Commodity producers and other corporates in Russia are closely watching the possibility of increased sanctions being imposed by the US. But while the prospect of these is...

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has released a downbeat report on the prospects for private infrastructure investment in Asia. But, says Joachim von...

In late 2018 HSBC structured a multi-jurisdictional import financing that inaugurated a rare joint venture between ADMC and Cargill in the Egyptian soybean sector.

Despite the intense political debate surrounding the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the project is moving ahead at great pace. Jonathan Bell examines what all the fuss is...

Like its national symbol, the cedar tree, Lebanon has deep roots as a regional trade hub. With the right support, the country is poised to benefit from its unique...

Commodity trade finance was conservatively tapped by traders and producers in the Americas last year. According to TXF Data, deal flow totalled $56.07 billion in 2018...

Export finance deal volume increased marginally across the Americas from 2018 to 2019. According to TXF Data, ECA deal volume totalled $18.6 billion in 2019, compared...

Development finance institutions (DFIs) are increasing their local currency finance as they look to alleviate borrower's FX risks and manage unsustainable hard currency...

The increased focus on upstream LNG looks likely to intensify, and the sheer scale of many of these projects will require funds from a range of sources, not least ECA...

Taking on an active corporate supply chain finance programme can be a daunting prospect. When that one is the size of GE Capital’s Trade Payables Services, it changes the...

Liberty House’s recent Aluminium Dunkerque deal is both its first syndicated bank acquisition financing and a novel de-risked structure that includes a syndicated...

South Africa's President Ramaphosa has an opportunity to demonstrate his anti-corruption credentials ahead of this year’s elections by appointing a new board at the state...

How could blockchain processes have helped streamline the challenges of supply chain management evolving under Brexit? In a paper by R3 and the Global Trade Strategy...

With further US sanctions looming over Russia, and uncertainty over what form they will take, a backlog of commodity-linked deals is growing. But Russian borrowers and...

The mega Dangote oil refinery will radically change the downstream landscape of Nigeria and enable vital import substitution. Jonathan Bell examines developments.

A dramatic fall in the proportion of Russia’s reserves held in dollars may seem counter-intuitive from an economic point of view when the greenback is so prominent in...

Werner Schmidt, Deutsche Bank’s new head of structured trade and export finance discusses how he sees his role morphing given the increasing complexity and longer lead...

Many Russian pre-export finance (PXF) borrowers pulled off another year-on-year reduction in margins in 2018. And with no obvious tightening of local liquidity, and too...

Two historical deals have cast a long shadow in capital markets financing for infrastructure in Latin America, but governments are starting to look beyond them. Is the...

Oleg Pankratov, head of infrastructure capital and project finance at VTB Capital, discusses Russia's private infrastructure funding plans with TXF. While attracting...