Cocobod announces plans for reform as cocoa prices crater
Cocoa prices have returned to historical averages but the threat of volatility remains, and national regulators are still managing the fallout. Ghana’s Cocobod has...
Cocoa prices have returned to historical averages but the threat of volatility remains, and national regulators are still managing the fallout. Ghana’s Cocobod has...
TXF spoke to TradeQraft CEO Orhan Gunes to discuss out-of-the-box solutions in trade finance, including the rise of private credit providers and digital finance...
The Trump administration’s capture of Nicolás Maduro was in part designed to create opportunities for US players in Venezuela’s oil sector. But both the short-term and...
The EIB is anchoring another major DFI-ECA package for a major European energy transition project. Can it succeed where earlier complex mega-projects have struggled?
New nuclear’s construction risk and development timelines have made it difficult to bank – until now. The RAB revenue model means that Sizewell C’s funding package...
The 2025 edition of TXF’s annual Commodity Finance Research Report is now available. It reflects the views of a market that has been bruised by disruptions to trade:...
In this trade & export finance webinar, Mark Norris and Robert Parson, partners in Sullivan's London office, assess the risks and opportunities for private credit funds...
At TXF Asia 2025, Robert Doyle, CFO of UGT Renewables and Sun Africa, shared insights into the sister companies’ ambitious plans for bold expansion in Asia’s booming...
The outlook for the green hydrogen market has been challenged in recent years despite positive rhetoric from industry stakeholders. A consistent financing pipeline is yet...
Uzbekistan’s growing energy market provides plenty of opportunities for infrastructure development, and ECAs are showing enthusiasm. Gas remains essential to its...
TXF's commodities data suggests that 2025 is expected to see modest growth with bigger deals going to top borrowers, ongoing regional shifts, and continued trader...
A new agreement between Trafigura and Korea’s public gas company will deliver a decade of LNG imports to Korean companies. It is another sign of Korea’s efforts to...
Ahead of Exile's Asia 2025 event in Singapore, Euler Hermes, KUKE and SFIL share their insights with TXF on the biggest opportunities and challenges in the region over...
The release of Glencore’s half-year financial results disappointed its shareholders. Profits are down across its legendary energy trading arm, even while its metals...
The fourth edition of the UN International Conference on Financing for Development at last recognised the role played by ECAs in development. Momentum is building around...
TXF spoke with Preslav Raykov, global head of trading at Eleen Marine about the importance of risk controls in the present geopolitical environment as well as strategies...
Export finance activity looks healthy as the industry enters the second half of the year, but there is room to improve if ECAs want to match record volumes across 2023...
Critical mineral supply chains sit at the centre of present geopolitical tensions, from China’s processing monopoly to Ukraine’s untapped deposits. ECAs have been armed...
A new report into bank funding for the fossil fuel industry has highlighted a resurgence in dealmaking for oil & gas firms. ECAs may have stepped away, but regardless...
Equinor and Polenergia have closed a landmark project financing for Baltyk 2&3 amid a flurry of activity in the offshore wind sector. Poland has big ambitions to...
The SACE-backed loan to fund Sonangol’s equity share in the NeGaCo gas project in Angola has marked the first time the ECA has structured such a deal based on the total Italian content for an entire project.