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14 July 2015

IFC to fund first large-scale West African solar power plant

Scatec Solar, a Norwegian solar power company, signed an agreement with the Malian Ministry of Energy and Water and Electricité du Mali (EDM) to...

14 July 2015

Fitch: Major Iranian gas exports will take at least five years

Iran has the potential to become a top gas producer, with 34 trillion cubic meters (tcm) of natural gas reserves, or around 18% of the world's total, according to...

13 July 2015

UKEF announces new powers to boost exports

The UK government’s productivity plan, announced today, included the news that UK Export Finance (UKEF), the country's export credit agency, is working with...

13 July 2015

​MIGA backs renewable energy in Pakistan

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group, announced today it is providing...

13 July 2015

South Korea aims to boost exports, growth through export stimulus package

The Korean government has announced a new 25 trillion won ($22 billion), two-year export stimulus package, aimed at boosting the country's struggling export...

13 July 2015

India Eximbank, BRICS member development banks sign MoU with NDB

The Export-Import Bank of India (India Eximbank) announced today it has signed a multilateral agreement to cooperate with New Development Bank (NDB) along with other...

13 July 2015

AfDB approves soft commodity loan for Sucden Côte d’Ivoire

The African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Friday a two-year €100-million soft commodity finance facility for Sucres & Denrées Côte...

13 July 2015

A multilateral view of trade finance

With multilateral finance institutions and development banks becoming increasingly prominent figures in the world of trade finance, Ollie Gordon caught up with the EIB’s...

13 July 2015

Pricing and fees decrease as capital markets expectations rise

Hesham Zakai analyses the TXF-ICC Export Finance Global Survey 2015, which polled a range of export finance professionals, and compares the results with those from last...

13 July 2015

Sarulla: unearthing Indonesia's geothermal potential

MOST INNOVATIVE ECA/PROJECT FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR Ollie Gordon examines Indonesia's Sarulla Geothermal Power Plant project financing, which charts new territory for...

13 July 2015

KAR Power: venturing into Kurdistan

BEST MIDDLE EASTERN ECA FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR Dalia Gebrial reveals a true success story providing a major boost for the Iraq energy sector.

13 July 2015

WTO’s Azevêdo urges the closing of gaps in trade finance in Africa and Asia

WTO director-general, Roberto Azevêdo, has urged development finance institutions to continue to work together to help close the gaps that exist in the provision of trade...

13 July 2015

Textainer Group amends pricing and extends term on its $700 million RCF

Bermuda-headquartered Textainer Group Holdings, the world’s largest lessor of intermodal containers based on fleet size, has secured an amendment to the margin on its...

10 July 2015

Deutsche leads Nyrstar €400 million structured commodity facility to close

Belgian-headquartered mining and metals company Nyrstar has successfully closed the refinancing of its structured commodity trade finance facility at €400 million ($442.7...

10 July 2015

HSBC appoints head of commercial banking Singapore

HSBC has appointed Steven Cranwell head of commercial banking Singapore. He takes over from Kelvin Tan, who has been appointed chief executive officer for HSBC in...

10 July 2015

IFIs plan $400 billion injection for sustainable development goals

International financial institutions (IFIs) namely the multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the IMF, have signaled plans to extend more than $400 billion in...

09 July 2015

IADB finances private solar energy project in Uruguay

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $55.7 million loan from its ordinary capital to finance the construction, operation and maintenance of six...

09 July 2015

VietJet Air signs deals in Washington with three US firms

Vietnam's VietJet Air agreed onWednesday to explore the possibility of buying airplanes fromBoeing Co as it signed deals with two other U.S.companies to supply parts and...

09 July 2015

Afriland First Bank receives Afreximbank facility for SME support

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) today agreed to provide a €15 million financing facility to Afriland First Bank’s Côte d’Ivoire...

09 July 2015

SACE provides guarantee for Tesmec electric cable exports

Italian export credit agency, SACE, has guaranteed a €33 million ($36.4 million) commercial bank export finance loan for the export of electric cable stringing equipment...