After nearly 70 years as France's ECA Coface is set to transfer the handling of state export credit guarantees to French public investment bank, Bpifrance. The move will have a wider impact than merely a name change, and could even ensure cheaper pricing on French ECA deals. TXF caught up with HDA conseil's Henri D'Ambrieres to find out more.
2016 is set to be a year of change. Trade sanctions on Iran have been suspended; those on Russia, on the contrary, have been extended for another six months. Compliance regulations are more stringent than ever, limiting banks’ ability to trade. Geoff Wynne, partner at law firm Sullivan & Worcester, gives TXF’s Hesham Zakai a few words of advice about how to navigate the complex legal landscape of trade in 2016.
Telefonica has tapped the export finance market for an innovative, catch-all facility to finance the mass procurement plans of its global subsidiaries. The Spanish telecoms titan recently closed a $545 million Finnvera-backed buyer’s credit facility to fund the purchase of Nokia equipment and services.
UK bank Barclays made its entire London export finance team redundant last Friday, 22 January 2016, amid a wider cull of the bank’s investment banking division.
Procter & Gamble Asia’s PV Mahajan shares his top tips for inventory and cash flow improvement, ahead of his presentation at TXF’s Trade, Treasury & Commodity Finance conference in Singapore on February 23-24.
Ali Darzi, founder and principal of Iran Foreign Investment Consultants (IranFIC), discusses the cover available for foreign investments in the Persian country.
Despite India’s massive size and forecasts that it could challenge China as the world’s growth engine within a decade, uptake of export credit in the country continues to disappoint. Helen Castell reports.
According to ChinaBusinessNews.com and the South China Morning Post, Alibaba Group Holding last week entered into a partnership with more than 25 credit rating agencies and banks globally, in order to make cross-border trade financing available for Chinese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Canada's export credit agency Export Development Canada (EDC) has provided its first guarantee for a loan from international banks to a Turkish corporate last month.
In the wake of US Ex-Im's reauthorisation last month, TXF’s Ollie Gordon catches up with some of export finance’s most sagacious veterans for some honest, off-record input on the wider issue kicked up by the ECA's existential storm: should ECAs really exist?
Daniel Schmand, Deutsche Bank’s EMEA head of trade finance & cash management corporates, was elected the new chair of the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) Banking Commission in April last year. In a wide-ranging interview touching on regulation and compliance, non-bank lenders, SME finance, digitisation, and banking reputation, TXF's Ollie Gordon discovers Schmand’s key policy objectives for the Commission and gets his take on the industry’s hottest topics.
Coface has named Xavier Durand as its new CEO. He will replace current CEO Jean-Marc Pillu following the board of directors’ meeting due to be held on 9 February.
The digitisation of trade finance has the potential to deliver significant benefits to corporates, banks, carriers and other trading partners. As well as reducing the time, costs and risks of trading internationally, connected parties have greater visibility and transparency of the whole end-to-end process. However, digital adoption has been slow; but with increasing global competition and a drive to become more efficient, many industry analysts believe this may be about to change.
As we drive into 2016, some fundamental issues are hitting the market. This latest blog looks at shipping, oil, and Iran and assesses what influences they may be having within trade and project finance.
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.
Roll up, roll up for TXF’s magnificent Export Finance Virtual World Fair 2020, take a ride across the world of global export finance from Asia, Mena, Europe to Africa, and the Americas
TXF Global Commodity Finance 2020 virtual event goes back to the future . Join deal makers from across the globe for an unmissable virtual event to explore all the current changes in the market.
The only dedicated forum for the APAC commodity finance community. Join dealmakers from across Asia-Pacific as we tackle key industry issues and analyse the latest deals in the market.
This is a fully virtual event, which allows uncapped, senior-level participation from all corners of the globe.
The ultimate guide to the German Export Finance bringing together senior attendees from banks and exporters gather every year to make new connections and plan ahead...
Roll up, roll up for the latest updates on Spanish Export Finance. This annual event will cover all current and future deals and explore new opportunities for the market.
4 virtual+ events in 1 day- we will be covering export finance of Germany, France, Spain and the UK in 1 day! Join the virtual event of your choice and be part of cross-country sessions
We're reuniting the French Export Finance industry to discuss trends in the market and make new valuable connections. Join us to get ahead of next year's deals.
Our first UK Export Finance event is taking place this December. Delve into the local market and make high-level contacts that might just lead to your next deal...
TXF is teaming up with Nigeria Investment Gateway to run this year's Nigerian Trade and Investment Summit. This will be a virtual event focusing on existing and new investment projects in Nigeria.
This virtual event will address those challenges head-on. We want to create an atmosphere that is inspiring and ideas led, that demonstrates the art of the possible for the export finance community.