The power of ‘green’ has ballooned in the past decade, as investors look for responsible ways to invest. People are catching wind of the opportunities for investment in...

Russian borrowers are pushing for margin tightening on a number of current pre-export refinancings. With bank appetite for Russian investment grade credits on the up, and...

Changes in Chinese foreign exchange regulations could be set to attract new international banks and domestic borrowers to the offshore financing space. And after years of...

Blockchain technology is beginning to gain real traction in trade finance. But as Mercuria found in its recent test of a new ING/SocGen solution, there are still...

The trade and commodity finance community has its say on the biggest issues in the market in our annual audience survey at TXF's Trade, Treasury and Commodity conference...

TXF Events has unveiled the preliminary agenda for its annual flagship global conference covering project, infrastructure, export & agency finance. TXF Venice 2017: The...

Pricing guidance on the widely anticipated Akbank refinancing is as predicted - a big jump on the borrower's 2016 deal. For international banks in search of yield, Turkey...

The implementation date for MiFID II is 3 January 2018 and firms will be expected to be compliant from that day. Transitional arrangements? There aren’t any...

SWIFT’s new GPI service is a vast improvement in payments transaction speed – so why have enhanced security safeguards associated with that speed not been rolled out with...

Symptomatic of a political and trade credit insurance market with too many players chasing too little business, insurance underwriter Hiscox is pulling its trade finance...

Last month Acwa Power and Taekwang Power mandated banks for the $4 billion 1.2GW Nam Dinh 1 coal-fired power project in Vietnam, with the deal expected to close in two...

When agri commodities trader Transmar - a top ten global supplier of cocoa beans - filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the end of 2016 there were fears of an impact on...

Cricket Valley Energy Center closed a debt and equity package last month to finance the construction of a 1.1GW greenfield power plant in Dover. The deal includes a rare...

Technology developers all claim co-operation is key to a globally scalable trade finance solution. But are banks and independents really serious about collaboration or is...

Privately-owned London-based commodity trader ED&F Man is set to launch its annual RCF on 10 February. According to a number of bankers the deal is expected to be fairly...

SUEK is back with a new pre-export loan - only its second since 2014 - and bank interest is looking strong. Will SUEK's renewed popularity produce some movement on...

WIth the costs associated with tighter bank regulation dampening the appetite of banks for SME business, and non-bank providers charging heavy margins, the beginnings of...

Associates of Sullivan & Worcester LLP warn about the underlying complexity of drawing up an insurance policy and the importance of securing lenders’ interests.

Japanese life companies and smaller banks could become a key element in Japan’s effort to maintain its presence in overseas markets.

Akbank is out to market with the first Turkish bank refinancing of 2017. Where the deal prices will not only be a gauge of international bank appetite for Turkey, but the...