The export finance community can begin to breathe a sigh of relief after the EU Commission this week proposed several amendments to the CRD 4 and CRR rules, which if...

This year Egypt has made significant cuts to fuel and electricity subsidies in a bid to make up the government's $10 billion fiscal deficit. China Exim’s recent $757...

Belgium's export credit agency (ECA), Delcredere|Ducroire, announced last week at the Credendo Group's 2016 Trade Forum in Brussels that come 1 January 2017 the ECA would...

Despite the global slowdown in the shipping industry, Reliance Industries' recent K-sure-backed facility for the construction of six VLECs was two times oversubscribed by...

This year Exiar has doubled its volume of insured exports compared to 2015 as an expanded government mandate begins to bear fruit. Max Thompson investigates the driving...

Recent years have seen an enormous amount of optimism towards Africa, both internationally and within Africa. Ex-President of the African Development Bank, Donald...

Export credit agencies (ECAs) played a key role in stabilising and preventing a complete drying up of the trade finance market following the financial crisis of 2007. Max...

Political volatility and political violence have increasingly provided cause for concern in South-East Asia over the course of 2016. Concerns include an uptick in...

Over the past two years, Brazil has suffered from its worst recession since the 1930s. However, since the appointment of conservative President Michel Temer, Latin...

Kexim will provide a $2.5 billion direct loan to a Korean Electric Power Corporation (Kepco)-led consortium to fund the construction of four 1,400 MW nuclear reactors at...

JBIC has announced plans to fund infrastructure projects in Indonesia without guarantees from the Indonesian government. The 'new trend' makes Japanese exports more...

India and Nepal look to fortify trade ties that have come under strain in recent years, as India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attempts to implement his 'Neighbourhood...

Exporters across a number of industries have seen gaps emerge between them on the cost of their financing. According to TXF/Clevis Research’s 2016 Exporter Survey,...

In a sign that trade relations between Russia and Cuba are stepping up, Russia's ECA, EXIAR, has agreed to guarantee the bulk of a $4 billion finance agreement for Cuban...

Exporters have reduced their ratings of banks in 2016 following a challenging year in the industry as the regulatory burden takes its toll. Diminished results across key...

ECAs will be key to the UAE 2021 Vision infrastructure investment programme as commercial bank liquidity feels the pinch from low oil prices.

The UN’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) has been urged by a letter from 92 NGOs to blacklist coal-funding ECAs from its funds. However, one market observer says ECAs should not...

In recent years, European ECAs and development institutions have been playing an increasing role in financing wind farm projects around the world. Their involvement is...

Direct lending by ECAs based on floating interest rates, rather than the CIRR equivalent, is the source of export finance bankers' discontent, says a US Ex-Im senior...

Despite the economic uncertainty in Angola, EDC has agreed a financing for the country which will contribute to the completion of one of the final steps to opening a new...