The second instalment of the TXF-ICC Global Export Finance Survey 2017 – which complemented the ICC’s 2017 Rethinking Trade & Finance report – incorporates the more...

Four presidential decrees rifled Indonesia’s private power market this year as PLN was given more powers over developers when awarding IPP concessions. While there is...

Although large and multinational corporates tend to grab the trade tech headlines, when it comes to digital trade finance innovation, SMEs not only stand to benefit from...

Unable to approve transactions of more than $10 million for over a year now, the two Trump nominees for the new US Ex-Im quorum have sent a mixed message to the...

The changes that technology will bring to the commodities space are manifold. What can commodity trade finance expect from new technology and, more importantly, is it...

A debut ECA-covered facility for National Grid and a rare example of an ECA financing adding value for a sophisticated investment grade credit, the North Sea Link...

A first for Reliance in terms of debt volume and vessel type, its partially ECA-covered VLEC post-delivery financing ticked all the lender and borrower boxes.

Despite junk status at group level, Noble Americas tapped the structured debt market for a $2 billion borrowing base facility in May 2016 – the first large-scale...

In the past three months’ terror attacks in France, Britain and Russia have continued to put the world on high alert. Coupled with last year’s election of US President...

Supply chain finance pure-play providers' use of traditional fee models is causing revenue to be far smaller than increases in new business volumes would suggest. Should...

Peter Luketa, former global head of export finance at HSBC, led one of the most successful teams within the export finance sector. With 20 years of ECA-backed lending...

Developers under Egypt’s FiT Round 2 programme are racing to secure international debt for solar power tenders by the end of the April. With revisions to key issues that...

Olivier Paul - Head of Policy, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Banking Commission - outlines the continuing value of ICC’s Trade Register project, its...

An assessment of what is required to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals and what is needed to be part of the new industrial revolution.

The $2.1 billion 554MW shale oil-fired Attarat Power project in Jordan reached financial close last week backed by Chinese banks and Sinosure cover. Is this the beginning...

Changes in Chinese foreign exchange regulations could be set to attract new international banks and domestic borrowers to the offshore financing space. And after years of...

Despite bank and sovereign ratings downgrades, and increased cost of borrowing at Turkish banks, the Canakkale bridge and upcoming Turkish road tenders are still spawning...

WIth the costs associated with tighter bank regulation dampening the appetite of banks for SME business, and non-bank providers charging heavy margins, the beginnings of...

Ukraine-based sunflower oil producer and exporter Kernel has successfully debuted in the international bond market, a measure of growing lender confidence in the...

Commodities trader Trafigura has launched the refinancing of part of its flagship 2015 European RCF with a group of international banks. The pricing on offer is said to...