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Expert opinion, Interview
21 July 2023

Keynote: Finnvera’s Heikkilä cautions on the risks of longer tenor ECA funding

In:
Transport
Head of Export, Project and Development Finance
Don’t spoil the party? Pauli Heikkilä, CEO of Finnvera, warns against any race to the bottom if ECAs start to issue longer tenor funds using balloon structures under the amended OECD Arrangement if they don’t really need to. He talks to TXF about the cruise liner industry and discusses Finnvera's evolving strategy regarding export credit financing.

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