Filter results

Search results

Show:
Results found: 1368

13 December 2024

Keynote: Sparking a new chemical reaction at the BU with President Akita

Yuichiro Akita, President of the Berne Union and general manager, international and strategic policy, at Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), explains his...

28 November 2024
in
Infrastructure

Cameroon seals landmark road deal with Italian SMEs

Cameroon recently signed an ECA-backed loan for a strategic national road project. The deal has provided a financial blueprint for SME exporters to get involved in future...

26 June 2024

Global 2024 Export, Project & Development Finance, Athens: The Oracle speaks

The Delphic Oracle has spoken at TXF Global Export Finance Athens 2024 and the auguries are generally good for the export finance industry. We dig through some of the...

05 June 2024
in
Agri/Soft Commodities, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas

Takeaways from the tea-party: TXF Amsterdam 2024

The 10th edition of the TXF Amsterdam Global Commodity Finance event has now passed, but what were the biggest talking points? Read on for the latest updates on growth in...

07 May 2024

TXF-TFG podcast: A decade of commodity finance

Ahead of TXF’s Global Commodity Finance Conference in Amsterdam on 22-23 May 2024, Trade Finance Global’s (TFG) Deepesh Patel (DP) spoke with Jonathan Bell (JB),...

23 January 2024
in
Manufacturing & equipment, Renewables

H2 Green Steel Boden: Long on ambitions, low on emissions

H2GS was founded by Vargas in 2020 and launched in 2021. Three years later it has finalised funding for the world’s first green steel mega project. How? By being open to...

29 November 2023

TXF Amsterdam 2024 – Save the date!

TXF will be hosting the 10th Anniversary of its Global Commodity Finance Conference in Amsterdam on 22-23 May 2024, at the Grand Krasnapolsky Hotel, with our black-tie...

02 November 2023

How do carbon markets work? Part 2

As with any type of valuable asset, owners of emission allowances and voluntary carbon credits may wish to use them to obtain finance. This asset class is increasingly...

18 October 2023
in
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...

28 June 2023
in
Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Power, Telecoms and Communications, Transport

Shine on crazy copper!

Copper isn’t just a critical metal, it is the critical metal for the global green economy. Complete underinvestment in mining points to a drastic shortage of the metal in...

06 June 2023
in
Agri/Soft Commodities, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables

TXF Commodity Finance Deals of the Year for 2022: Shining through!

It was a tough time in 2022 for those involved in financing new commodity deals. But despite all the adversity and myriad challenges, some excellent deals were concluded....

31 May 2023

African sovereign debt poses challenges for ECA activity

The spectre of increasing sovereign debt has the potential to swamp future export finance deals and projects in several African jurisdictions.

16 May 2023
in
Metals and Mining

Alternative financing for mining: feast or famine?

The mining industry is suffering after a decade of underinvestment. Macroeconomic pressures have further reduced a pool of money that was already limited. These issues...

26 April 2023

Rare earths provide common ground for Australia and Germany

Germany and Australia are building a strategic alliance on the critical minerals supply front. As ever, the financing package and offtake agreements will prove the...

12 April 2023

Fragmented world set to alter global trade supply chains

War and geopolitical tensions are accelerating the move from globalisation to a much more fragmented world, which in turn is changing the patterns of global trade.

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.

22 March 2023
in
Renewables

African renewable energy market gets massive boost

Strategic acquisition of Lekela Power by Infinity Group allows for economies of scale and potentially a massive boost for renewable energy projects across African...

01 March 2023
in
Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Other, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

The changing face of MENA export credit agency-backed financing

The volume of ECA business and the number of deals is down in the Middle East, but at the same time we are seeing higher volume and more deals in North Africa. Industrial...

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...

07 February 2023
in
Infrastructure, Oil & gas

Angola: Solving the funding puzzle with ECA debt

Angola is amid an economic revival, with interest rates and inflation falling even as sub-Saharan Africa falls into crisis. As it diversifies, the southern African nation...