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10 December 2019

Shop talk: Basel IV tests alternative funds in commodity finance

With banks having to implement the finalised version of Basel III (commonly called Basel IV) by 1 January 2022, regulatory requirements are becoming ever complex. TXF...

03 December 2019

Shop talk: VTB on trade flows and growth in China

On the sidelines of VTB’s RUSSIA CALLING! event in Moscow last month, Igor Ostreyko, managing director of trade and export finance at VTB and Anna Ponomareva, head of ECA...

28 November 2019

Keynotes: In depth with Langlois on the evolution of trade distribution

Nicolas Langlois, Standard Chartered’s global head of trade distribution talks to Katharine Morton about the bank’s recent $1 billion risk-sharing with the IFC to boost...

27 November 2019

TXF Asia 2019 Export, Agency & Project Finance – Top 10 takeaways

TXF Asia took place in Singapore earlier this month to discuss the growth of ECA and agency financing in the APAC region. Jonathan Bell, editor-in-chief and director at...

25 November 2019

Credendo steps up carbon footprint reduction

Credendo is upping its carbon reduction efforts - both in its ECA offerings and its everyday operations. The ambition is zero carbon according to Credendo CEO Dirk...

20 November 2019

SCF: You say tomato, I say tomato, let’s call the whole thing off?

Is it time for supply chain finance to be rebranded? Looking 10 years out is a good way of focusing the mind. Even though there’s a big industry around SCF, will we still...

15 November 2019

Expert briefing: EU trade agreement with Mercosur, trade and sustainability

Matthew Townsend and Jonathan Benson from Allen & Overy outline some of the key points of the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement, focusing on sustainability issues which...

12 November 2019

A path through the zigs and zags: TXF Commodity Finance Report 2019

This year's edition of TXF’s Commodity Finance Market Report comprises the insights of 173 traders, bankers, alternative financiers, lawyers, brokers, borrowers and...

04 November 2019

Finding the sweet spot on trade digitisation and working capital management

Are corporate treasuries, fintechs and banks missing a trick on cross border working capital optimisation and what will the next five years hold? TXF's roundtable...

31 October 2019
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Renewables

Formosa 2: Turbine-charge or trickle-charge for Taiwan offshore?

With the sponsors of the Formosa 2 offshore wind project having reached financial close on a heavily ECA-backed project financing, confidence in the bankability of...

29 October 2019

Expert briefing: Blurring the lines between developed and emerging markets

Shailesh Kumar, head of country, credit, and economic research at The Hartford, examines the categorisation of emerging and developed markets and whether it is, or should...

25 October 2019
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Metals and Mining

Russian corporate borrowing: Is de-dollarisation the answer to sanctions?

De-dollarisation in Russia is on the rise. And with already limited access to the international syndicated loan markets in the face of US sanctions, euro-denominated...

23 October 2019
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Power, Renewables

Floating solar: Testing Vietnam’s water for bankability

The DFI-backed Da Mi floating solar power project loan has proved the economic viability of such schemes in Vietnam. But the government has its part to play if a hefty...

16 October 2019

Never write off Turkey

Turkey has long been the European comeback king of trade and project borrowing. And against all the economic odds, the cost of debt in both markets appears to be falling...

09 October 2019

US Exim: Politics vs profit

US Exim’s full reauthorisation was expected at the end of last month as glimmers of bipartisan support returned to the US ECA. But now big ticket business is under threat...

02 October 2019

Questions on trade at the centre of the Sibos universe

Katharine Morton looks into the sky at Sibos with a guided tour of hyper connectivity, trust, cosmology, trade and eating fairy cakes at the centre of the universe

02 October 2019
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Renewables

West Bakr: Borrowed template with better pricing

Lekela Power’s DFI-backed financing for its 250MW West Bakr wind project borrows heavily from the Gulf of Suez wind template in 2017. While there have been improvements...

25 September 2019

TXF Welcomes Sibos to our Manor!

Introducing TXF’s vital guide to Sibos, the issues raised for the future of financing international trade for banks and corporates alike as SWIFT’s leviathan event comes...

24 September 2019

Heureka: A digitised solution for small-ticket ECA finance

Ahead of TXF Germany this week, Sabine Vigneron, vice president of platform business and product development at AKA, outlines the digital transformation taking place for...

18 September 2019

Looking behind the mask on trade finance at ITFA

Katharine Morton ponders the opacities of financing trade, and what lies beneath, revealed at ITFA’s celebration of a mysterious dance of hide and seek