Private investment firm Ardian has raised more than $800 million in less than six month for its first fund dedicated to essential infrastructure assets in the...

Scan Inter Plc (SCN) has notified the Stock Exchange of Thailand that it has entered into an agreement with Planet Energy Holdings Pte. Ltd to purchase 30% of issued...

Nordic Investment Bank and Norway’s Brage Finans have signed a €18 million loan agreement for financing equipment leasing for small and medium-sized...

A call for action. How to get FIT for trade, treasury and risk (without any physical exercise)

Equatorial Guinea's minister of mines and hydrocarbons has suggested that Ophir Energy may lose the Fortuna deepwater LNG project unless $1.2 billion of...

Bahrain Development Bank has launched a $100 million venture capital "fund of funds" to support startups in Bahrain and across the Middle East. The Al Waha...

Global law firm Dentons has strengthened its UK Banking and Finance practice with the hire of leading project finance partner and Africa specialist Howard Barrie in...

Gold producer Sibanye-Stillwater has received the approval of the South African Reserve Bank over the proposed acquisition of metals group Lonmin. The deal is set to...

Deutsche Bank has bought Mumbai-based startup Quantiguous Solutions to help build an Open Banking platform connecting corporate clients to third party partners and its...

State oil firm Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has awarded 50 companies with contracts to buy Nigerian crude. More than half of them are local firms, foreign and...

Bangladesh has terminated talks with Swiss-based commodity trader Trafigura to install a small floating liquefied natural gas import terminal due to delays in...

Credit and political risk insurance broker BPL Global has appointed Sam Evans as Director. He joined BPL Global in 2004 and will continue to manage a London-based team of...

Blended finance techniques have been around for some time. But it is only recently that DFIs and the private sector have begun to give more urgency to the product in a...

Brazilian state-run development bank BNDES posted an increase in profits in the first quarter as it reversed loan-loss provisions and sold shares in oil giant...

The ZAR1.5 billion ($120 million) 25MW Ngodwana Energy biomass project reached financial close last month on a $70 million facility. The plant is the first biomass...

Gulf Energy and Mitsui have mandated banks for the $1.2 billion of DFI/ECA-backed 23.5-year debt to fund their 2.5GW power plant portfolio in Thailand. The debt...

Singaporean agriculture conglomerates Olam International and Wilmar International are importing from South America to avoid higher taxes amid US-China trade...

Munich Reinsurance America has appointed Sarina Puccio to Team Leader for Credit, Surety and Political Risk in the Reinsurance Division. She will be responsible for...

RES Australia has made a submission to the South Australia Planning Commission for an energy storage facility to be located next to the 180MW Twin Creek wind farm...

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has signed a 30-year conccession agreement with Abu Dhabi Ports to establish a new container terminal at Khalifa Port. MSC will...