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

With a growing number of banks, fintechs and patent trolls patenting blockchain software, a new council has been set up to counteract the negative effects of such...

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

Around 15% of the global population are disabled. Of those, approximately 80% live in developing countries and 150 million are children. TXF caught up with Jane Anthony,...

The pick-up in the number of power deals finally reaching financial close in Indonesia is good news for PLN which has been heavily criticised in the past for lax progress...

Société Générale has arranged a $227 million partially K-sure-backed facility with the state-owned Oman Shipping Company. The underwritten deal is indicative of strong...

With two ECA-backed deals nearing financial close, and currency convertibility issues resolved, Vietnam looks set to finally begin delivering on its pipeline of IPP...

Credit Agricole has closed a $3 billion synthetic securitisation to free up cash for green project loans. And unlike vanilla green bonds, this deal could indirectly...

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 US wind tax credits (PTC) being cut 20% year-on-year until 2019, the turbine loan market was expected to make a comeback. A trio of wind turbine loans under full PTC...

Last month energy company Woodside tapped a favourably priced $100 million EKN loan, guaranteed by GIEK and DNB, for the supply of subsea equipment to the offshore...

EREN Renewable Energy is looking to finalize financing for its 97MW Viento Los Hercules wind project in Argentina and has mandated Astris Finance LLC as financial...

Pricing guidance on the widely anticipated Akbank refinancing is as predicted - a big jump on the borrower's 2016 deal. For international banks in search of yield, Turkey...

The implementation date for MiFID II is 3 January 2018 and firms will be expected to be compliant from that day. Transitional arrangements? There aren’t any...

SWIFT’s new GPI service is a vast improvement in payments transaction speed – so why have enhanced security safeguards associated with that speed not been rolled out with...

Bolognesi Energia must secure financing for two LNG-fired power projects worth an estimated $6 billion or risk being stripped of the concessions it was awarded by...

Metalloinvest has followed SUEK back into the PXF market and launched a major new borrowing to international lenders. But with Rusal also rumoured to be looking for a new...

Last month Acwa Power and Taekwang Power mandated banks for the $4 billion 1.2GW Nam Dinh 1 coal-fired power project in Vietnam, with the deal expected to close in two...

Acwa Power is weeks away from financial close on a bilaterally negotiated 18-year DFI-backed financing for the 61.3MW solar scheme at Risha in Jordan.

Cricket Valley Energy Center closed a debt and equity package last month to finance the construction of a 1.1GW greenfield power plant in Dover. The deal includes a rare...