The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) has signed two financial agreements with the government of Fiji to encourage foreign direct investment (FDI) in the...

Singapore-based commodity trader Olam has teamed up with Mitsubishi Corporation to form MC Agri Alliance, in Japan. It will import and distribute cocoa, coffee,...

A record number of UK businesses are interested in exporting through government-brokered opportunities, according to UK Trade & Investment. Over 20,000...

US oil and gas group Stone Energy has seen its credit facility cut from $500 million to $300 million - resulting in a borrowing base deficiency of $175.3 million and...

The growth of the global economy will be weaker this year, with just a +2.5% rise in GDP, says trade credit insurer Euler Hermes. Both emerging and advanced economies...

Equinox Global, the Lloyds cover holder specialising in trade credit insurance, has launched Equinox Approach - an online portal for brokers and clients. It offers...

China has scrapped an incentive programme - which covered industries such as textiles and seafood - that effectively subsidised exports from small firms. The move came...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is providing financing worth $40 million to Myanmar Industrial Port. The package will help increase capacity and efficiency...

Argentina is back in the international borrowing markets with a sale of sovereign bonds after a 15-year exile since its default. The country is raising up to $15...

Tungsten Network Finance, the supply chain finance arm of the Tungsten Network business, has appointed Prabhat Vira as president. He joins from HSBC.

A spate of high profile ECA and trade finance departures from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has fuelled speculation that the bank is withdrawing from the business...

Global commodities trader Castleton Commodities International tapped 25 banks for a borrowing base and revolving credit facility totalling $3.75 billion, to finance its...

The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday approved the construction of Magnolia LNG’s multi-billion dollar midscale liquefied natural gas export...

Oakbay Investments, through coal company Tegeta Exploration & Resources, has completed its acquisition of the Optimum coal mine from Glencore for R2.15 billion...

US Senator Richard Shelby, Republican of Alabama, last week said he wouldn't allow the Senate Banking Committee that he chairs to confirm a nominee to the board of...

Indonesia’s national carrier PT Garuda Indonesia has expressed interest in a UK Export Finance loan offer worth $1 billion, which was put forward during Minister...

Macquarie Group veteran Andrew Hunter arrived at the federal government-owned Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (Efic) three years ago to find an institution...

Britain’s export-credit agency, UK Export Finance, may be the most attractive source of satellite project financing that almost none one has heard of or uses....

The price of oil has dropped sharply after a meeting of oil producers failed to agree a cap on output. Brent crude fell 7% at one point, but then recovered slightly to...

The United States Treasury is keen to ensure that export credit agencies (ECA) are playing by the same rules – so much so that they look set to try and apply pressure on...