Chicago-based Loop Capital Market has appointed Ira Smelkinson as managing director of its transportation team, which focuses on the industry as well as public-private partnerships. Smelkinson previously spent 23 years at Morgan Stanley where he specialised in airport and seaport financing and led...
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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