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05 January 2016

Philippines leaves it late to join the AIIB

The Philippines agreed to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) shortly ahead of a year-end deadline to sign up. The country's indicative...

05 January 2016

Brady to manage Faircot's cotton trade and risk requirements

Swiss-based Faircot has chosen trading and risk management solutions supplier Brady to manage the physical trading and risk requirements for its cotton business....

05 January 2016

Finacity arranges receivables securitisation for German firms

US-based Finacity has launched a combined receivables securitisation programme for German companies Papier Union and PMF Factoring, allowing up to €100 million in...

04 January 2016

Key financing source for miners is depleted

For struggling mining companies, an important source of financing is growing scarce. Contending with falling profits and hefty debt payments, mining companies such as...

04 January 2016

Bank Rakyat Indonesia seals loan commitments from US Ex-Im, BNP Paribas for satellite project

State lender Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) has secured $170 million (£115 million) worth of loan commitments from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (US...

04 January 2016

Vitol wins fuel supply tender to Ethiopia

Vitol Group, the Swiss commodities trading house, has won the tender floated by the Ethiopian Petroleum Supply Enterprise (EPSE) for the supply of fuel to Ethiopia in...

04 January 2016

Credit insurance: the most cost-effective way to support SMEs' expansion

Massimo Falcioni, head of Middle East countries at trade credit insurer Coface, explains the strengths of credit insurance and lessons learned from the 2008 crisis,...

04 January 2016

Vitol inaugurates US shale oil exports

Swiss commodity trader Vitol Group has become the first overseas buyer of US shale oil. ConocoPhillips will supply the first tanker-load, comprising crude and...

01 January 2016

CACIB and FMO team to finance Argentinean grain port

Crédit Agricole CIB (CACIB) and the Dutch development bank FMO, have combined to arrange and provide a $32.5 million facility for the construction of a green-field grain...

01 January 2016

Kuwait’s Burgan Bank signs inaugural $350m club facility

Kuwait’s Burgan Bank has signed an inaugural $350 million two-year club facility with a group of its relationship banks. Wells Fargo Bank, London branch, acted as...

01 January 2016

MIGA provides guarantee for Sirajganj 2 power plant in Bangladesh

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is providing guarantees to back loans by Standard Chartered Bank and Siemens Bank to North-West Power Generation...

01 January 2016

Banks and JBIC combine for $345m in loans to Diamond LNG Shipping

Japanese banks and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have signed loans under co-financing agreements totalling ¥41.6 billion ($345 million) for the...

28 December 2015

Year in review: trade and supply chain finance

Hesham Zakai, TXF Media’s content manager, picks his favourite trade and supply chain finance stories from 2015.

28 December 2015
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Oil & gas

Year in review: commodity financing

Jonathan Bell, TXF’s Editor in Chief, picks his favourite commodity financing stories from 2015.

27 December 2015

Year in review: export finance

Oliver Gordon, TXF’s News Editor, picks his favourite export credit finance stories from 2015.

23 December 2015

The 10 biggest trade and treasury market moves of 2015

Below are the 10 people moves that defined the trade and supply chain world in 2015. We have listed the 10 biggest trade and supply chain market moves that we...

23 December 2015

Sinosure backs deal for Pakistan electric group

Pakistan's K-Electric has signed loan agreements with Chinese banks to improve its transmission system. China's export credit agency, Sinosure, backed one of...

23 December 2015

China-Australia FTA begins

China's free trade agreement (FTA) with Australia has come into effect, raising hopes of increased trade between the two nations. The deal will create...

23 December 2015

Russia's Sovcomflot seals $340m deal for Arctic tankers

Russian shipping company Sovcomflot and Sberbank CIB have signed a 14-year, $340 million credit facility agreement to finance the construction of three Arctic shuttle...

23 December 2015

Kaizen Discovery signs MoU for Peru copper-gold project

Canadian mineral exploration and development company Kaizen Discovery has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ITOCHU Corporation of Japan. ITOCHU will...