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16 May 2017

Perfect 10 North Sea Link: Making unexpected ECA connections - a TXF ECA/project finance Deal of the Year

A debut ECA-covered facility for National Grid and a rare example of an ECA financing adding value for a sophisticated investment grade credit, the North Sea Link...

11 May 2017

Latin American oil and gas: A Pemexican standoff?

Pemex kicked off 2017 with a record-breaking eurobond and the announcement of a halving of losses in 2016. The debt-ridden oil producer has even put in place an...

08 May 2017

Perfect 10 Reliance Industries: Needs must - Needs met - a TXF ECA/project finance Deal of the Year

A first for Reliance in terms of debt volume and vessel type, its partially ECA-covered VLEC post-delivery financing ticked all the lender and borrower boxes.

05 May 2017

The cost of power: Bangladesh’s Maitree project exposes India Exim’s appetite

India Exim has extended a $1.6 billion loan to the Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company for the $2 billion 2x600MW coal-fired super critical Maitree power project in...

05 May 2017

Perfect 10 PDO: How to make a $4bn entrance - a TXF commodity finance Deal of the Year

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) debuted in the pre-export finance market last year with a $4 billion five-year facility – the biggest financing into Oman to date and the...

03 May 2017

Perfect 10 Kernel: Sowing seeds for longer tenor debt - a TXF commodity finance Deal of the Year

Kernel improved pricing on its annual PXF in 2016 but did not find appetite for upping the tenor. Having done the groundwork in 2016, and following a successful five-year...

02 May 2017

Is Saudi Arabia’s renewables dream becoming a reality?

Saudi Arabia has finally made its first major step to reach its renewable procurement target of 9.5GW by 2023 as the names of pre-qualified project bidders under Round 1...

24 April 2017

A wake-up call: TXF Data Country Risk Review Q2 2017

In the past three months’ terror attacks in France, Britain and Russia have continued to put the world on high alert. Coupled with last year’s election of US President...

21 April 2017

Out of kilter: Non-bank SCF providers need revenue growth

Supply chain finance pure-play providers' use of traditional fee models is causing revenue to be far smaller than increases in new business volumes would suggest. Should...

20 April 2017

Alba 6: ECA-backed deal adds another piece to the funding puzzle

Alba has secured commitments for an additional $700 million ECA-backed loan to part finance its Line 6 expansion project. The deal complements a $1.5 billion syndicated...

20 April 2017

Shop talk: The reflections and forecasts of Peter Luketa

Peter Luketa, former global head of export finance at HSBC, led one of the most successful teams within the export finance sector. With 20 years of ECA-backed lending...

19 April 2017

PwC and Euler Hermes set for split

The joint handling of Germany's guarantee scheme by Euler Hermes and PwC is over. In future, investment guarantees will be managed by PwC, with Euler Hermes taking sole...

18 April 2017

Leading commodity traders: Filling the funding void and maxing the margins

A downturn in global commodity markets and a rise in regulatory pressure has led to greater de-risking by structured trade finance banks. This funding gap is being...

18 April 2017

Uruguyan wind: Small market - big impact

Uruguay is the MacGyver of clean energy development. Equipped with just some pocket change from the UN’s climate fund, the country has become a global standard-bearer for...

07 April 2017
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Mafraq I and II: DFI debt and cheap tariffs

Solar developer FRV reached full financial close on DFI-backed financings last month to fund the construction of two of its four solar projects in Mafraq, Jordan. The...

06 April 2017

US Ex-Im in cuffs: Hall says it as it is

In a blunt welcome address on day one of US Ex-Im's annual conference, Charles Hall, acting US Ex-Im chairman and president, outlined the wider global context in which...

31 March 2017

Opinion: An evolving Trade Register is essential to trade finance

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

28 March 2017

New OECD ECA regulation: Rising premium alarm

Under recent amendments to the OECD Arrangement on Export Credits, Minimum Premium Rates for cover on transactions involving high income countries were redefined. The...

22 March 2017

Hands on: Attarat tackles Jordan's feedstock problem

The $2.1 billion 554MW shale oil-fired Attarat Power project in Jordan reached financial close last week backed by Chinese banks and Sinosure cover. Is this the beginning...

21 March 2017

Timing is money: Uralkali plays the waiting game

Amid a growing pipeline of upcoming pre-export finance (PXF) facilities out of Russia, fertiliser producer Uralkali is expected to launch a refinancing in the coming...