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11 August 2015

Strong takes up the reigns as head of CPS Risk at JLT in Chicago

Matthew Strong has moved from the Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT) offices in London to take up his new position as head of the credit, political and security (CPS)...

10 August 2015

Noble looks to reassure investors with independent PwC reports

Hong Kong-headquartered, commodity trading house Noble Group has today made public the conclusions and results of the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) review of Noble's...

30 July 2015

Cocobod’s success stands as an example for other African nations

Jonathan Bell reviews this year’s Ghana Cocobod financing, analyses the record of pricing, and looks at the prospect of further value-added for African soft commodities.

01 July 2015

Working capital – a strategic opportunity?

David Viney, at Finacity Corporation, takes a close look at the management of working capital and how companies can use working capital flexibility as a means of...

01 July 2015

US Ex-Im charter officially expires

As of midnight last night the charter for Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) officially expired, as no new vote on its reathorisation had taken place in...

24 June 2015

Final Cole Commission report on UK export revolution plan is released

The final Cole Commission report in relation to changing UK export culture was released today. The independently commissioned report is an action plan for the UK...

24 June 2015

XL Catlin appoints chief underwriter for political risk and trade credit

XL Catlin has promoted Joe Blenkinsopp to the position of chief underwriting officer for its political risk and trade credit (PRTC) team. He is based in London.

19 June 2015

Cocobod formally announces close of senior phase of annual PXF syndication

Today, the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) formally announced the close of the senior phase of its annual pre-export financing for the 2015-2016 cocoa crop. The financing was...

15 June 2015

JLT Specialty USA launches CPS risk practice

JLT Specialty Insurance Services (JLT Specialty USA), a US subsidiary of multinational insurer Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, today announced the appointment of several...

10 June 2015

Ten legislative days remain to secure US Ex-Im Bank reauthorisation

Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California took to the floor of the US Congress to urge legislative action regarding the future of US Ex-Im Bank. Only ten legislative...

08 June 2015

US oil company Apache signs new $3.5 billion credit facility

Houston-headquartered oil and gas exploration and production company Apache Corporation has signed a new credit agreement with a group of international bank lenders...

29 May 2015

GrainCorp: providing increased efficiencies in a tight market sector

BEST SOFT COMMODITIES FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR Jonathan Bell reviews how Rabobank led the first structured inventory financing for Australia’s GrainCorp.

15 May 2015

UKEF creates interactive toolkit for insurance brokers

The United Kingdom’s (UK) export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), has set-up an innovative, new online and interactive guide to help credit insurance brokers work...

30 April 2015

Democrats mobilise to force vote on US Ex-Im reauthorisation

The US’ House of Democrats today set in motion a process to bypass the House Republican leadership that would force a vote on legislation to the extend the charter of the...

30 April 2015

DTEK restructures its $200m Eurobond

DTEK, the largest Ukrainian power company, has completed negotiations regarding the restructuring of its $200 million Eurobond, redemption for which was due in April.

17 April 2015

First ever CargoDocs BPO+ transaction completed successfully

In a major milestone for global trade finance and cross-border payments, BHP Billiton, Westpac, Cargill and ANZ have achieved the first ever CargoDocs BPO+ transaction.

14 April 2015

GE to offload most of GE Capital as regulations hit home

US multinational conglomerate General Electric (GE) has announced it will sell off the bulk of assets in its sprawling financial arm GE Capital by 2018, as it looks to...

01 April 2015

MIGA to insure Vitol investment in Ghanaian gas field

Dutch commodities trader Vitol Holding (Vitol) is seeking to secure a $470 million guarantee from the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) for an equity...

20 March 2015

FIMBank financial losses and departures, begs the question: which direction now?

FIMBank group has recently announced its financial results for 2014, in which it posts a pre-tax loss of $53.43 million. This compares to a pre-tax loss of $6.4 million...

20 March 2015

Petro Rabigh seals $5 billion financing from Japanese-led consortium

The Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh) has secured $5.168 billion worth of project financing for its integrated oil refinery and petrochemical plant...