In late April, only four months after the trade embargo on Iran was lifted, Italy's Sace took the lead in the ECA space, guaranteeing €4 billion in credit lines to...

It's the last chance to vote for the TXF Commodity Finance Awards: Best in Class 2016, with the deadline expiring at midnight tonight (Thursday 5 May). The TXF...

The $80 million prepayment to Cocoa Touton Processing is a landmark financing for West Africa, bringing added-value processing on a major scale to Ghana. Jonathan Bell...

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has agreed a $15 billion financial package with the Iranian central bank and government. The deal includes a $9 billion...

Swiss-headquartered commodity trader Glencore may put its biggest gold mine - the Vasilkovskoye project in Kazakhstan - up for sale in a bid to cut its debt. Glencore...

KfW IPEX-Bank, the German export and project finance bank, has arranged financing for the expansion of the Gold Coast light rail system in Queensland, Australia. Five...

Development banks have to take on the currency risk of projects which are needed to fill Asia's $8 trillion infrastructure gap, a director at Germany's KfW...

The biggest challenge facing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is getting paid - prompting more to use the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Ex-Im),...

Law firm Sidley Austin has hired project finance and development specialist David Gartside as a partner at its office in Singapore. He joins from White & Case.

Amol Gupte has been named as Citigroup's country officer for Singapore and head of Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). He replaces Michael Zink, who...

The Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC), the private sector investment arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), is going through a self-described...

Trade Finance Solutions has taken on Karim Habib as managing director, business development. Based in Toronto, he is responsible for originating new business...

The rescue of struggling shippers and shipbuilders by the Korea Development Bank (KDB) and Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) could spark a trade dispute with Europe,...

So, thankfully, sanctions were lifted against Iran on 16 January 2016. Were they really? You would never know judging by the lack of activity and involvement by banks. On...

Digitalisation is essential for companies looking to enter global trade, a new report finds. Trade stands to make huge efficiency and cost gains from digitalisation, and...

Coming at a crucial time for Oyu Tolgoï in Mongolia, the $200 million revolving credit facility provided the working capital needed and lined the venture up for the...

The Association of British Insurers has warned of a spike in claims against troubled businesses similar to the rise in the months leading to the 2008 financial crisis....

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has arranged financing worth $375 million for an Iraqi power company to provide electricity to Kurdistan and Baghdad. The...

The Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico has agreed a tentative restructuring deal with some creditors - after declaring it would skip a $422 million debt...

The relevance of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is being threatened by the rise in bilateral trade deals across Asia, experts warned. The slow pace of multilateral...