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22 August 2016

Gunvor signs increased RCF

Gunvor has closed an oversubscribed revolving credit facility. The Swiss trader has drawn new banks into the syndicated facility and increased the size of the deal...

17 August 2016

Mexico: a treasure trove for UK exporters

Mauricio Munguia, Latin America desk head at Santander, Stephen Cartwright, the head of Department for International Trade (DIT) in Mexico, and Angus Murray,...

16 August 2016
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Power, Renewables

TXF Data Update: Power sector dominates export finance in H1

Power is the export finance’s largest sector in H1 of 2016, accounting for 44.1% of the market, with significant growth in both coal-fired and conventional power.

16 August 2016

Commerzbank expands export finance team to meet ‘growth’

Commerzbank has expanded and repositioned its export finance department in order to become an even bigger player in the ECA market, as Africa and Russia look set to...

12 August 2016

TXF Data Update: Middle East tops export finance market in H1

The Middle East is the largest export finance borrower market in the first half of the year, with a 35.3% share of the global market; the export finance community cites...

12 August 2016

TXF Data Update: JBIC most active ECA in H1

The Japanese ECA, JBIC, topped the table by covered volume with 25 transactions totalling $9.68 billion in H1 of 2016, with the German ECA Euler Hermes in second place...

11 August 2016

TXF Data Update: Export finance market plunges 22.5% in H1

The total volume of ECA deals taking place in the first half of 2016 dropped by 22.5% compared to same period last year, while SMBC topped the lenders table with $2.19...

05 August 2016

Angola power deal taps ECA support amidst non-payment crisis

Even though Angola is facing a rollercoaster ride with a drop-off in oil revenues, and a non-payment crisis, three European ECAs have backed a $460.29 million loan to the...

04 August 2016

Turk Eximbank seals MIGA deal weeks before downgrade

At the end of June, Turk Eximbank signed a $746.82 million MIGA-backed loan with a syndicate of banks for on-lending to Turkish exporters. The deal closed just weeks...

01 August 2016

UKEF Results 2015/16: Reach widens, volumes tumble

UK Export Finance’s CEO, Louis Taylor, sits down with Ollie Gordon to discuss the export credit agency’s financial results for 2015/16, as well as touching on Brexit’s...

27 July 2016

Banks bypassed as exporters finance customers with ECA support

Large exporters are increasingly bypassing the banks and providing direct loans to their smaller customers with the help ECA cover.

26 July 2016

Angola to “look east” after dismissing the IMF

Angola's decision to dispense with support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at a difficult economic and financial time was based on the idea of securing...

26 July 2016

Deutsche Bank launches new liquidity management solution in South Korea

Deutsche Bank today has launched a new intra-day cross-border cash sweeping service in South Korea, enabling its corporate clients to move euro and US dollar surplus...

13 July 2016

US Ex-Im languishes in competitors' wake

At the end of last month, US Ex -Im unveiled its annual competitiveness report for 2015 to Congress. TXF's Max Thompson analyses the report’s findings.

13 July 2016

US Ex-Im close to making larger deals again

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) is close to being able to make large loans again. US lawmakers agreed an amendment to a funding bill allowing...

08 July 2016

$1.34 bn AfDB loan 'a very good story' for Eskom

Earlier this week, South Africa's state-operated power electricity firm, Eskom, signed a $1.34 billion loan with the African Development Bank (AfDB). The funds will be...

07 July 2016

Saipem taps GIEK for innovative multi-tranche facility

Earlier this month, the Italian drilling company Saipem closed a €667 ($740 million) million GIEK-backed buyer's credit facility to finance the purchase of equipment and...

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...