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10 October 2024
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Metals and Mining, Transport

Asia 2024: Asian Bulk Logistics on finding new investors

TXF spoke with Darren Chua, head of M&A and Commercial at PT Asian Bulk Logistics to find out why ECA support is less competitive for the firm on projects and what...

07 October 2024

Exile Asia: Collaboration for energy transition

There was a clear mantra echoing through the conference plenary room at Exile Asia: Agency, Energy and Infrastructure Finance last week. Collaboration, collaboration,...

04 October 2024
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Renewables

STX Group upsizes and upends the sceptics

STX Group has closed a repeat of its pioneering 2023 environmental commodities borrowing base deal – and it is bigger, bolder and has more banks. How did the trader...

30 September 2024
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Manufacturing & equipment, Other, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport

Corporate perspectives: Behringer solders connections with Siemens FS

Tobias Behringer, head of finance advisory, Siemens Financial Services, discusses his role in the transformed Siemens organisation as part of the connective tissue for...

27 September 2024

IfTI Global Symposium 2024: NEXI on risk management tools amid geopolitical challenges

TXF spoke with Yuichiro Akita, General Manager at NEXI, to discuss the importance of reinsurance and other forms of risk management amid a push to develop...

25 September 2024

Acre Capital on drumming up impact dollars for Africa

TXF spoke with Chris Mitman, a partner at Acre Capital to find out how the fund is threading impact dollars into export finance deals, as it garners growing interest from...

23 September 2024

IfTI Global Symposium 2024: Is the OECD Arrangement now fit for purpose?

Silvia Gavornikova, head of the OECD Export Credits and Competition Division spoke with TXF to outline the latest changes set for the Arrangement. Progress has been made...

19 September 2024

The rise of untied ECA lending

Untied ECA lending has surpassed tied business volumes in three regions in the first half of this year. But what does this mean for exporters and banks?

18 September 2024

IfTI Global Symposium: Deutsche on the broadening mandate of ECAs

Werner Schmidt, global head of structured trade and export finance for Deutsche Bank spoke with TXF to expand the discussion around both de-risking and re-risking, the...

17 September 2024

TXF Asia 2024 attendees: Credit where it's due

The list of companies attending TXF Asia 2024 comprises a diverse pool of practitioners from across the export, development and project finance space. There is no gulf in...

16 September 2024

IfTI Global Symposium: ECI on collaboration, products and pipeline

TXF spoke with Raja Al Mazrouei, CEO of Etihad Credit Insurance to discuss the UAE ECA’s plans for collaboration, product suites and pipeline of renewable projects.

13 September 2024

Asia’s energy transition: Do the ECA numbers match the PR?

ECA-backed volumes in Asia, Asia-Pacific and Australasia are growing strongly, after a COVID-related dip in 2021. But traditional sectors like oil & gas still dominate,...

12 September 2024

EDC’s Lavery on creating a legacy of no wrong doors to export finance support

Mairead Lavery at EDC is coming to the end of her term as CEO. She discusses changes in her philosophy, the need for reform of Common Approaches, and creating a robust...

11 September 2024

IfTI Global Symposium: WTO on supporting reglobalisation

TXF spoke with Dr Ratnakar Adhikari, the executive secretariat for the enhanced integrated framework at the WTO to outline its support of digital transformation, climate...

06 September 2024
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Metals and Mining

If I had a nickel

ECAs, DFIs and banks to Madagascar’s Ambatovy nickel mine project financing are facing a wipe out of $1.66 billion loans under a new shareholder restructuring proposal....

02 September 2024

Too high a price

Africa pays a premium for its debt that in many instances it should not. Why the onerous debt costs? And what can be done about it without major systemic change?

02 September 2024

TXF export finance H1 data pt 2: New tech drives European deal flow

New asset classes are emerging as ECAs get smarter in how they extend to support, from EV gigafactories to mining deals. And developing markets are slowly becoming higher...

30 August 2024
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas

Commodity finance H1 2024: Are smaller tickets a cause for optimism?

TXF’s H1 2024 Commodity Finance Data Report brings some positive news for the industry. While headline volumes have fallen, the total number of deals is up – are lenders...

23 August 2024
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Oil & gas

Cedar LNG: Canada's FLNG benchmark

The Cedar LNG project forms part of a burgeoning pipeline of Canadian LNG projects looking to take advantage of strong demand for LNG imports from several Asian markets....

15 August 2024

Export finance H1 data report pt 1: Deal volumes drop by half

The export finance market failed to match the highs of the first half of 2023 in H1 this year. Both volumes and average deal size are down. Though based on the pattern of...