Venezuela: Not yet bankable or investable
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 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...
As we head into 2026, we asked leading figures across export finance, commodities, and development finance for their predictions on the year ahead. From new growth...
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...
Yuichiro Akita, President of the Berne Union and senior general manager, international strategic policy, at Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) discusses the...
The main themes - including decarbonisation and political volatility - have been echoed in TXF’s earlier events. But the sense of urgency about transformations to...
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:...
The weightings that the Basel 4 framework assigns to private credit insurance are too harsh. They risk constraining the flow of capital to sustainable investments in...
Todd Winterhalt, senior vice-president of international markets at Export Development Canada (EDC), discusses EDC’s role in Canada’s market diversification at Berne...
Andy Bagus, senior vice-president treasury and strategic finance, at Indonesia’s national oil company Pertamina discusses project and export finance strategy amid a...
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...
Today’s Exile is Madiha Aslam, Director and Head of Structured Finance At Innovo Group. Madiha admires people who forge their own path, drawing on their experience...
At ITFA's annual trade finance event, this year in Singapore, TXF's Katharine Morton hears whether trade finance is likely be one of the things that gain from disorder.
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...
Changing business models and technologies have made it harder for ECAs and commercial banks to support satellite launches. But the demand for satellite connectivity is...
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...
Ralf Schwarzhaupt, CEO, managing partner at Jebsen & Jessen Industrial Solutions, cautions that global uncertainty is making investors shy away from long term decisions....
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...
The transformation of the export, project and development finance spaces are underway. But can the converging sectors write their next act amid the heightening...
Seung-Hoon Lee is now head of Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim’s) investment finance team, having recently been director of the new development finance team in the agency’s economic development promotion department. He discusses the agency’s new emphasis on direct equity investment in companies and project funds. How will this affect its longer term finance offering, support export credit, and also its development finance strategy?