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05 December 2016

Exporters and Importers Choice Awards 2016 winners announced

TXF has announced the winners of the 2016 Exporters’ and Importers’ Choice Awards.

30 November 2016

Kexim rolls out reforms to tackle shipping woes

South Korean state-run banks Kexim and KDB are currently trimming the fat as part of efforts to "reform" themselves and cut internal costs after over exposure to the...

25 November 2016

EFA’s Galena fund takeover expands Asian commodity trade finance

Trafigura subsidiary Galena’s commodity trade finance fund is set to expand its product offering following its takeover by EFA Group. The Singapore-based company takes...

24 November 2016

Reliance begins India’s digital age with first electronic export transaction

HSBC and Reliance Industries’ electronic export transaction marks a step forward for both India and emerging markets as a whole, as they progress towards digital trade...

23 November 2016
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Power, Transport

China Exim lights Egypt's path from fiscal deficit

This year Egypt has made significant cuts to fuel and electricity subsidies in a bid to make up the government's $10 billion fiscal deficit. China Exim’s recent $757...

22 November 2016

Merging public with private: Q&A with Belgium’s ECA

Belgium's export credit agency (ECA), Delcredere|Ducroire, announced last week at the Credendo Group's 2016 Trade Forum in Brussels that come 1 January 2017 the ECA would...

18 November 2016

Reliance taps K-sure with 'aggressive' pricing

Despite the global slowdown in the shipping industry, Reliance Industries' recent K-sure-backed facility for the construction of six VLECs was two times oversubscribed by...

17 November 2016

Trump towers over trade finance

Donald Trump’s election last Tuesday may have only surprised pollsters but there was a mixed reaction in the trade financing space. The potential effects of Trump’s...

16 November 2016

From Russia with love: Exiar steps up amid sanctions and falling ruble

This year Exiar has doubled its volume of insured exports compared to 2015 as an expanded government mandate begins to bear fruit. Max Thompson investigates the driving...

10 November 2016

The era of regulation – part two

There is little doubt about the stabilising function of Export Credit Agency-backed export finance for exports during crisis times as the post-2008 renaissance...

07 November 2016

Small business is big business for US Exim Bank

In today’s economy, access to global markets is essential for small- and medium-size enterprises. Businesses are increasingly spreading their risks across regions and...

07 November 2016

Political risk and political violence in South-East Asia

Political volatility and political violence have increasingly provided cause for concern in South-East Asia over the course of 2016. Concerns include an uptick in...

04 November 2016

Demand for export credit and political risk insurance

Doing business with and in other countries is vital for the growth of companies of all sizes and sectors. But in addition to business opportunities for internationally...

03 November 2016
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Food for thought: Can agricultural traders feed the world?

When the famous Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson opined, “Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant,” he encapsulated the need...

01 November 2016

NEXI’s transformation to a stock company and its future

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.

27 October 2016

UAE secures $24.4bn for its first nuclear power plant

Kexim will provide a $2.5 billion direct loan to a Korean Electric Power Corporation (Kepco)-led consortium to fund the construction of four 1,400 MW nuclear reactors at...

27 October 2016

Amazon, Alibaba pose trade finance threat to banks

Banks face challenges to their product offering amid greater disruption in the trade finance space from the influence of distributed ledger technologies and the rise of...

25 October 2016

JBIC waives Indonesian government guarantee in new balance sheet play

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

25 October 2016

MHP’s $100m PXF could spark Ukraine agri boom

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...

24 October 2016

India Exim's $750m LoC to Nepal looks to cement frosty trade ties

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...