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26 July 2016

TXF awarded ‘Best Trade Finance Journal’ by TFG

Trade & Export Finance News (TXF) has been named best trade finance journal by Trade Finance Global (TFG) in its annual product awards for excellence, which recognise...

25 July 2016
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

SG appoints Agnès Joly as global head of trade services

Société Générale (SG) global transaction banking (GTB) has appointed Agnès Joly as global head of trade services. Based in Paris, she reports to Christian Behaghel, head...

22 July 2016
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Infrastructure, Transport

Stolt-Nielsen secures $325m loan for Jo Tankers acquisition

Stolt-Nielsen Limited, a Bermuda based provider of integrated transportation solutions for chemicals, and bulk liquids, has secured a $325 million loan with three...

22 July 2016

Santander appoints new head of GTB in the US

Banco Santander has appointed Mariano Urquiola as its new head of global transaction banking (GTB) US. He is based in New York and reports to Federico Papa, head of...

19 July 2016

Export finance succession in place at HSBC

HSBC has set out its stall for the future leadership of its export finance department through a shake-up which sees new heads taking the business line forward.

04 July 2016

The good, the bad, and who knows what or where next!

The past month of June has been a busy time for TXF, with two of our landmark conferences – TXF Rome and TXF London – blazing their way into the market and both proving...

30 June 2016

Sucden secures $400m in RCF and brings six new banks into the facility

Commodity trading company Sucres et Denrées (Sucden) has successfully signed its revolving credit facility (RCF) for a total of $400 million, bringing six new banks into...

14 June 2016

Mercuria closes $2.2bn RCF, but takes less than last year

Mercuria Energy Trading has closed its $2.2 billion multi-currency revolving credit facilities. In a sign of the times of banks’ appetite for strong commodity trading...

13 June 2016

ING closes PDP financing for Ethiopian Airlines

New York-based ING Capital has closed a $107.5 million pre-delivery payment (PDP) financing for Ethiopian Airlines in respect of Airbus A350-900 aircraft.

03 June 2016

CALC broadens its financing base as it signs $195m debut syndicated loan

China Aircraft Leasing Holdings looks to a busy future of aircraft supply with regional carriers as it signs its debut syndicated loan facility for $194.7 million...

31 May 2016

Zurich appoints Dave Anderson as global head of Credit & Political Risk

Dave Anderson has been announced by Zurich Insurance as their new Global Head of Credit & Political Risk. He has been with Zurich for 14 years, most recently as their...

30 May 2016
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Metals and Mining

First Quantum signs new $1.8bn loan with improved financial covenants

Mining company First Quantum Minerals has completed a new $1.8 billion term loan and revolving credit facility with its core relationship banks that gives it revised...

16 May 2016

EBRD’s TFP continues to spread its wings

The EBRD’s Trade Facilitation Programme is further embedding itself in countries of the new region – Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Egypt and Cyprus – where financial...

04 May 2016

BEST SOFT COMMODITY FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR: Cocoa Touton $80m prepayment provides new dimension

The $80 million prepayment to Cocoa Touton Processing is a landmark financing for West Africa, bringing added-value processing on a major scale to Ghana. Jonathan Bell...

03 May 2016

BEST METALS FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR: Oyu Tolgoï $200m RCF paves the way for project finance

Coming at a crucial time for Oyu Tolgoï in Mongolia, the $200 million revolving credit facility provided the working capital needed and lined the venture up for the...

02 May 2016

“The end of an era”: Bernard Zonneveld to leave ING for pastures new

Bernard Zonneveld, global head of structured metals and energy finance, is leaving ING Bank after a 22-year career building the bank’s commodities finance operation.

22 April 2016

BEST ASIA-PACIFIC COMMODITY FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR: Chinese copper shines bright with Dongying Fangyuan

Chinese copper major Dongying Fangyuan took home TXF’s Best Asia-Pacific Commodities Deal of the Year 2015 with a $145 million pre-financing expanding its lender pool and...

21 April 2016
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Join TXF in supporting AbleChildAfrica

Since TXF started, we have tried to help promote our selected charity – AbleChildAfrica (ACA) – by raising money at each of our conferences and other events. We would...

20 April 2016

Olam’s strong profile secures a range of funds from investors

Over the past week, Singapore-headquartered agri-business and trader Olam International has secured a new $650 million revolving credit facility (RCF), a $300 million...

19 April 2016

SACE’s Castellano looks forward to the capital markets

In a typically frank discussion with Jonathan Bell, SACE CEO Alessandro Castellano outlines his vision for the development of a pan-European capital markets base as an...