Over the past two years, Brazil has suffered from its worst recession since the 1930s. However, since the appointment of conservative President Michel Temer, Latin...

During the 2015 ordinary session of the National Diet of Japan, the Act for Partial Revision of the Trade and Investment Insurance Act has been enacted.

Hancock Prospecting made its reputation in iron ore – and closing a huge ECA-backed project financing. Can it help get a British potash project off the ground?

JBIC has announced plans to fund infrastructure projects in Indonesia without guarantees from the Indonesian government. The 'new trend' makes Japanese exports more...

Despite Ukraine’s turbulent times, the agricultural sector has survived and prospered as the country looks to make business more attractive. A recent PXF could signal...

India and Nepal look to fortify trade ties that have come under strain in recent years, as India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attempts to implement his 'Neighbourhood...

In a sign that trade relations between Russia and Cuba are stepping up, Russia's ECA, EXIAR, has agreed to guarantee the bulk of a $4 billion finance agreement for Cuban...

ECAs will be key to the UAE 2021 Vision infrastructure investment programme as commercial bank liquidity feels the pinch from low oil prices.

Commodity houses have seen a difficult year for trading as a prolonged slump in prices without the contango opportunities that existed in 2015 has seen them look to find...

Debt structures for nuclear power plants could evolve beyond government-to-government funding.

The world’s second largest continent faces vast challenges in accessing trade financing with SMEs particularly affected by a vastly increased trade financing gap,...

Direct lending by ECAs based on floating interest rates, rather than the CIRR equivalent, is the source of export finance bankers' discontent, says a US Ex-Im senior...

Despite the economic uncertainty in Angola, EDC has agreed a financing for the country which will contribute to the completion of one of the final steps to opening a new...

Despite being below investment grade, Brazil’s largest oil company appears to have retained market confidence amid an ongoing political scandal and repeated allegations...

The RCF – which matches last year's largest-ever facility secured by the company – was heavily oversubscribed and is indicative of continued lender appetite for the...

The new renewables programme is highly structured, and has to erase lenders’ memory of Argentina’s past economic struggles.

On 1 January 2017 the French export credit agency (ECA), Coface, will officially transfer all its activity to Bpifrance. Since 1946 Coface has handled state export credit...

Russia’s Norilsk Nickel has signed a five-year $500 million committed revolving back-stop credit facility (RCF) with a group of international banks. The transaction is on...

Finance Minister Gordhan has demonstrated his indispensability to avoid another downgrade of South Africa’s credit rating and to maintain unity within the governing ANC...

Despite a crop-damaging drought and fears about production levels, the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has refinanced its annual PXF in a vastly oversubscribed facility. The...