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16 March 2021

TCFD: Too complex for delivery in export finance?

The Global Export Finance Industry Report 2021 found that export finance banks (59%), ECAs (59%), and buyers (54%) were most likely to have some knowledge of Task Force...

09 November 2020

The world’s first outcomes-driven gender bond

IDB Invest, which structured the bond for Colombian bank Davivienda, believes the landmark issuance will catalyse the wider gender-linked bonds market in Latin America.

03 April 2020

Expert briefing: Financial education - train hard to fight easy

Financial services staff and systems are already facing intense pressure amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but no-one knows what the economic effects of locking-down economies...

16 September 2019

Caribbean Export: Pouring promotion into trade

TXF spoke with Anthony Bradshaw, CEO at Caribbean Export Development Agency, to find out more about promoting the region’s exports to the EU – and beyond. But, the agency...

15 May 2019

Norwegian agencies step-up to support reborn shipbuilding sector

As the shipbuilding industry in Norway transitions, so the government support appears well-placed to back new developments. However, in the case of finance for a...

12 June 2018
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Renewables

Paradise gained: MPC Capital’s second-mover advantage

Having just reached financial close on a DFI-backed deal for the Paradise Park solar project in Jamaica, German asset manager MPC is carving itself a reputation as an...

29 May 2018

Reversing the brain drain in export finance

The export finance industry has an ageing demographic. Much of the knowledge and talent in the industry comes from practitioners with over 30 years’ experience. However,...

18 May 2018

Identity cheques

Could a 20-digit LEI number help banks cut their KYC and compliance costs while narrowing the SME trade finance gap? Yes – but not until regulators get behind it.

23 December 2016

The age of uncertainty: Trade wars and laws in 2017

Forecasts for trade since the financial crisis have been steady. Now, political anxiety and regulatory tightening casts a huge shadow of ambiguity over the trade outlook...

12 December 2016

ELZ Finance: The EBRD and MIGA target bond guarantees

Credit enhancement on the Elazig hospital PPP financing shows how bonds could help emerging markets projects take off.

06 May 2016

Why are banks withdrawing from correspondent banking?

Banks are continuing to withdraw from many of their correspondent banking relationships - a process which threatens global trade, especially in poorer countries. TXF...

25 April 2016
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Transport

BEST ECA AIRCRAFT FINANCING DEAL OF THE YEAR: UKEF and HSBC join for first ever renminbi financing

Last year’s pioneering deal from HSBC and UKEF to sign the first ever renminbi financing of an aircraft purchase is TXF’s best ECA Aircraft Financing Deal of the...

12 October 2015

Academic research and export credit insurance

If we think about academic research, we often think about theory development and testing with no or little concern for impact on the real world. We sometimes believe that...

22 December 2014

SACE approves funds for new projects in frontier markets

Italian export credit agency, SACE, has today announced that it has approved €2.1 billion ($2.57 billion) in new commitments for export credit transactions and investment...

14 November 2014

Santander signs loan for another Enel wind farm in Mexico

Enel Green Power (EGP), acting through its fully-owned subsidiary Dominica Energia Limpia, has signed a $104 million loan with Spain’s Banco Santander for the 100 MW...

10 October 2014

Making trade flow in 2020: the role of payment and finance solutions

Dominic Broom – head of sales and relationship management, Treasury Services, EMEA, BNY Mellon – explores developments in technology, global trade flows, choices of...

27 June 2014

Case study: Financing Santo Domingo’s Metro

As the most extensive urban metro system in the Caribbean and only the second in existence, Santo Domingo’s Metro is an ambitious programme to modernise transport...

01 May 2014

The big rust - an update on the Latin American coffee leaf rust outbreak

It is now over a year since it became apparent that a major coffee rust outbreak was developing over a wide area of Latin America, ranging from Mexico in the north, to...

29 April 2014

Ashurst expands banking team in Asia

International law firm Ashurst has made a series of appointments and developments that will increase the strength of its finance practice in Asia-Pacific.

28 April 2014

Pacific Basin signs loan for Japanese bulk carriers

Hong Kong-headquartered Pacific Basin Shipping (Pacific Basin), through PB Vessels Holding (PBVH), a wholly-owned British Virgin Islands company, has signed an export...