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12 August 2021

IFC and FMO partner to boost Kenyan SMEs

The International Finance Corporation and Dutch development bank FMO have agreed a $50 million loan to I&M Bank to help smaller businesses across a range of sectors...

30 July 2021
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Metals and Mining

EcoGraf's expansion plans raise interest from ECA

Export Finance Australia has given ASX-listed EcoGraf a non-binding letter of support to secure a $35 million loan facility for the planned expansion of its battery anode...

26 July 2021

Afreximbank, BAFT hold training workshops on correspondent banking in Africa

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) have announced the launch of a series of training workshops for...

22 July 2021
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Oil & gas

Mercuria expands energy transition team with BP and Shell hires

Mercuria is upping its energy transition team, having appointed at least five new hires from BP and Shell. Zach Scott, formerly head of low carbon trading and origination...

16 July 2021
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Oil & gas

Svitzer AMEA signs contract with FGEN LNG

Global towage provider Svitzer has signed a 10-year time charter party with FGEN LNG, a wholly owned subsidiary of First Gen. The contract is for the provision of towage...

22 June 2021

BAFT: One hundred not out

One hundred years of an international trade body was a virtual party not to be missed. TXF spoke to Tod Burwell in the wake of the Bankers Association for Finance and...

18 June 2021

Strengthening anti-financial crime controls in Eurasia

For all of the benefits that rising anti-financial crime (AFC) compliance standards have conferred to economies across the world, they have not come without significant...

25 May 2021

Banca Ifis rescues Italian casualty of Greensill collapse

Italy’s Banca Ifis has bought the healthy assets of Aigis Banca for €1 ($1.22) after Aigis was forced into liquidation by the insolvency of Germany’s...

24 May 2021
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Infrastructure

Commissioners move forward with Clackamas courthouse P3

The Clackamas County Commissioners have authorised county staff to post a Request for Quotation (RFQ) in late June or early July to secure a proponent to undertake the...

21 May 2021
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Infrastructure, Waste and water

EIB agrees record €140m financing for Benin

The European Investment Bank has €140 million of new support to accelerate health investment and tackle the health and economic impact of climate change in...

14 May 2021

Rob Sternthal joins Piper Sandler

Piper Sandler has hired Rob Sternthal, who will join the firm's New York office as a managing director in the energy and power investment banking group....

13 May 2021

DC Advisory announces new promotions

DC Advisory has announced the promotion of 21 staff members to managing director, executive director, and director across its global offices. New managing directors...

11 May 2021

SMEs more optimistic as lockdown eases, says BFS

The UK government’s plans to ease lockdown restrictions have seen a surge in optimism from SMEs, according to the latest Covid-19 Pulse survey from Bibby Financial...

27 April 2021
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Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Other, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Export finance 2021: A look under the hood of the global report

TXF’s 2021 Global Export Finance Industry Report has revealed a series of trends in the export finance industry, largely centered around the drive towards sustainability,...

19 April 2021

BFS launches £300m SME Pandemic Recovery Fund

SME funder Bibby Financial Services has announced a £300 million Pandemic Recovery Fund to support SMEs as lockdown restrictions are lifted over the coming months....

16 April 2021

Greensill crash: Australian firm owes $4.9bn, ‘should be liquidated’

The Bundaberg-based company that sits atop failed global finance group Greensill has debts totalling almost $4.9 billion and should be liquidated, its administrator has...

13 April 2021
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Two exit Cofco International

Swiss-based trading arm of Chinese state-owned food business Cofco - Cofco International - will be saying farewell to two of its senior staff. Wei Peng, global head...

06 April 2021

European guarantee will enable Finnvera to grant €650m of loans to companies

Finnvera is joining the Pan-European Guarantee Fund (EGF) programme of the European Investment Bank Group, enabling the Finnish export credit agency to grant a total of...

31 March 2021
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Metals and Mining

Eramet board backs CEO for new term after shareholder tussle

French miner Eramet's board backed a new term for CEO Christel Bories during which her combined CEO and chairwoman role would be split, in a compromise after tensions...

30 March 2021

What cost Brexit?

Brexit has been largely overshadowed by pandemic economic angst in the UK infrastructure sector. The additional bureaucracy will mean additional cost, but quantifying how...