The Future of Export Finance initiative recently held its annual exporter meeting in Heidenheim. This year, the technology company Voith played host to FEX's German...
The mining industry is suffering after a decade of underinvestment. Macroeconomic pressures have further reduced a pool of money that was already limited. These issues...
From the post-pandemic rebound to Russia’s war on Ukraine, which exacerbated the already troublesome energy crisis, 2022 has been an eventful year for the commodities and...
In this fortnight’s Stages for Change interview, TXF’s Eavie Burnett speaks with Nedbank’s Mbali Kubheka on her growing career in export finance and the capacity it gives...
In this week’s Stages for Change interview, Eavie Burnett talks to Paule Gosset, VP of export & agency finance for West & Central Africa at Commerzbank about her very...
The Stages for Change series highlights some of the talented women in our industry – from senior experts to those who are new in their career. This week, the series...
The EBRD and the IFC have provided $130 million of financing for a project aimed at upgrading the equipment, practices and labour rights of an industry infamous for its...
Scale, capital allocation and shareholder activism were top of the agenda as panelists at a recent Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) conference discussed the best...
The $150 million IGF fund—run by and for indigenous communities—reached first close at the end of April. The innovative Canadian social impact scheme uses public sector...
The world is sleepwalking into a post-antibiotic era, where simple infections become deadly. Looking to halt the march of this ‘silent pandemic’, the EIB and BioVersys...
In a deal that will save weeks in processing time, African development bank TDB is using blockchain technology to finance $400 million-worth of fertiliser trade finance...
The mining sector is becoming a new frontier for green finance, as lenders take a greater interest in ESG issues. While green finance in mining has the potential to...
A Pakistan-based case study led by the UK’s development finance institution, CDC Group, demonstrated the investment case for a mangrove restoration project next to a wind...
ECAs are playing a growing role in the financing of small, strategic-commodity mining projects – even coming in alongside royalty providers in deals where they might not...
IDB Invest, which structured the bond for Colombian bank Davivienda, believes the landmark issuance will catalyse the wider gender-linked bonds market in Latin America.
From entry-level hiring and management promotion to ECA and DFI mandates, TXF’s Stages for Change series examines the role the trade and export finance industries must...
Anglo American agreed a £405 million ($527 million) rescue deal with Sirius Minerals this week. The takeover is a lifeline for Sirius which faced collapse if it could not...
Correctly pricing sustainability into corporate supply chains shouldn’t just be a matter of ticking boxes (or drawing straws). Companies are going to have to use their...
Nicolas Langlois, Standard Chartered’s global head of trade distribution talks to Katharine Morton about the bank’s recent $1 billion risk-sharing with the IFC to boost...
With the sponsors of the Formosa 2 offshore wind project having reached financial close on a heavily ECA-backed project financing, confidence in the bankability of...
Yuichiro Akita, President of the Berne Union and general manager, international and strategic policy, at Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), explains his vision for his ‘STRIDE’ plan for the BU, including his desire to amplify regional voices.
Every article should have a call to action in the 'standfirst'. It's particularly tough to do that on an obituary for a much loved friend and colleague. Thanks to all those who joined us at Sean's alma mater London watering hole, the Cockpit, to raise a glass in his memory. For those who missed it, please do continue to read about him.
The latest Angolan Ministry of Finance ECA-backed loan to sign to fund the construction of an airport marks the country's ninth such sovereign deal this year, with Angola now accounting for nearly half of Africa's total deal volume.
Yuichiro Akita, President of the Berne Union and general manager, international and strategic policy, at Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), explains his vision for his ‘STRIDE’ plan for the BU, including his desire to amplify regional voices.
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