Commodity trading company Trafigura has launched syndication of its annual major European revolving credit facility (RCF). Eight international banks are acting as initial...

On Friday 16 January, the London School of Economics (LSE) co-hosted a conference with CAF - the Latin American development bank; on geopolitics and the ‘Global South’.

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has appointed Jerry Pearce to its global transaction services (GTS) team as head of global cash products. He will be based in London.

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has provided Burkina Faso with a financing package specifically targeted for the development of the country’s infrastructure.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is increasing the availability of financing to private businesses in Romania with a loan to Bucharest-based...

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has signed a Murabaha agreement with the government of Burkina...

Russian fertiliser producer Acron Group has signed a major syndicated pre-export financing (PXF) arrangement with an international bank group.

Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro (Metro), the state-owned owner and operator of the subway system in Santiago, Chile, has closed the financing relating to...

Sasol, the South African energy and chemical corporation, has completed the credit facility required for the construction of its ethane cracker and derivatives complex at...

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) have agreed to provide financial support for the development of a €433 million...

The Korean and Australian governments have signed the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA), which aims to eliminate most tariff barriers into Korea, Australia’s...

The metals mining company, GISA Netherlands (GISA), a subsidiary of Gerald Group, has announced the signing of a substantially oversubscribed syndicated revolving credit...

Australian-headquartered mining company, Mawson West, with strategic copper assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has secured a new loan and arranged a...

VTB Bank has announced that it will provide financing for one of Armenia’s largest mining projects – the development of the enrichment plant at the Teghout...

The Canadian export credit agency (ECA), Export Development Canada (EDC) has announced it will guarantee a loan provided by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), to support...

As a result of liquidity improvement measures taken by the company, Russian diamond producer Alrosa has reached two separate new financing agreements with VTB Bank and...

As undisputed drivers of trade, the world’s commodity traders are a hugely influential group but also oddly misunderstood. They are the lynchpins of global trade, not...

The political risk research and advisory firm, Political Monitor, has just released its 2014 report in which its 2014 forecasts were reviewed in light of the eventual...

Italian export credit agency SACE has announced today that it is finalising its guarantee programme to support Italian companies working on the development of the Star...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $100 million loan agreement with the government of Fiji for a project to improve the safety and durability of the country’s...