable energy deals....

02 June 2016

Egypt signs consortium financing for new wind farm

Egypt has partnered with GDF Suez, Toyota and Orascom to build a 250 MW wind farm, the project is part of a government push to hit 4.3 giga watt (GW) of wind and solar...

01 June 2016

SACE reveals 91% rise in claims for Q1

Italian ECA SACE this week announced the value of claims hit €130.8 million in the first quarter results of 2016 - up 91% on the same period last year. SACE says the...

31 May 2016

Development agencies pledge $149m for Costa Rican wind projects

GME, Central America's leading wind energy company, has tapped three international development agencies, FMO, Proparco, and OeEB for $149 million in long-term financing...

31 May 2016

Descending in a blaze of glory: TXF Rome is almost here

In just over a week, leading exporters, borrowers, financers, lawyers, ECAs and DFIs will descend on Rome in a blaze of glory for the TXF Rome 2016 event on June...

30 May 2016

SACE boosts trade ties with Argentina announcing €700m in guarantees

Italian ECA SACE reopened its support of transactions with Argentina after the Italian undersecretary for development Ivan Scalfarotto last week announced guarantees for...

26 May 2016

Investors flock to Afreximbank's $750m record bond issue

Afreximbank closed a $750 million five-year bond last week after achieving an order book of $3.4 billion from 290 investors - the biggest ever book and largest trade...

25 May 2016

TXF Data Update: 59% drop in number of ECA deals in Q1 2016

The total number of ECA deals taking place in the first quarter of 2016 has more than halved compared to Q1 of 2015, while deal volume is down 12%. TXF's Q1 data clearly...

20 May 2016

ICIEC set to invest in Indonesia

The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), part of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB), is ready to invest in projects in...