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21 September 2022
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Oil & gas

TXF Asia: The project pipeline

A gathering of the most senior project and export finance practitioners took place last week in Singapore at TXF Asia, with a handful of large-scale project financings...

14 September 2022

The paperless papers

Further details on the UK’s Electronic Trade Documents Bill (ETD) have emerged following a briefing last week in advance of the bill’s entry to Parliament. Will this new...

14 September 2022

ECA strategy: Can US EXIM raise its global game?

The most recent edition of US EXIM’s Competitiveness Report makes plain that although US EXIM medium- and long-term support has grown since obtaining a quorum in 2019,...

09 September 2022

Financing for Indonesia’s first EV battery plant marks a landmark development for the region

We reveal full details of the $711 million financing for the EV battery plant in Indonesia and examine how the country is hoping to emerge as a major force in the EV...

07 September 2022
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Other, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Export finance in H1 - still edging towards a new normal

TXF Intelligence's H1 2022 export finance report reveals a slow down in ECA-backed deal flow and volumes compared to the same period last year. Discover the report's main...

06 September 2022
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Oil & gas

Where's the bank balance in commodity trader lending?

The divide between access to bank liquidity and cost of debt for first and lower tier traders is widening and becoming an existential problem for the latter. If market...

05 September 2022
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Power

Keynote: Linde’s Bruch on headaches, hard choices and hydrogen

TXF spoke with Gernot Bruch, global head of export & project financing at Linde Engineering, the world’s largest industrial gas company, to discuss export strategy in the...

01 September 2022

Inside track: copper, credit and China

China is responsible for half of global copper demand. In this article we hear from traders who provide key insights on the recent case of the disappearance of almost...

31 August 2022
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Oil & gas, Power

The Commodity Finance Data Report H1 2022: The highlights

Here’s a sneak preview of TXF’s Commodity Finance Data Report for H1 2022, which will be released later this week. Comprising comprehensive data on commercial loans, the...

30 August 2022
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Chemicals/Petrochemicals

Project ONE: Raising the European petchem project debt benchmark

ECAs and banks are yet to be mandated for Europe’s largest petrochemicals investment in the past 20 years – Ineos’ ethylene plant in Belgium. But despite ongoing...

25 August 2022
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Metals and Mining

Trade structuring and recovery principles

Murali Subramanian, non-executive director and member of the risk, audit and compliance committees at Banca Romana de Credite (BRCI), outlines the importance of the four...

24 August 2022
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Infrastructure, Renewables, Transport

Serial bond issuers tap attractive ECA debt

Global export finance deal flow is expected to balloon by year-end given some big-ticket projects are in the pipeline. From petrochemicals plants in Europe to high speed...

23 August 2022
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Infrastructure

IfTI: Solving the global funding jigsaw with Invest International

TXF spoke with Joost Oorthuizen, CEO at Invest International to discuss the Netherlands-based impact investor’s mission statement and how it fosters innovative global...

17 August 2022

Tutti frutti available as LMA inks credit insurance model contract

A new template credit risk insurance policy from the Loan Market Association has taken more than two years to achieve. Why is the template important? How will it improve...

16 August 2022
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Renewables

Renewables costs: The only way is up - or is it?

Renewables supply chain costs are going up. The cost of project debt is going up. The cost of hedging is going up. But costings for many projects were agreed long before...

12 August 2022

MDB capital adequacy report: A mixed reception

The G20 mandated independent review of multilateral development banks’ (MDB) capital adequacy frameworks is out and has some key recommendations that could significantly...

10 August 2022

TXF APAC: Rebranding Commodity Finance and Natural Resources

With only five weeks to go until TXF APAC: Commodity Finance and Natural Resources in Singapore, here’s some of the highlights that attendees can look forward to, and why...

03 August 2022

More countries pursue security of supply of critical minerals

The issue of critical mineral supply is widening as more countries consider putting in place a policy or strategy to maximise domestic and international value. Such...

03 August 2022

Rebuild or abandon? Are project finance deals adequately covered for political violence?

Within the area of political violence insurance, the concepts of terrorism and war are widely discussed, but often poorly understood. Zoe Towndrow, practice lead,...

02 August 2022
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Metals and Mining, Power

TXF Global: A closer look at the ECA data

As part of TXF Global Export, Agency, and Project Finance 2022, TXF’s head of product, Alfonso Olivas was joined by founder and managing director of GKB Ventures, Gabriel...