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01 April 2016

ECAs brighten Bangladesh's power plan

Earlier this month, Bangladesh sealed a $2 billion credit line from the Export-Import Bank of India for power development in a deal indicative of an exciting new trend...

31 March 2016

Russian coal titan taps cheap ruble for new PXF

SUEK has secured a $1 billion pre-export finance facility showing Russian commodity producers buoyed by a cheap ruble can still access international financing despite...

30 March 2016

Japanese steel forges ahead with double JBIC deal

The ailing Japanese steel sector — the second largest in the world — has received $405 million in financing, in favour of two overseas subsidiaries, from the Japan Bank...

23 March 2016

Coface closes Kurdistan deal despite two-year Isis delay

After two years of delays resulting from the war with Isis, French export credit agency (ECA) Coface last month provided its first ever guarantee in Iraqi Kurdistan to...

15 March 2016

ECA Interview: UKEF sharpens its tools

UK Export Finance’s chief executive, Louis Taylor, tells TXF how the export credit agency is broadening its product suite to offer more support to UK exporters.

11 March 2016
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Oil & gas

Gazprom agrees 2 billion euro Chinese bilateral loan

In a move which demonstrates the tightening of Russian ties with Chinese financing, Gazprom accessed its biggest ever loan from a private Chinese lender, signing 2...

09 March 2016

Brick by BRIC: the New Development ethos

With the long-awaited BRICS Bank due to begin lending next month, TXF looks at how the institution is breaking away from the western model of development finance to meet...

04 March 2016

Will international lenders embrace Ghana’s new ECA?

Ghana has approved its new Export-Import Bank after months of political wrangling. But will export financiers be prepared to engage with Africa’s latest export credit...

02 March 2016

Nigeria’s NNPC bid for transparency attracts lenders

International banks are showing renewed interest in investments in Nigeria’s oil sector, as the new management of state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation...

02 March 2016
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Metals and Mining

Glencore's revolver and results paint brighter picture for trader

Glencore plans to ramp up debt reduction, cutting net debt to $17 billion-$18 billion by the end of this year, as it announced big losses in its annual results. The news...

01 March 2016

Beni Suef continues Egyptian energy boom

Egypt's $1.49 billion December loan, backed by export credit agencies (ECAs), to build the Beni Suef power station – is just the latest example of the country's continued...

24 February 2016

TXF Export Finance Report: Euro ECA deals surge in 2015

The volume of euro denominated export credit agency (ECA) deals increased by 15.1% to 27.8% last year, according to TXF Data’s Export Finance Report 2015.

22 February 2016

The dragon in the Andes: China pushes risky LatAm loans

Chinese development banks lent a total of $29.1 billion to Latin America in 2015 – nearly triple the amount of 2014, and more than the combined lending from the...

17 February 2016

‘Disappointing’ trade figures cast doubt on UK export strategy

Despite offering new products and services to exporters, the British government is struggling to combat the country’s record £125 billion trade gap.

15 February 2016

NPT taps NEXI to meet Vietnam's capex splurge

Vietnam's state-owned National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT) has signed a $200 million loan facility for a coal-fired power plant, backed by Japanese export credit...

08 February 2016
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Metals and Mining

ECAs shy away from ‘dirty’ coal deals

Low prices and dwindling sources of finance are forcing coal producers to turn to export credit agencies (ECAs) to support their capital needs. But ECAs and their...

05 February 2016
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Metals and Mining

More miners look to ECAs to fund deals

TXF examines the dominant role development banks and export credit agencies (ECAs) now have in mining project finance as depressed commodity prices force miners to seek...

04 February 2016

Historic TPP trade deal signed in Auckland

One of the largest multinational trade pacts in history, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), was officially signed today in Auckland, New Zealand by ministers of its 12...

03 February 2016
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Infrastructure, Oil & gas, Power, Transport, Waste and water

What will higher rates mean for new project financings?

Higher base rates are likely to drastically change the economics for project and infrastructure financings. TXF argues that both debt and equity yields on projects could...

29 January 2016

How new French ECA Bpifrance will differ from Coface

After nearly 70 years as France's ECA Coface is set to transfer the handling of state export credit guarantees to French public investment bank, Bpifrance. The move will...