The United States senate has voted to reappoint Wanda Felton as first vice president and vice chair of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im).

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the largest financial investor in Ukraine, has approved financing for two projects in the crisis-hit country...

The Bank of England (BoE) has announced that UK Export Finance-guaranteed debt capital market notes will be eligible as collateral against which banks can borrow from the...

Commerzbank has appointed Jörg Motel as its new head of financial institutions (FI) for Asia, replacing Harald Lipkau.

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have led the $1.17 billion project financing for the Sarulla geothermal power project...

Kenya Airways has received its first Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner plane, marking the start of the second phase of its $1.9 billion aircraft purchase contract arranged by the...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Robert Morin as senior vice president for business and...

Trafigura has successfully closed its key European revolving credit facility (RCF) at $4.735 billion – an increase from the $4 billion the facility was launched at...

The tourism industry in Myanmar is receiving a boost from the IFC, which is lending $80 million to Shangri-La subsidiaries to develop its hospitality business in the...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has issued a capital markets funded guaranteed bond for $40.7 million for VRG Linhas Aéreas (GOL), the Brazilian...

Deutsche Bank has created a new role for the management of renminbi (RMB)-related activity across its global operations, the global head of RMB services, and appointed...

Global commodities trader Trafigura has announced that company co-founder and chairman Claude Dauphin has stepped down from his role as chief executive officer, with...

Trafigura has negotiated its first significant loan in the Japanese currency, with the close of a JPY25.5 billion ($250 million) loan.

Brazil’s Banco Pine will benefit from a $115 million loan from Commerzbank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), which it will use for onlending to support...

Sian Aspinall, formerly of AIG and Zurich, has joined Berry Palmer & Lyle (BPL Global) as development and technical director, where she been tasked with shaping and...

Stemcor has secured a $1.15 billion syndicated loan from five lenders in what could be a major boost for the British steel trader. The facility follows a high court...

The Roy Hill iron ore mining project has secured funding for $7.2 billion from a consortium of five export credit agencies (ECAs) and 19 international banks – the largest...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im) has signed a $1 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) that will...

Swiss energy-trader Vitol has appointed Charles Hendry, Conservative MP for Wealden and a former energy minister, as a consultant on a part time basis. Hendry will...

Russian iron ore producer Metalloinvest has signed a $1.15 billion pre-export facility with a number of international banks.