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29 October 2018

Shop talk: Are ECAs stepping on the toes of the private market?

TXF spoke with Rachael Anstock, head of UK credit & political risks at Zurich, to discuss the insurer’s product innovations, and to find out whether the private market is...

26 October 2018
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Power

Post-Brexit infra investment: Taking the blindfold off

With UK politicians seemingly blindly following the result of the referendum, those at the forefront of infra finance in the country discuss the reality of Brexit and...

26 October 2018
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Transport

Shop talk: ING Capital looking through new ECA windows

Following a tightly priced UKEF-backed deal in the aviation sector this month, TXF spoke with Gemma Bae, head of structured export finance at ING Capital, to discuss the...

25 October 2018

Revisiting the IFC Global Trade Liquidity Programme

Citi extended its participation in the IFC's Global Trade Liquidity Program (GTLP) this summer, almost a decade after its inception. TXF spoke with John Ahearn, global...

25 October 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Oil & gas

Commodity debt: How green is an ESG-linked greenback?

Gunvor and ECOM have returned to the market with debut sustainability performance-linked loans – but how sustainable are these structures and how are they policed in a...

24 October 2018

FEX: The London chapter

Future of Export Finance (FEX), a new platform aimed at transferring knowledge and talent to the younger generation of the export finance industry, has opened its second...

24 October 2018

Increased connectivity drives Asia’s regional and global trade growth

Global connectivity is driving the development of urban networks. But, stresses Jonathan Bell, it is cooperation and increasing economic integration which will lead to...

22 October 2018
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Infrastructure, Transport

What to expect in the coming trade tech revolution

With Sibos 2018 underway, Nancy Amert, director of CGI’s Trade Innovation Lab, and Rory Kaplan, director and offering manager of trade and supply chain at CGI, share...

18 October 2018

Room2Run: Untapping multilateral capital to full effect

A ground-breaking $1 billion synthetic securitisation by the AfDB could serve as the template for unlocking trillions of dollars of investment for emerging markets...

17 October 2018

The great crude oil game enters a new chapter

High crude oil prices look set to continue despite efforts to increase production. At the same time, argues Jonathan Bell, we are seeing a greater strategic use of crude....

17 October 2018

Shop talk: The facts and fictions of UK infra investment

UK flagship infrastructure projects continue to grab the financial headlines. But the reality is the UK is far behind its economic peer group in infra spend and delivery,...

16 October 2018

Corporate perspective: Avery Dennison mulls US-EMEA cross border pooling strategy

Ramon Tolk, senior director, treasury at specialty packaging company Avery Dennison’s European Treasury Centre in the Netherlands, talks to TXF about cross border pooling...

16 October 2018

Shop talk: Relieving cost and regulatory pressure through private insurance

Against the backdrop of increasing risk awareness and an evolving regulatory landscape – Basel IV and PRA consultations – Marilyn Blattner-Hoyle, head of supply chain and...

16 October 2018
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Renewables

European offshore wind: Solving the zero-subsidy wind conundrum

Two recent European offshore wind financings – Borssele III and IV and Hornsea 1 – demonstrated growing bank and institutional investor appetite for two different sets of...

12 October 2018

Shop talk: Trade credit insurance where it's due, eventually

Potential changes to PRA regulations, IFRS accounting standards and sovereign risk exposures, mean the trade credit insurance landscape will have to evolve. Gary Lowe,...

11 October 2018
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Oil & gas

North Sea M&A: Balanced for mutual benefits

Innovative sale and security structures have attracted a new breed of private equity-backed buyers into North Sea oil assets being sold off by the majors. And as the M&A...

10 October 2018

US drives through to reach trade and investment positives

With the new trade agreement between the US and Canada, a revised NAFTA, and the passing of the BUILD Act in the US, Jonathan Bell asks if we are finally beginning to see...

09 October 2018

Importers’ Choice Awards: UniCredit highest performer among active ECA banks

Based on feedback from 53 major importers from across the globe. UniCredit is the top performing import finance bank, according to the TXF/Clevis Research second annual...

08 October 2018

Breathing new life into insuring trade with Toredo

When it takes the same amount of time to underwrite the risks of a power station as a letter of credit, something had to give. Chris Hall, Senior Underwriter, Liberty...

08 October 2018

Importers’ Choice Awards: Finnvera leads improving ECAs

Export credit agencies improved the quality and delivery of their service in 2017, according to TXF/Clevis Research’s survey of 53 major capital-equipment importers.