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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...

06 April 2020

Podcast: BPL Global on the impact of Covid-19 on CPRI

TXF spoke with James Esdaile, managing director at BPL Global, to discuss the significant exposure private insurers have to credit and political risk insurance (CPRI)...

06 April 2020

Sustainable evolution of digital trade requires digital-first regulation

Planned US and UK trade negotiations have the potential to shape the future of data trade by reaching consensus on how to regulate blockchain, writes R3’s Alisa DiCaprio.

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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Metals and Mining

JSW Steel’s pre-pay sets new standard in steel

Winning TXF’s Asian Commodities Finance Deal of the Year Award, the up to $750 million cash-for-metal deal, signed between Duferco and JSW Steel in 2019, is the largest...

01 April 2020
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Oil & gas

Var Energi taps largest RBL of 2019

Winning TXF’s Commodities Acquisition Finance Deal of the Year, Var Energi signed a $6 billion reserve base lending facility (RBL) in 2019 to back a highly strategic...

01 April 2020
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Renewables

Trailstone amps up ‘green’ funding portfolio

Winning TXF’s Most Innovative Commodities Finance Deal of the Year Award, Trailstone’s €150 million 2019 borrowing base marked a flurry of firsts for the commodity trade...

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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Agri/Soft Commodities

Bunge’s sustainability-linked loan first

Winning TXF’s Commodity Trading Company Finance Deal of the Year Award, Bunge’s debut sustainabilitylinked facility has provided a seedbed for the trader to replicate...

01 April 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Cofco seals largest ever sustainability-linked loan

Taking home TXF’s Overall Commodities Finance Deal of the Year Award 2019, China’s Cofco signed the largest loan for a trading company yet which is linked to...

01 April 2020

On financial triage: In viro veritas 3

TXF’s ‘in viro veritas’ series looks at the effects of the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic on trade and export finance. The first in the series was an early stage call to...

31 March 2020

Expert briefing: The Sum of All Fears? Letters of credit, lockdowns and force majeure

Tat Yeen Yap. the former head of product management Asia, trade finance, for Societe Generale, argues that the crisis could be a catalyst for electronic presentations of...

29 March 2020

Shop talk: Covid-19 – the new ECA and private insurance stress test

TXF spoke with Valentino Gallo, founding partner at Javalyn Partners, an independent structured asset management firm that specialises in infrastructure and trade...

23 March 2020
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Power

Cote d’Ivoire CCGTs: Still a tale of pure DFI debt – for now

The purely DFI-backed 462MW Azito gas-fired power plant expansion in Cote d’Ivoire and its successor – the 390MW Atinkou CCGT plant - proves DFI financing firepower is...

17 March 2020
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas

Shop talk: Ashurst keeps cool as corporate debt restructuring heats up

During a volatile time for global trade and the commodities market amid the coronavirus pandemic, TXF spoke to Jean Woo, partner at Ashurst in Singapore, to discuss how...

16 March 2020
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Oil & gas

Keynote: Discussing necessary evils with Linde

Linde’s head of export and project finance, Gernot Bruch says international banks are no longer seeing his transactions as a ‘necessary evil’. There are other necessary...

11 March 2020

Women investing in women: A diverse ecosystem for trade

On 8 March, men and women across the world celebrated International Women’s Day. This week, TXF’s Eavie Burnett takes a closer look at the vital role women and other...

11 March 2020

Expert briefing: Hands clean? Understanding the UK's trade stance amid Coronavirus

Dr Rebecca Harding, CEO of Coriolis Technologies, looks at the UK’s trade negotiation stance after Brexit amid the Coronavirus outbreak. The interconnected nature of...