Mid- and downstream oil company Puma Energy is set reduce the pricing on its one-year RCF following a good set of financial results for 2016.

When agri commodities trader Transmar - a top ten global supplier of cocoa beans - filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the end of 2016 there were fears of an impact on...

Technology developers all claim co-operation is key to a globally scalable trade finance solution. But are banks and independents really serious about collaboration or is...

Crude oil refiner Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical has mandated Natixis as sole lead arranger and bookrunner for its $110 million debut international syndicated loan. An...

Sugar trader Alvean is set to launch its debut syndicated credit facility following a bankers meeting today. The trader - formed by a joint venture between Cargill and...

Privately-owned London-based commodity trader ED&F Man is set to launch its annual RCF on 10 February. According to a number of bankers the deal is expected to be fairly...

Claude Valade has been appointed chief executive officer of Natixis Factor, a leading French domestic and global factoring group. He has also become a member of...

Despite the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the crash in iron and steel prices, Metinvest has managed to restructure its debt and even lowered pricing on some of its...

A key project for Ghana and a direct lending first for UKEF – Vitol’s OCTP is rumoured to be tightly priced and partially financed under a fixed rate CIRR.

Seven banks have joined together on KBC’s new Digital Trade Chain (DTC) to aid European small and medium businesses (SMEs) increase trade.

Seven banks - Deutsche Bank, HSBC, KBC, Natixis, Rabobank, Societe Generale and UniCredit - are uniting to form Digital Trade Chain, a blockchain-based trade finance...

Solar PV investment platform Azienda Solare Italiana (ASI) has closed a landmark hybrid refinancing – although an add-on to its 2014 deal the issue is still the largest...

Despite margin pressure in some of its key markets in 2016, Louis Dreyfus has added $200 million to its European RCF – pulling 38 banks into the facility with pricing...

DFI loans and a rare untied UFK covered loan have enabled commercial banks to push the tenor on CBG’s Sangaredi mine expansion financing in Guinea.

France's Natixis has made four senior appointments to its global aviation finance team. Wui Jin Woon, Hyung Jin (Ryan) Ahn, Jocelyn Noel, and Evgeny van der Geest...

Traditionally the world’s largest market for pre-export financing (PXF), Russia has seen an increase in the number of PXFs arranged for its companies in 2016. High levels...

France's Natixis has signed on to CargoDocs for Trade Finance in order to support its corporate customers' use of ePresentation under eUCP Letters of Credit and...

Commodity trader Trafigura has sealed a renewal of its metals borrowing base with an facility. A recent rally in the price of base metals and the streamlining of its...

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has appointed nine banks to arrange a new Islamic bond issue likely to be in excess of $1 billion. The banks include Natixis and...

Twelve member banks of the R3 blockchain group, including Barclays and Natixis, have tested cross-border payments using start-up Ripple's digital currency token...