GCC: When ECAs hit the country ceiling
Fragmented Gulf procurement, tighter local liquidity, strained country limits and Saudi-scale ambition are forcing ECAs beyond the classic tied facility. Shopping lines,...
Fragmented Gulf procurement, tighter local liquidity, strained country limits and Saudi-scale ambition are forcing ECAs beyond the classic tied facility. Shopping lines,...
TXF spoke with Andreas Back, Product Security Development Manager at Wartsila to outline the major challenges and opportunities for major EPCs tapping ECA support, as...
Long tenors remain the scarce commodity in Sub-Saharan social infrastructure. But Mitrelli has reached financial close on a 19-year Atradius-backed loan for the Katyavala...
Oryx has priced a landmark Permian midstream ABS that may open a new funding route for commodity infrastructure borrowers. But with Trafigura’s latest commodity...
TXF spoke with John Jovanovic, Chairman and President of US Exim to outline the US ECA's unprecedented deal activity and latest mission statement, focusing on stronger...
The next phase of export, agency, and project finance will be defined by strategic collaboration, regulatory modernisation, and a broader ECA mandate. Here are the main...
The Future of Export Finance (FEX) network continues to expand its international footprint, with chapters across Finland, the UK, France, the GCC, the Netherlands and...
On the sidelines of the lill Global Symposium in Oxford this month, TXF spoke with Chris Mitman, a partner at Acre Capital to find out how deployment is going for its...
Shopping line credits are emerging as a key evolution in export finance. The tailored and flexible product is bound by procurement commitments unlike rigid buyer credits...
Europe drove overall export finance growth in 2025. But ECAs look set to up support to emerging markets.
The financial fallout from NewSat's failed Jabiru-1 satellite project financing could be stratospheric. Investors are claiming $1 billion or more in damages from banks as...
Defence has emerged as a priority sector in the export and development finance communities, though the legal and compliance considerations should not be ignored. By Mark...
TXF speaks to Sullivan & Worcester partner Robert Parson about trade disputes, credit escalation and the flight to size as the crisis in the Gulf continues.
TXF spoke with Sang-Jin Ju, KEXIM’s executive director of project finance, to outline the ECA’s activity and how its adapting support to Korean EPCs in overseas PPP...
Economist Dr Rebecca Harding spoke at Exile’s Intelligence Day to discuss the macroeconomic impact of the escalating Middle East conflict. Watch the full session here.
Untied export finance volumes dropped significantly in 2025 compared to recent years despite a vintage year for ECA business. Is the fall in activity anomalous, cyclical,...
What TXF's 2025's award-winning export financings say about the state of the market in 2025. It was a year when all of the promise of the ECA-backed market - in size,...
The SACE-backed loan to fund Sonangol’s equity share in the NeGaCo gas project in Angola has marked the first time the ECA has structured such a deal based on the total...
TXF spoke with Teguh Widhi Harsono, CFO at PLN Nusantara Power, to discuss how the state-owned Indonesian power developer is actively accelerating its procurement...
The EPC+F (Engineering, Procurement and Construction plus financing) market is more than 10 years old. Participants talk about its achievements, discuss frustrations at a...
Fragmented Gulf procurement, tighter local liquidity, strained country limits and Saudi-scale ambition are forcing ECAs beyond the classic tied facility. Shopping lines, untied lending, framework deals and regional agencies are filling the gap — but flexibility brings its own distortions.