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31 May 2024

Keynote: US Ex-Im Chair Lewis, don’t wait for business to come to you

In advance of her appearance at TXF Global in Athens, Reta Jo Lewis, President and Chair of Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Exim) spoke to TXF about the...

24 May 2024

Hoping for clear skies for transition, innovation, cyber and geopolitics, at BU Oslo

At the Berne Union’s flagship spring meeting in Norway, enthusiasm over opportunities for ECAs on climate and energy transition, technology and innovation, were balanced...

20 May 2024

Keynote: UKEF’s CEO Reid looks through new lenses for exporters

Tim Reid, CEO of UK Export Finance, discusses the lenses through which the ECA will define the success of its new business plan, which builds on its record as the fourth...

10 May 2024

Keynote: Finnvera’s CEO warns on pendulum swings for export finance

Pauli Heikkilä, CEO of Finnvera, reflects on the swinging pendulum for export financing he’s seen in two decades heading Finland’s ECA. Global swings from market forces...

25 April 2024

Quo Vadis? IfTI returns for the Global Trade Symposium 2024

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....

15 March 2024

The right tool for the job: BU celebrates 90 years of supporting trade and investment

It may be younger than the Swiss Army knife, but the Berne Union’s stakeholder event reflects on how adept the nonagenarian organisation is at helping support financing...

18 October 2023
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Agri/Soft Commodities

How does mandatory and voluntary carbon trading work?

Niamh Dennehy-Maher of Allen & Overy and Robert Lang-Anderson of Bank of America examine each market, explain how carbon trading schemes are set up and what the...

10 October 2023

Perspectives: New frontiers for the development of CPRI in Latin America

Larissa Belizario, director, political risk & credit, Latin America, at Chubb, shares her experience in the CPRI market in Latin America, the changes she has witnessed,...

06 October 2023

TXF Asia 2023: Meeting at the crossroads

TXF has returned to Singapore for its annual Asia event. Read on to find the key takeaways after two days of networking and industry insights from the export, project and...

13 September 2023

Keynote: ECIC’s expanded mandate in focus with acting CEO Maphula

TXF speaks to Ntshengedzeni Gilbert Maphula, acting CEO of Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa (ECIC), about South Africa’s export credit agency’s...

04 September 2023

Keynote: Financing the energy transition, how ECAs can become change makers

Eric Usher, head of the UNEP Finance Initiative, discusses how government, multilateral agencies, corporates, and financial institutions can help realise emission...

31 July 2023
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Power, Renewables, Transport

10-year plan: The future of export finance business

TXF spoke with Philip Lewis, global head of export finance at HSBC to discuss how broadening the remit of ECAs allows for a larger impact in terms of energy transition...

14 July 2023

Keynote: Adjusting to the new trade dynamics with KUKE’s Wladyczak

Janusz Wladyczak, CEO of KUKE, Poland’s export credit agency, discusses KUKE’s role in helping exporters pivot to new markets amid the conflict on its borders, its hopes...

18 May 2023
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Oil & gas

Different paths

Are multilateral development banks (MDBs) and export credit agencies (ECAs) pulling in the same direction when it comes to energy transition? The PR says they are – the...

03 April 2023

OECD announces landmark modernisation package for the Arrangement on export credits

The OECD reform package of the Arrangement on export credits will be a complete game changer for the export finance sector.

14 March 2023

Keynote: Stamatopoulos on getting the new Greek ECA on the move

Gregory Stamatopoulos, CEO, Export Credit Greece (ECG), is a man with a mission, and a very busy travel schedule, reforming the Greek export credit agency and getting...

10 February 2023

Progress within export finance on sustainability, but changes sorely needed on OECD Arrangement

The ICC White Paper update report shows that ECAs and banks have made good progress on the sustainability front, but lack of change to the OECD Arrangement is holding the...

30 January 2023

Perspectives: Falcioni reflects on his five year tenure at ECI

TXF speaks to Massimo Falcioni, former CEO of the UAE Federal Company Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) about his journey with the export credit agency, the challenges of...

25 January 2023
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Power

When will sub-Saharan Africa be able to properly see the light?

Approximately 600 million people in Africa have no access to electricity. In a continent with considerable potential for energy natural resource development – both...

21 November 2022

ICC reinforces export credit industry calls for rapid modernisation of OECD Arrangement

The export finance industry has been calling for wholesale changes to the OECD Arrangement on Export Credits for years now. Some changes now look set to come into force,...