The Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (EXIAR) has insured a €3.6 billion loan by Sberbank and Gazprombank to the country's JSC Yamal...

Canada-headquartered Trade Finance Solutions has hired Tony Howard as chief credit officer. He will direct the company's credit professionals and assume...

Brazil's state oil firm Petrobras has secured a $1 billion loan from the Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim). The deal is related to supply contracts for...

UK Export Finance and NatWest have helped Stoke-based manufacturer Ham Baker Group expand in the Middle East. The company, which makes products for the water,...

With their huge capacity and state backing, ECAs for many years dominated the market for absorbing risk on longer-dated export credits. That’s changed, say private...

In a bid to create new channels of future growth and provide new roadmaps for Indian exporters, India's Exim Bank has increased the amount of lines of credits it has...

US-based Finacity has launched a $12 million trade receivables securitisation for Ercros, a Spanish producer of chemicals. The facility acts as a funding source for...

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) is investing in the KKR Americas Fund XII to back Japanese companies in new markets. It is contributing to the...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) are teaming up in a novel deal which could increase multilateral...

Richard Abbott has joined law firm Holman Fenwick Willan's (HFW) Sydney office. He is an experienced investment and major projects lawyer with financing, corporate...

Canadian oil and gas group Lightstream Resources has 90 days to resolve a $96.6 million shortfall in its credit facility or face a default. The company has seen the...

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and Turkmenistan have signed a memorandum of understanding to increase cooperation in financing development projects.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is set to undergo reforms to improve the delivery of its projects and reduce delays in its disbursements. The overall success rate for...

Togo has become the 40th state to officially join the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). It becomes immediately eligible for Afreximbank's range of trade...

The SWIFT Institute has investigated the practical application of blockchain technologies in securities markets - and found that industry collaboration is essential if...

Global law firm Winston & Strawn has boosted its transportation finance practice in London by hiring partners Christopher Boresjo and Mark Moody. They will focus...

The Russian Agency for Export Credit and Investment Insurance (EXIAR) has agreed to back SMW Engineering's exports of tyre rims to Italy, Germany, Latvia and...

Estonia's Eesti Energia is selling the majority of its stake in Jordan's first $2.2 billion power plant to be fuelled by oil shale to China's Yudean Group....

Banks are continuing to withdraw from many of their correspondent banking relationships - a process which threatens global trade, especially in poorer countries. TXF...

Filippo Pappalardo has been appointed as head of UniCredit's coverage of multinational firms in the Americas across the corporate and investment bank. Pappalardo...