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31 January 2017
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Power

Fadhili CHP: Cheap debt but not what Aramco is used to

With a smaller-than-expected commercial bank tranche, the $1.05 billion partially ECA-backed debt package for the Fadhili CHP project demonstrates some of the collateral...

31 January 2017

Understanding the use of prepayments in commodity finance

For a producer, access to financing can result in the firm’s life or death. Financing comes in different shapes and forms depending on the company’s risk profile. Here,...

26 January 2017

Akbank refi out to market - but where will it price?

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...

25 January 2017

Margin call? Oil traders’ strong performances maintain cheap pricing

The world’s largest traders including Glencore, Trafigura and Gunvor are set to launch their refinancings for revolving credit facilities in the coming weeks having...

24 January 2017

Oman deal flow set to rise – albeit on a staggered basis

A number of state-owned Omani borrowers are already testing appetite for loans in 2017. But borrowers may have to stagger deal flow to avoid having to compete for lenders...

20 January 2017

KfW Development Bank keeps Lima metro on track

The Peru government raised DFI loans last month from both KfW and AFD – the latest tranches of debt to back the state contribution to the $5.8 billion Lima Metro Line 2...

18 January 2017
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Metals and Mining

Undermining: Funds making inroads into mid-level mining project debt market

Is the fund-backed debt package for Continental’s Buriticá gold mine project symptomatic of a growing alternative to traditional project lenders in the mid-level mining...

16 January 2017

Full financial close on KalSel imminent

Financing for the project signed in November 2016, but full financial close was still subject to resolution of some of the conditions in the project’s power purchase...

11 January 2017

EEHC seals SACE-backed CCGT conversions

State-owned Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) has tapped SACE cover for a tightly priced loan to finance the CCGT conversions of the Assiut and West Damietta...

10 January 2017

Data mining: Investors beware

A growing number of investors in trade finance funds complain that low default risk trade data provided by the ICC Trade Registry is being used out of context to pitch...

06 January 2017

Sangaredi: High tenor and pitch perfect

DFI loans and a rare untied UFK covered loan have enabled commercial banks to push the tenor on CBG’s Sangaredi mine expansion financing in Guinea.

06 January 2017

Agri traders look to provide supply chain value

Smithfield Foods, one of the US’s largest pork producers, is purchasing grains and grain elevators directly from farmers and steadily removing traders from parts of their...

05 January 2017

PLN taps 'attractive' CIRR with HEXIM-EDC co-financing

HEXIM and EDC partnered for the first time to co-finance PLN's development of eight GE-supplied mobile power plants in Indonesia. TXF understands the pricing reflects the...

04 January 2017

Yamal LNG: Multi-sourced, multi-priced, multiple sanctions

Financing for the Yamal LNG project is the highest profile demonstration to date of how Russian borrowers are adapting to EU/US sanctions.

04 January 2017

National Grid taps landmark ECA facility for NSL project

National Grid North America has tapped a SACE and EKN-backed facility to finance EPC contracts for the North Sea Link project. The transaction is the largest ever...

23 December 2016

The age of uncertainty: Trade wars and laws in 2017

Forecasts for trade since the financial crisis have been steady. Now, political anxiety and regulatory tightening casts a huge shadow of ambiguity over the trade outlook...

15 December 2016

Japanese financing push seeks to thaw Russia relations

Relations between Japan and Russia have been historically marked with territorial disputes and security concerns but recent deals suggest this frosty diplomacy may be...

14 December 2016

The 'rejuvenation' of the Ethiopian government

The recent appointment of politically unaligned and technocratic administrators to the cabinet is aimed at consolidating the prime minister’s authority and to dilute the...

12 December 2016

ECAs fuel Mozambique LNG project amid IMF caution

ECAs are to offer guarantees for two LNG projects in Mozambique, as commercial lenders watch closely to see how talks progress between the government and the IMF before...

09 December 2016

India Exim boosts Ghana's infra push amid election race

Last month, India Exim provided loans to finance the construction of a railway line, sugarcane development, and irrigation system in Ghana.The deal closed in the run up...