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11 March 2020

Women investing in women: A diverse ecosystem for trade

On 8 March, men and women across the world celebrated International Women’s Day. This week, TXF’s Eavie Burnett takes a closer look at the vital role women and other...

11 March 2020

Expert briefing: Hands clean? Understanding the UK's trade stance amid Coronavirus

Dr Rebecca Harding, CEO of Coriolis Technologies, looks at the UK’s trade negotiation stance after Brexit amid the Coronavirus outbreak. The interconnected nature of...

10 March 2020
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Metals and Mining

Nornickel refi: More than a pricing play

Nornickel has sealed a $4.15 billion refinancing at time when Russian corporate borrowers and international lenders have found their cost of debt aspirations harmonising,...

09 March 2020

Expert briefing: Has the US-China trade war found peace?

James Burgess, head of commercial for London and UK South East region at Atradius takes a look at the latest developments in the tit-for-tat US-China trade war, and asks...

05 March 2020

Sullivan: Learning from documentation in trade

In the latest edition of Sullivan's trade finance breakfast briefing, partners Geoffrey Wynne outlines the issues in documenting trade finance transactions amid a growing...

04 March 2020

Export finance report 2019: A drastic drop in global ECA-backed deal volume

Overall volumes of global export finance fell by almost 30% last year compared to 2018 according to the full-year TXF 2019 Export Finance Report. Max Thompson reviews the...

03 March 2020
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Renewables

CFXD: A lesson in going local

The 589MW CFXD offshore wind project in Taiwan has marked the highest local content percentage for any such project in Asia Pacific. But signing up two Taiwanese...

02 March 2020
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Infrastructure, Telecoms and Communications, Transport

Keynote: Opening up EKN's one-stop guarantees shop

EKN had a banner year in 2019. EKN’s director general, Anna-Karin Jatko tells TXF about the rise of supplier credits for larger contracts, and how as part of ‘Team...

27 February 2020

The great project debt puzzle

The aspirations of the EU Green Deal and the bloc's adoption of CRD IV are contradictions that leave lenders and borrowers confused - and more significantly a potential...

26 February 2020

Coronavirus and global trade: In viro veritas?

The new coronavirus, Covid-19, is shining a light on just how connected global trade is to the world’s second largest economy. TXF takes a look at how China will...

24 February 2020
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Infrastructure

Keynote: Finnvera CEO on cruising concentration risk

Finnvera’s CEO Pauli Heikkila talks to TXF about how the Finnish ECA’s increased exposure to the cruise ship sector drove much of its stellar growth in 2019. Should...

21 February 2020

Sullivan trade finance seminar - challenges to trade and commodity finance 2020

Sam Fowler-Holmes, senior associate at Sullivan presents the challenges across the trade and commodity finance space, with potential headwinds in 2020 including...

19 February 2020

Taiwanese offshore wind: Shaking the local bank funding tree

The Taiwanese offshore wind market is on course to emulate another bumper year of ECA-backed project finance prowess in 2020. But not all is as it seems on this nascent...

18 February 2020

Commodity finance: Traders stir up the funding mix

The commodity trade finance funding mix is evolving. Growing regulation, the rise of alternative funds and all things ESG have contributed to the decline in deal volume...

17 February 2020

Keynote: Shipping keeps Euler Hermes CEO in buoyant mood

It may have been a so-so year for many ECAs, but not Euler Hermes. CEO Edna Schoene was in a buoyant mood when she spoke to TXF. Financing ships has boosted business,...

14 February 2020

Is Poland’s offshore wind market project finance-friendly?

The Polish offshore wind market is gathering pace. Although questions around local content requirements, local liquidity and local currency-denominated PPAs need to be...

12 February 2020

EKN: On exporting Sweden’s fossil free energy future

It was unseasonably warm for Stockholm in February at EKN’s annual seminar. TXF was in Sweden to hear about the opportunities to finance the transition to carbon zero....

11 February 2020
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Oil & gas

Shop talk: Entrepose ups ECA tap

TXF spoke to Gautier Mangenot, VP of business development at Entrepose Group, a subsidiary of Vinci, about the challenges mid-sized EPCs face facilitating infrastructure...

10 February 2020

Keynote: The busy-busy post Brexit world of UKEF

Louis Taylor, CEO of UK Export Finance (UKEF), tells TXF he is all geared up for a busy life after Brexit. How is he facing media concerns about the UK’s export credit...

07 February 2020
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Oil & gas

Amur GPP: Better than the black stuff

The heavily ECA-backed financing for Gazprom's Amur gas processing project has set new tenor and volume benchmarks for both the sponsor and Russian oil and gas – even...