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15 August 2017
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Oil & gas

Southern Gas Corridor: Pipe dream to pipe reality

Development of the $43 billion Southern Gas Corridor has been dogged by concerns over Azerbaijan’s creditworthiness, politics and even ancient olive groves. But the DFI,...

09 August 2017
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Oil & gas, Transport

VLCC finance: Staying afloat in a down market

Despite intense pressure on VLCC charter rates, in mid-June DHT Holdings sealed a $300 million loan to part finance the purchase of 11 VLCCs from the BW Group - and at a...

27 July 2017
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Infrastructure, Oil & gas, Transport

Risk or reward: Is Iran bankable?

Some economic sanctions were lifted 18 months ago and Iran is open and keen for business. However, the commercial bank sector is far from tapping into the immense...

17 July 2017

Mixing the junior miner funding pot

The borrowing prospects for junior miners are looking better than they have done for the past three years. But with international banks nursing Basel-battered balance...

04 July 2017

Open Fiber: Banks key to Italian broadband

Open Fiber's fibre-optic broadband build-out could be one of Europe's largest infrastructure financings of 2017, if CEO Tommaso Pompei's stated timescale is not too...

30 June 2017

US Ex-Im: Back with the big bucks?

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...

27 June 2017

Etisalat Nigeria: A lesson in towering currency risk

With Etisalat Nigeria ownership on the verge of being handed over to 13 banks, have African mobile and tower operators taken on more FX risk than they can handle?

09 June 2017
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Oil & gas

Coral FLNG: Riding the perfect storm

Despite being structured during what bankers are calling the project finance equivalent of a perfect storm, the sponsors of Coral FLNG have pulled off Africa's largest...

30 May 2017

Five ways export finance could be simplified

Changes that could be made to make ECA export finance more simple and accessible - as voiced by you the market

29 May 2017

Australian solar: End of the eclipse

Long eclipsed by the wind market, unprecedented deal volume in the Australian solar sector and improving bankability is focusing lenders' attention on a market that could...

23 May 2017

Unveiling the companies represented at TXF Venice 2017

Hundreds of market leading organisations have confirmed their attendance at the most spectacular event of the year for project, infrastructure, export and agency finance.

16 May 2017

Perfect 10 North Sea Link: Making unexpected ECA connections - a TXF ECA/project finance Deal of the Year

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...

11 May 2017

Latin American oil and gas: A Pemexican standoff?

Pemex kicked off 2017 with a record-breaking eurobond and the announcement of a halving of losses in 2016. The debt-ridden oil producer has even put in place an...

03 May 2017

Perfect 10 Kernel: Sowing seeds for longer tenor debt - a TXF commodity finance Deal of the Year

Kernel improved pricing on its annual PXF in 2016 but did not find appetite for upping the tenor. Having done the groundwork in 2016, and following a successful five-year...

02 May 2017

Is Saudi Arabia’s renewables dream becoming a reality?

Saudi Arabia has finally made its first major step to reach its renewable procurement target of 9.5GW by 2023 as the names of pre-qualified project bidders under Round 1...

27 April 2017

Perfect 10 Noble Americas: Down but bouncing back - a TXF commodity finance Deal of the Year

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...

21 April 2017

Out of kilter: Non-bank SCF providers need revenue growth

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...

18 April 2017

Leading commodity traders: Filling the funding void and maxing the margins

A downturn in global commodity markets and a rise in regulatory pressure has led to greater de-risking by structured trade finance banks. This funding gap is being...

17 April 2017

Shop talk: Breaking PLN's 35GW threshhold

Indonesia's 35GW power procurement plan was always ambitious. But PLN is much closer to delivery in 2019 than many were predicting. Teguh Harsono, senior manager of fund...

04 April 2017

Egypt FiT Round 2: Will it be bankable?

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...