This year's winners of the TXF Perfect 10 Export Finance Deals of the Year beat a lot of worthy contenders...
CC Solution's has compiled a list of all the new tools and product offerings being rolled out by ECAs and DFIs in their bid to keep the world of trade spinning amid the Covid-19 crisis. Click on the article to download all that information in a palatable pdf.
To inaugurate TXF Global Virtual 2020, the team at TXF put together the top export finance trends which are expected to evolve globally over the course of the year.
Thursday 21 May | 11:00 BST | 14:00 GST When obligors in remote countries miss payments, speed and local knowledge are essential in recovering defaulted funds. In this webinar we will explore the avenues available for amicable, arbitrated and judicial recovery for export credit insured transactions in MENA
The Ibri II solar project financing in Oman, which signed electronically at the end March amid the global economic lockdown, was the second regional project to engage with Saudi Exim for financing. However, while not backed by the Saudi ECA in the end, the project shows the Saudi authorities want to strengthen their ECAs to support exports regionally and internationally – which bodes well for Saudi companies in the coming years.
TXF spoke with Hoda Moustafa, Africa regional head at MIGA to discuss the multilateral's internal response to the Covid-19 crisis on the continent, and how the pandemic has impacted its risk appetite and deal pipeline in 2020.
TXF spoke with Darrel Boyd, CEO at TM Geothermal Operations (TMGO) to outline the progress and challenges of procuring and financing the 150MW Tulu Moye geothermal power project in Ethiopia amid the coronavirus pandemic – the country's first independent power producer (IPP).
Thursday 14th May 2020 | 10:30 EST | 15:30 BST It is more essential than ever for the trade and export finance community to engage with institutional investors to optimise their ability to access capital. Join our live 1 hour webinar as experts discuss what a long term issuer/investor relationship can look like in trade finance
China’s president, Xi Jinping, pledged $60 billion in 2018 for African development over the next three years. But will the Covid-19 pandemic and global economic downturn light an early fuse on the time bomb of ‘addictive’ Chinese-style financings in Africa, especially for commodity-linked project debt as commodity prices tumble? Or are critics just out for China again.
In the second edition of TXF’s new Deal in Spotlight feature, TXF spoke with Thierry Gernigon, director of export finance EMEA at BNP Paribas to discuss a Bpifrance-backed deal the French bank closed at the end of 2019 to finance the rehabilitation of a university hospital centre in Ivory Coast.
Overall volumes of global commodity finance fell by 16% in 2019 compared to 2018, according to the full-year TXF 2019 Commodity Finance Report, while structured commodity finance plummeted to nearly half the volume of the previous year. Max Thompson reviews the drivers behind these low figures, as well as the most active regions and sectors across the commodity finance space.
In the first edition of TXF’s new Deal in Spotlight feature, we caught up with LBBW, the sole lender on the 33MW Huong Linh 1 onshore wind farm in Vietnam, to find out why this small-scale ECA-backed project financing was a landmark deal in a market where big ticket coverage always grabs the headlines.
Overall volumes of global export finance fell by almost 30% last year compared to 2018 according to the full-year TXF 2019 Export Finance Report. Max Thompson reviews the ECA league tables alongside the drivers behind the drastic drop in ECA-backed deal volume, with lower numbers across all major sectors other than oil and gas.
The Taiwanese offshore wind market is on course to emulate another bumper year of ECA-backed project finance prowess in 2020. But not all is as it seems on this nascent sector’s glimmering surface, with state-owned bank liquidity yet to emerge.
TXF spoke to Gautier Mangenot, VP of business development at Entrepose Group, a subsidiary of Vinci, about the challenges mid-sized EPCs face facilitating infrastructure throughout the energy value chain, and the growing role of multi-sourced ECA finance in wining bids in central and south-east Asia.
BNDES’ heavy involvement in the GNA II liquefied natural gas (LNG)-to-power project funding mix contrasts its bid to leave more room for private investors in large-scale project financings in Brazil. So when will such projects be dealt the card of pure commercial bankability?
Indonesia’s state-owned power utility PLN has yet to close a single power project financing in 2019 amid a year of economic slowdown and elections. However, Teguh Harsono, vice president of funding at PLN says 2020 will be a very different story.
