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22 April 2024
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Other, Renewables, Transport

Keynote: Eksfin’s CEO on the answers blowing in the wind

How do you have a thriving offshore wind export business when you don’t, technically, have an offshore wind industry? Norway’s exporters are finding the answer, and of...

15 April 2024

TXF Perfect 10 Commodity Finance

The wait for the winners of the TXF Perfect 10 Commodity Finance Deals of the Year is over. Here are the landmark deals of 2023.

15 April 2024
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Manufacturing & equipment, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications

ECA Deals of the Year: The winners

This year's winners of the TXF Export Finance Deals of the Year beat a lot of worthy contenders, with ESG credentials the running theme across those winning deals.

12 April 2024
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Infrastructure, Renewables

Pushing out ECA tenor envelopes

The export finance community’s calls for OECD reform are being answered. But amid the news certain ESG-friendly projects can tap longer tenors, there remains scepticism...

08 April 2024

Keynote: Ron on SACE’s fully caffeinated export and import strategy

Michal Ron, Chief International Business Officer at SACE, discusses Italy’s record export finance volumes as it moves into ‘fifth gear’ on its ambitious ‘push strategy’....

05 April 2024

To tie or not to tie, that is the ECA question

While the growth of untied ECA lending provides flexibility for ECAs to compete with non-OECD ECAs, the inconsistent methodologies of this nascent product are a reminder...

28 March 2024
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Infrastructure, Oil & gas, Power

The gap becomes a chasm as ECAs chase developed markets

ECA volumes into developing markets continue to lag far behind developed markets despite a record-breaking year for export finance. Reforms to the OECD Arrangement could...

26 March 2024

Keynote: EIFO’s Lundquist on turning professional pessimism into power

The Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) has the ‘gift of wind’ which has helped it position itself as a changemaker in renewable energy financing. But it’s not...

22 March 2024

TXF MENA 2024: Top takeaways

ECA-backed project finance took centre stage this year at TXF MENA 2024 with the spotlight on energy transition, longer tenors, and untied lending. ECA flexibility...

19 March 2024

Keynote: KUKE’s Wladyczak on new instruments for prioritising export support

Janusz Wladyczak, CEO of KUKE, Poland’s export credit agency, highlights KUKE’s enhanced role in supporting reconstruction in Ukraine as conflict continues, the new tools...

18 March 2024

Egypt and Morocco: How to sustain infrastructure investment

North Africa’s two leading markets have taken very different approaches to encouraging energy and infrastructure investment. Which path looks more sustainable?

15 March 2024

The right tool for the job: BU celebrates 90 years of supporting trade and investment

It may be younger than the Swiss Army knife, but the Berne Union’s stakeholder event reflects on how adept the nonagenarian organisation is at helping support financing...

01 March 2024

ECA league tables 2023: Pushing the envelope

With the recent release of TXF Intelligence’s export finance lender league tables, get the breakdown on the most active ECAs in the market. Read on to find out the...

20 February 2024
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Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Corporate perspectives: Patience is a virtue for Elecnor's Perez

It’s still positive, and the benefits of the changes in the OECD Arrangement are already showing, says Angela Perez, head of structured finance at Spanish infrastructure...

12 February 2024
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Manufacturing & equipment

Northvolt: A test case in Euro gigafactory bankability

Northvolt’s latest big-ticket ECA-backed financing has set a benchmark for European gigafactory deals. But can Europe’s green industrial policy keep up with the pace of...

12 February 2024

Keynote: Pakistan’s new EXIM Bank takes wing

Irfan Bukhari, CEO and president, Export-Import Bank of Pakistan (EXIM Bank) discusses the next steps for the newly inaugurated agency.

02 February 2024

How do you fix overpriced macro risk premiums?

DFI support mechanisms have tended to focus on the project-specific micro premium in cost of capital. But a report for the Climate Policy Initiative by Avinash Persaud...

26 January 2024
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Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Power, Renewables

2024: A leap too far for another ECA debt record?

After a record-breaking year, ECAs must face the challenge of ensuring that activity remains strong in 2024. Demand for low-cost financing is high in the current interest...

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...

23 January 2024
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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...