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15 June 2020
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Transport

ECAs work to “fast track” airline restructuring requests

European ECAs have engineered a standard approach to help “fast track” airline loan restructuring requests amid a turbulent time for the aviation industry. But the news...

11 June 2020

TXF Global 2020 Export Finance: Virtual event report

As the dust settles after last week’s TXF Global 2020 Export Finance: Virtual event, the findings from the bespoke survey put to e-delegates will continue to surprise and...

10 June 2020
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Infrastructure, Transport

SGR - on track to create economic growth in Tanzania

The $1.4 billion DFI/ECA-backed financing of the pathfinder Tanzania standard gauge railway (SGR) project marks the African country's largest ever infra scheme to date....

03 June 2020

Perfect 10 winners 2019: Export finance

This year's winners of the TXF Perfect 10 Export Finance Deals of the Year beat a lot of worthy contenders...

15 May 2020

MIGA: Breathing fresh support into Africa's infra push

TXF spoke with Hoda Moustafa, Africa regional head at MIGA to discuss the multilateral's internal response to the Covid-19 crisis on the continent, and how the pandemic...

13 May 2020
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Oil & gas

Stuck in the great oil game!

The oversupply of crude oil coupled with the massive fall in demand due to Covid-19 has led historically low prices. What is the impact of this and who are the winners...

11 May 2020
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Renewables

Tulu Moye geothermal: Diversifying Ethiopia's energy mix

TXF spoke with Darrel Boyd, CEO at TM Geothermal Operations (TMGO) to outline the progress and challenges of procuring and financing the 150MW Tulu Moye geothermal power...

04 May 2020

Sweden Africa Chamber: ECAs to step up in Africa amid pandemic

Angelica Adamski, director at the Sweden Africa Chamber and a member of the board at Svenska Aerogel, says collaboration amongst Swedish exporters is key to promoting...

30 April 2020
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Infrastructure, Transport

Abidjan Metro: From PPP to pure EPC

The Ivory Coast decided to keep the ECA-backed financing of the Abidjan Metro on balance sheet after it initially launched the project as a PPP in 2013. TXF spoke with...

28 April 2020

Shop talk: EASTvine – the rise of the small and flexible trade fund

TXF spoke with EASTvine Capital, a small alternative fund set up in Singapore in 2018 by three ex-bankers who saw an opportunity to fill the commodity trade finance...

20 April 2020
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Oil & gas, Power

Shop talk: Squire Patton Boggs ups commodity finance capacity in Asia

A few months after the launch of Squire Patton Boggs’ shipping and commodities group, headed up by partners Jessica Kenworthy and Barry Stimpson, TXF caught up with the...

08 April 2020

Covid-19 Export Finance Survey 2020: Help us, to help you

TXF is sounding out bankers and borrowers, importers and exporters, for its Export Finance survey 2020, to garner market sentiment on the real impact of the Covid-19...

08 April 2020

Keynote: Pedal still to the metal on sustainability for France’s MoF

Gabriel Cumenge, deputy secretary of the French Ministry of Finance, DG Tresor tells TXF the importance of ECAs continuing their roles as the shock absorbers of global...

07 April 2020

Expert briefing: Keep trade flowing while borders are closing

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the supply chains that move medical goods and keep the world fed are under duress. But the crisis underscores the need to support trade to...

03 April 2020

Expert briefing: Financial education - train hard to fight easy

Financial services staff and systems are already facing intense pressure amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but no-one knows what the economic effects of locking-down economies...

01 April 2020
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Metals and Mining

Rusal pioneers the market with ‘green’ aluminium financing

Winning the Russian Commodities Finance Deal of the Year Award is aluminium producer Rusal with its $1.085 billion pre-export financing. Rusal has changed the benchmark...

01 April 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Cocobod signs Africa’s inaugural ESG-tied loan

Cocobod has won TXF’s African Commodities Finance Deal of the Year for securing the first ever syndicated sustainability-linked loan for an African borrower – a milestone...

01 April 2020
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Power

Nayara Energy’s new pre-pay era?

Winning TXF’s Energy Commodities Finance Deal of the Year, Nayara Energy’s first pre-payment loan is set to serve as a viable financing template for commodity-linked...

01 April 2020
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Metals and Mining

How long can Russian PXF tenors go?

Winning TXF’s Metals/Minerals Commodities Finance Deal of the Year Award, Metalloinvest signed a landmark €200 million pre-export finance (PXF) facility in 2019, with an...

25 March 2020

Commodity finance report 2019: Structured deal volume drops by nearly half

Overall volumes of global commodity finance fell by 16% in 2019 compared to 2018, according to the full-year TXF 2019 Commodity Finance Report, while structured commodity...