The renaissance in North Sea oil field M&As is being driven by new flows of capital and RBL lenders backing mid-cap oil companies acquiring assets from majors’ divesting in the sector. But how much value can these often PE-backed independents and special operators squeeze from older oil assets before they look to offload — or even float them?
TXF has opened voting for its Perfect 10 Deal of the Year Awards 2019. Please cast your vote on tagmydeals.com to have your say on this year’s most landmark export and commodity finance deals.
On the sidelines of VTB’s RUSSIA CALLING! event in Moscow last month, Igor Ostreyko, managing director of trade and export finance at VTB and Anna Ponomareva, head of ECA and agency finance at VTB, discuss the health of the bank’s trade finance portfolio amid record growth in China.
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) pulled in record low tariff offers this month for its latest 900MW solar PV scheme – DEWA V. But there was no promise from DEWA of a sovereign guarantee backing the project in the tender document. So how did bids go so low?
US Exim’s full reauthorisation was expected at the end of last month as glimmers of bipartisan support returned to the US ECA. But now big ticket business is under threat once again as the agency’s latest expiry date for congressional authorisation emerges.
TXF’s debut Sustainable Deals H1 2019 report partnered with Acre Impact Capital to help provide a comprehensive methodology and classify sustainable deals in the ECA market.
TXF’s Export Finance Industry Report 2019 is here. The survey, which comprises the views of 259 individual senior export finance practitioners at banks, ECAs, importers, exporters, insurers, lawyers and alternative financiers, is by far our most comprehensive yet...
TXF spoke with Anthony Bradshaw, CEO at Caribbean Export Development Agency, to find out more about promoting the region’s exports to the EU – and beyond. But, the agency only has limited export finance solutions at its disposal.
ESG-tied debt benefits go beyond a simple PR play for Louis Dreyfus Company, it's now a tightly priced option for the trader, as its latest Asian revolver mimics its debut in the sector earlier this year. However, lenders will up fees incrementally with each drawdown this time round.
Richard Hodder, global head of export finance at HSBC, spoke to TXF about the bank's most active regions and sectors, the progress of the IWG on Export Credits, and how China is looking to team up with more European ECAs.
Massimo Falcioni, CEO at Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) talks to TXF about how the UAE’s new ECA has been made operational in record time, and how its plans for the future are being lifted by digitisation and partnership.
TXF spoke with Petroperu’s vice chairman, Hernan Barros, to discuss the company’s debut ECA-backed financing with CESCE for the Talara oil refinery, with further fundraising plans potentially on the cards for a second deal with the Spanish ECA.
Australia’s energy-from-waste (EfW) sector is in project finance adolescence. But a lack of developers and varying waste supply agreements from councils are proving challenging for lenders looking for bankable large-scale projects.
The $1.5 billion Al Dur 2 independent water and power project (IWPP) financing achieved a record length tenor for an uncovered local bank tranche, an indirect benefit of ECA support. But according to sources close to the deal, Saudi Exim’s direct loan debut proved a ‘nightmare’ to structure.
From the sidelines of TXF Global Berlin, Rocio Uriarte, deputy director for strategy at CESCE, talks about the Spanish ECA's growing pipeline of projects in Latin America, the limits of regulations and breaking away from traditional ECA financing.
At TXF Global last month, Maelia Dufour, head of international relations at Bpifrance Export Insurance, outlined the challenges of digitisation in export finance, compliance procedures, and the need to modernise the OECD Consensus on export credits.
From the sidelines of TXF Global, Vinco David, secretary general of the Berne Union, talks about the opportunities for export finance in sub-Saharan Africa, the recent increase in ECA-backed renewable energy projects, and why banks and ECAs need to align their SDG goals.
TXF’s top takeaways from the biggest gathering of the export and project finance community in the world, TXF Global 2019, are here.
This month, TXF were proud to announce the winners of the Export Finance Industry Choice Award at TXF Global 2019: Export, Agency & Project Finance event in Berlin. Click here to see the winners.
This year's winners of the TXF Perfect 10 Export Finance Deals of the Year beat a lot of worthy contenders. Read on to find out why...
