An eerie calm? The view from Commodity Trading Week 2024
The return of Commodity Trading Week marks a period of sustained calm in the commodities markets – at least in contrast with the volatility of recent years. But how long...
The return of Commodity Trading Week marks a period of sustained calm in the commodities markets – at least in contrast with the volatility of recent years. But how long...
Senior practitioners of the trade and export finance community will gather at the University of St Gallen this autumn for another edition of IfTI’s Global Symposium....
How do you have a thriving offshore wind export business when you don’t, technically, have an offshore wind industry? Norway’s exporters are finding the answer, and of...
Since the first announcement of a partnership between Euler Hermes and Trafigura in 2022, European ECAs have built steady relationships with commodity traders. Today, as...
The wait for the winners of the TXF Perfect 10 Commodity Finance Deals of the Year is over. Here are the landmark deals of 2023.
This year's winners of the TXF Export Finance Deals of the Year beat a lot of worthy contenders, with ESG credentials the running theme across those winning deals.
The export finance community’s calls for OECD reform are being answered. But amid the news certain ESG-friendly projects can tap longer tenors, there remains scepticism...
Michal Ron, Chief International Business Officer at SACE, discusses Italy’s record export finance volumes as it moves into ‘fifth gear’ on its ambitious ‘push strategy’....
While the growth of untied ECA lending provides flexibility for ECAs to compete with non-OECD ECAs, the inconsistent methodologies of this nascent product are a reminder...
Following on from Sullivan's update on ECAs and DFIs in February, in this trade & export finance webinar, Mark Norris, Partner, and Daniela Barrdear, Counsel, consider in...
The future-proofed Hanseatic Energy Hub is a strategically important energy security project for Germany. So where are the German project banks?
ECA volumes into developing markets continue to lag far behind developed markets despite a record-breaking year for export finance. Reforms to the OECD Arrangement could...
The Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) has the ‘gift of wind’ which has helped it position itself as a changemaker in renewable energy financing. But it’s not...
ECA-backed project finance took centre stage this year at TXF MENA 2024 with the spotlight on energy transition, longer tenors, and untied lending. ECA flexibility...
Janusz Wladyczak, CEO of KUKE, Poland’s export credit agency, highlights KUKE’s enhanced role in supporting reconstruction in Ukraine as conflict continues, the new tools...
North Africa’s two leading markets have taken very different approaches to encouraging energy and infrastructure investment. Which path looks more sustainable?
It may be younger than the Swiss Army knife, but the Berne Union’s stakeholder event reflects on how adept the nonagenarian organisation is at helping support financing...
The publication of TXF Intelligence’s export finance data report for 2023 confirms the headlines – it was a very productive year for the industry. Read on to find the...
With the recent release of TXF Intelligence’s export finance lender league tables, get the breakdown on the most active ECAs in the market. Read on to find out the...
In this trade & export finance webinar, Sullivan partners Ellis Lawson and Mark Norris look at recent developments in export credit agency and development finance and the...
The commodity finance industry's well-documented flight to size has left trading houses stranded. Alternative financiers have struggled to fill the gap, but could a new non-bank borrowing base establish a template for the future?