In a further expansion of its commodity trade finance team, SMBC in London has hired Paul Lodwick as a director, commodity trade finance sales at the bank. Lodwick comes from Rabobank London, where he was an executive director within the bank’s trade and commodity finance unit. Lodwick has...
Ahead of Asia 2026, TXF gathered a handful of ECAs to outline why international ECA support still struggles to land in Asia — and where it is starting to work.
TXF’s export finance data for the first half of 2026 include several banks and ECAs that really upped their games. The key driver of success has been increasing commitments to...
Ukraine is no longer waiting for peace to finance its recovery. But generous terms, layered guarantees, war-risk cover, fund anchors and public balance sheets are taking the place of conventional private capital.
Ahead of Asia 2026, TXF gathered a handful of ECAs to outline why international ECA support still struggles to land in Asia — and where it is starting to work.
TXF’s export finance data for the first half of 2026 include several banks and ECAs that really upped their games. The key driver of success has been increasing commitments to both active and emerging borrowers.
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