Size matters - but innovation, strong marketing and a willingness to take on risk are the key traits that this year's winners of the TXF Perfect 10 Commodity Finance Deals of the Year all share.
The US Senate is scheduled to vote today on the three nominees to serve on the board of US Exim. If the full quorum is confirmed as expected, will the dark cloud which has loomed over the agency for nearly four years finally clear and open up its stagnant $40 billion deal pipeline?
Banks have got to follow the calendar of provisioning for non-performing exposures under Article 47 of CRD IV, that much was clear according to Basel Committee regulations announced at the end of last year. But what’s been less obvious is the real impact on ECAs and the wider export finance community itself.
From JBIC ranking as the most active ECA in 2018 to another good year for ECA-backed shipping, TXF digests and analyses the most prevalent trends from our global export finance report for 2018, so you don't have to.
What are the top export finance trends of 2019? From an increasing appetite for deals in developing markets to embracing sustainability, our resident experts articulate it all to the backdrop of a sublime time-lapse cartoon sketch.
TXF spoke with Ivar Slengesol, director of strategy and business development at Export Credit Norway, to discuss his newly created role and how the Norwegian ECA plans to find new growth market in 2019.
In the first edition of TXF’s new Deal in Spotlight feature, we caught up with LBBW, the sole lender on the 33MW Huong Linh 1 onshore wind farm in Vietnam, to find out more about this small-scale landmark ECA-backed project financing.
Hybrid renewable and battery storage system projects have been proven bankable following the first non-recourse deal in 2018, and the deal pipeline is expected to grow. But stand-alone storage project financing remains a challenge as yet unanswered.
Commodity trade finance was conservatively tapped by traders and producers in the Americas last year. According to TXF Data, deal flow totalled $56.07 billion in 2018 compared to an overall debt volume of $39 billion the previous year – a significant drop in business of $18 billion
Export finance deal volume increased marginally across the Americas from 2018 to 2019. According to TXF Data, ECA deal volume totalled $18.6 billion in 2019, compared with $17.4 billion in 2018 – an uptick in deal flow of $800 million
State-owned borrowers in cash-strapped GCC countries – Oman and Bahrain – have been using ECA-backed debt to push out tenors to around 16-17 years. But can the private sector sponsors of the Al Dur 2 IWPP financing in Bahrain push tenors even further?
State-owned borrowers in cash-strapped GCC countries – Oman and Bahrain – have been using ECA-backed debt to push out tenors to around 16-17 years. But can the private sector sponsors of the Al Dur 2 IWPP financing in Bahrain push tenors even further?
Available on demand: A premium online event focusing on recent and forthcoming developments across regional export & project finance with unbeatable networking opportunities across each market.
TXF is pleased to bring you an exclusive webinar event for commodity finance executives engaged in the Asia Pacific commodities market.
TXF's stages for change initiative is a space to celebrate the diverse experts in our industry. We shine a light on the underrepresented communities that make the market stand out.
The ultimate guide to Export Finance in Germany. Senior attendees from banks and exporters gather every year to make new connections and plan ahead...could you be one of them?
Roll up, roll up for the latest updates on Spanish Export Finance. This annual gathering will take you to the heart of the market and introduce you to senior decision-makers who make deals happen.
4 conferences in 1 - TXF will be coming to Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid and London for 4, 1 day events covering all the latest updates in the local export market. Pick your favourite and join us!
We're reuniting the French Export Finance industry to discuss trends in the market and make new valuable connections. Join us in Paris to get ahead of next year's deals.
Our first UK Export Finance event is coming to town this September. Delve into the local market and make high-level contacts that might just lead to your next deal...
A gathering of all the key players in MENA - a chance to shake hands, exchange business cards and plan ahead for another year of successful deal-making!
TXF Global Commodity Finance 2020 conference goes back to the future . Join deal makers from across the globe for an unmissable virtual event in May and physical event in Geneva later on in the year
Join the crowds of exporters, ECAs, banks and insurers gathering to share their expertise and predictions for Asian project and export finance.
The only dedicated forum for the APAC trade and commodity finance community. Join dealmakers from across Asia-Pacific as we tackle key industry issues and analyse the latest deals in the market.