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21 December 2015

Scenarios for the future of sustainable trade

There are two distinct possibilities for the future of sustainable trade. One is a positive vision in which deeper globalisation trumps protectionism, and the march of...

18 December 2015

Orpic signs contracts for Oman’s $6.4bn Liwa plastics complex

Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) has signed agreements to build, operate and finance the $6.4 billion Liwa Plastic Industries Complex (LPIC)...

17 December 2015

Glencore: An existential crisis

After its IPO in 2011, commodities behemoth Glencore appeared a few years shy of gaining special-observer status at the UN. Today, its stock sits at around a sixth of the...

17 December 2015

TXF to host one day Ex-Im conference in New York

TXF has announced a one-day conference dedicated solely to US Ex-Im following the North American ECA’s recent reauthorisation.

16 December 2015

Commodity investor interviews: INOKS Capital calls for a more institutional approach

In part three of our interview series, TXF’s Helen Castell talks to INOKS Capital chief executive Nabil Marc Abdul-Massih about the importance of regulation and his...

15 December 2015

Messerschmidt leaves Commerzbank to start SCF business at AKA

Commerzbank’s head of structured commodity trade finance (SCTF) Mario Messerschmidt has brought to an end his fifteen-year tenure at the bank, announcing his departure...

11 December 2015
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Banks revealed in Eu1.5bn Carnival financing arranged by KfW IPEX

KfW IPEX-Bank recently arranged an approximate €1.5 billion ($1.65 billion) export credit agency-backed financing for AIDA Cruises, with the loan being taken by parent...

11 December 2015

Doha Bank closes $575m syndicated loan facility

Doha Bank has signed a new $575 million syndicated senior unsecured term loan facility, its first since 2007. The loan was oversubscribed, bringing in a diverse range of...

10 December 2015

Commodity investor interviews: Scipion Capital - taking on the traders

In part two of our interview series, TXF’s Helen Castell talks to Scipion Capital vice president Ben Storrs about how trade finance funds and specialist commodity...

07 December 2015

Commodity investor interviews: Barak Fund Management – making commodity deals bankable

Barak founder Jean Craven talks to TXF’s Helen Castell about opportunities in African agri, how trade finance funds complement bank finance and about Barak’s plans to...

03 December 2015

TXF’s Charity Partner: AbleChildAfrica

TXF is proud to support AbleChildAfrica, a grassroots charity that helps children with a range of disabilities in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

30 November 2015

Surveyed exporters pick favourite banks & ECAs

TXF Media will announce the winners of the Exporters Choice Awards in one week. TXF Media, working with Clevis Research, has surveyed 80 exporters to identify the most...

27 November 2015

Democratising supply chain finance

Earlier this week, US working capital financier PrimeRevenue announced it had partnered with global insurer AIG to launch Supply Chain Finance, a new supply chain finance...

27 November 2015

IFC makes senior trade and commodity finance appointments

International Finance Corporation (IFC) has made several senior appointments within its trade and commodity finance management team.

24 November 2015

Emirates Global Aluminium launches syndication of $4.9bn facilities

UAE-headquartered Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), one of the world’s leading aluminium producers, has launched the syndication for its $4.9 billion corporate facilities....

23 November 2015

Walking with 'dial-up dinosaurs': supply chain finance now and in five years

Pricing strategies, competition and the best and worst of supply chain finance. Tom Dunn, chairman of Orbian, reveals all to TXF's Ollie Gordon.

19 November 2015

HSBC ousts trade veteran Lambert in GTRF restructuring

HSBC’s highly-regarded global head of commodity & structured trade finance (CSTF), Jean-Francois Lambert, has left the bank. The departure comes as part of a structural...

17 November 2015

TXF announces new Perfect 10 award category

For the 2015 edition of the Perfect 10 Awards, TXF has decided to introduce a brand new accolade: Most Sustainable Deal of the Year.

05 November 2015

NLMK swims against the current for new PXF

Russia’s largest steel producer, NLMK Group, has battled through billowing market headwinds to today close a successful four-year, $400 million pre-export finance (PXF)...

05 November 2015

Berne Union elects Topi Vesteri as president at AGM in Shanghai

At the Berne Union - the International Union of Credit & Investment Insurers - and Prague Club annual general meeting this week in Shanghai - hosted by China’s official...