COP27: Was it the 'implementation COP'?
COP27 was branded as the ‘implementation COP’ – this was the climate summit meant to finally fulfil financial pledges and translate talk into action. Aside from a few...
COP27 was branded as the ‘implementation COP’ – this was the climate summit meant to finally fulfil financial pledges and translate talk into action. Aside from a few...
We reveal full details of the $711 million financing for the EV battery plant in Indonesia and examine how the country is hoping to emerge as a major force in the EV...
China is responsible for half of global copper demand. In this article we hear from traders who provide key insights on the recent case of the disappearance of almost...
TXF’s ‘in viro veritas’ series looks at the effects of the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic on trade and export finance. The first in the series was an early stage call to...
Are corporate treasuries, fintechs and banks missing a trick on cross border working capital optimisation and what will the next five years hold? TXF's roundtable...
In advance of the ICC World Banking Commission annual meeting in Beijing, TXF gathered China financial experts and corporates to talk about financing China trade....
The race to be a global leader in certain cutting-edge technologies will always be a hard fought one. But in the case of China’s Huawei, the company has unfortunately...
Have you ever wondered how Chinese companies finance domestic trade? Alvin Shen, CEO and managing partner of Broader Way Group, explains what at first glance may seem an...
A Chinese joint venture has won the Ramu 2 hydro project in Papua New Guinea and is in the market for a major project financing.
The size of the target – 15, 35 or 43 gigawatts (GW) – is open to dispute, but there is less argument about whether the Indonesian government is serious about its plans...
China Merchants Bank (CMB) and Deutsche Bank have signed an agreement under which CMB will obtain a full range of global banking services, including cash management and...
HSBC has facilitated cross-border renminbi (RMB) loans for mainland China corporates operating from the Nansha Free Trade Zone (FTZ) and Kunshan, areas that are now...
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.
Seventy percent of companies in the Asia-Pacific region experienced overdue payment of some form in 2014, the highest levels in three years, according to an annual survey...
Shenzhen-based CDB Leasing has secured financing from KfW IPEX-Bank, Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba) and The Korea Development Bank for the refinancing of four...
HSBC has made a strategic appointment to its payments and cash management business in Asia.
Commodity trader Mercuria Energy is expanding its marine fuel division - Minerva Maritime Fuel – with the announcement today that it is looking to hire 20 to 40 bunker...
Swiss-headquartered commodity trading company Mercuria Energy has moved more intensely into the shipping fuel sector with the hire of personnel from the Danish-owned OW...
The independent aircraft operating lessor, China Aircraft Leasing Company (CALC), has signed a RMB 10 billion ($1.63 billion) credit facility with China’s export credit...
Mercuria Energy has today successfully completed the acquisition of parts of JP Morgan Chase’s physical commodities business. This follows the initial signing of the...
Senior practitioners of the trade and export finance community will gather at the University of St Gallen this autumn for another edition of IfTI’s Global Symposium. Expect lively debate around case studies and best practices in trade as geopolitical tensions rise.