JP Morgan has reached a definitive agreement to sell its physical commodities business to Mercuria Energy for $3.5 billion. The all cash transaction is expected to close...

Jonathan Bell talks with Paul Cohen Dumani, general manager of MIT, about the company’s highly successful commodity finance collateral management software system for...

We are delighted to announce the results of our “Perfect 10” – the 2013 Deals of the Year. We received in excess of 150 submissions and so whittling so many fantastic...

An initiative, announced today, could soon see the establishment of the new Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX). And beyond this, there is the potential for the GCX to become...

South African headquartered bank Investec has further strengthened its export and agency finance team with the arrival of Mark Paton as regional head for Europe, based in...

The US-based Magnolia LNG export project is moving forward with two major developments taking place this week.

ING-DiBa AG (ING Bank) and Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank Deutschland (CACIB) have arranged two export credit financings for Russian power generating company...

Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (Zesco) has signed a $163 million export financing agreement with Nordea and Standard Bank to finance the company’s north-western...

Compagnie Générale d’Affacturage (CGA) of France, a fully-owned Société Générale subsidiary, has launched a new supply chain finance platform to support business growth...

Armenian bank Ardshininvestbank has signed its first syndicated loan facility with international lenders. Moreover, the transaction represents the first syndicated deal...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to extend a senior loan of $200 million to Lukoil Overseas Shah Deniz (LSD), a wholly-owned...

The IFC is arranging financing to support the continued development of sustainable forestry in Guangxi, China for Stora Enso’s integrated state-of-the-art plantation,...

Seaborn Networks (Seaborn) has mandated French bank Natixis to arrange the financing for Seaborn’s new submarine cable project, known as Seabras-1, linking commercial and...

Singapore-headquartered LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) shipping and logistics company, Petredec, has finalised a $200 million export finance credit facility for the...

ING Bank has expanded its export finance team with the hiring of Marina Grigoryeva to work in their Frankfurt office.

Turkey’s agricultural sector has received a boost with a €25 million ($34.7 million) loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The funds will...

Andrey Frolov has been appointed executive director of SIBUR International, Sibur group’s international trading arm. He will be based in Vienna. Frolov takes over from...

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) has secured a $500 million three-year term loan through bookrunners State Bank of India, DBS and RBS

Swiss-headquartered agricultural commodity trading group Ecom Agroindustrial Asia has launched a $300 million, 364-day revolving credit facility (RCF) into the market.

African Development Bank has agreed to provide a $30 million loan to finance the rehabilitation of Nigeria’s Oku Iboku Pulp and Paper Mill in Akwa Ibom and Cross River...