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23 January 2024
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Power, Renewables

Corporate perspectives: Challenges for sustainable power with Wartsila’s Back

A cold snap in Finland has certainly brought fast-starting intermediate power solutions into the spotlight. But it’s way more than a question of how much it costs to keep...

13 April 2022
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Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Transport

Inflation and EPC finance: Another case of history repeating?

EPC contractors are having to deal with the inflationary ripples from the pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine. It’s 100 years since one attempt was made to reconstruct...

01 April 2022
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Manufacturing & equipment, Power, Renewables, Transport

Corporate Perspective: Wartsila’s Back on financing sustainability in the face of headwinds

Andreas Back, senior manager, financial services at Wartsila reflects on the challenges of financing sustainable power and marine in the headwinds of the pandemic, the...

27 January 2020
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Infrastructure, Power, Renewables, Transport

Keynote: Wartsila’s Back on the future of financing flexible power, rain or shine

Andreas Back, senior manager, financial services at Wartsila goes in depth with TXF to discuss financing sustainable power in a market that still needs backups when the...

15 August 2018

US wages economic war against Iran

With the United States' first wave of economic sanctions on Iran already having a heavy impact on the Iranian economy, Jonathan Bell looks at how this will also affect...

30 January 2018

Deadlocked on debt

Iran has yet to produce the project and trade flows bankers hoped for following signing of the JCPOA in 2016. The hurdles are largely born of the Trump administration –...

23 November 2017

ECA SME support: Cover great – cash better

ECAs are stepping up their SME support initiatives. Application processes and ease of access to export cover is improving. But as commercial banks retreat from the SME...

25 October 2017

Oramah: Making Africa great again

In a recent speech, Dr Benedict Oramah, president of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), outlined plans to seize upon continental political will,...

10 November 2016
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Infrastructure, Renewables, Transport, Waste and water

The post-Crisis transformation of ECAs

Export credit agencies (ECAs) played a key role in stabilising and preventing a complete drying up of the trade finance market following the financial crisis of 2007. Max...

04 November 2016

Demand for export credit and political risk insurance

Doing business with and in other countries is vital for the growth of companies of all sizes and sectors. But in addition to business opportunities for internationally...

14 April 2016

Opinion: Export finance sector needs to wake up to potential impact of Basel IV

Basel regulators look to introduce new rules and export finance bankers will need to brace for further capital allocation on sovereign risks. Torsten Richter looks at the...

16 February 2016

Nokia leans on Finnvera for global expansion plans

Nokia — Finland’s premier telecoms company — is in the process of finalising its takeover of France’s Alcatel-Lucent in a $16.6 billion deal that will propel the ailing...

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...

25 September 2015

EuroFinance '15: Supply chain finance – not always a win win win

The usual spiel given by the supply chain finance (SCF) salesman to the corporate buyer is that a SCF programme is a 'win, win, win' solution: a nifty, cutting-edge...

25 May 2015

Romania’s OMV Petrom signs €1 billion RCF

OMV Petrom, the largest oil and gas producer in South-Eastern Europe, has signed a revolving credit facility (RCF) amounting to €1 billion ($1.1 billion). The funding has...

20 March 2015

Nordsee One reaches financial close

Project sponsors, Northland of Canada and RWE Innogy (RWE) the German utility, have announced that the €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) Nordsee One wind farm project has...

13 January 2015

Petrobras appoints compliance officer in wake of corruption scandal

The Brazilian multinational energy corporation, Petrobras, has appointed João Adalberto Elek Junior as governance, risk and compliance officer.

07 January 2015

ING appoints new head of clients and products in Frankfurt

ING Commercial Banking Germany has today appointed Andreas Becker as head of clients and products in its Frankfurt headquarters.

24 October 2014

Berne Union and Prague Club come together for landmark meeting in London

Members of the Berne Union – International Union of Credit & Investment Insurers – came together in London this week for their annual general meeting (AGM). At the same...

24 October 2014

Michal Ron elected as new vice president of Berne Union

This week the Berne Union – the International Union of Credit & Investment Insurers – came together in London for their annual general meeting (AGM), which is also the...