COP26 has marked a tectonic shift in the architecture of the global financial system to deliver net zero. But the next NDCs should be sooner than every five years to set...
In this week’s edition of the Stages for Change interview series, Sabine Vigneron and Angie Dorschel discuss the power of coincidence, working together to champion small...
Katharine Morton looks into the sky at Sibos with a guided tour of hyper connectivity, trust, cosmology, trade and eating fairy cakes at the centre of the universe
Ahead of TXF Germany this week, Sabine Vigneron, vice president of platform business and product development at AKA, outlines the digital transformation taking place for...
The holding company refinancing for Freeport LNG train 3 shows that banks have not soured on US LNG. But troubled offtakers may force sponsors down less palatable...
Regulatory progress in US LNG has continued to be strong. But doubts about the economics of exports – and the legal underpinnings of supply contracts remain.
The total number of ECA deals taking place in the first quarter of 2016 has more than halved compared to Q1 of 2015, while deal volume is down 12%. TXF's Q1 data clearly...
Cheniere Energy Partners (Cheniere Partners) has secured debt financing of approximately $5.8 billion for its wholly-owned subsidiary the Sabine Pass Liquefaction’s (SPL)...
The Sabine Pass Liquefaction LNG project marked a turning point in energy projects and their associated financing in North America. Jonathan Bell talks with Federico...
How financial institutions can partner with consumer goods companies to help reduce deforestation
Italy’s Enel Group has signed two long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contracts with Cheniere Energy of the US, with gas sourced from shale gas fields, for a...
The trade finance industry has suffered a trio of ailments since the end of 2024 with the shuttering of three different non-bank lenders. While the circumstances across the three cases vary, market conditions are posing problems for lenders of all sizes. How can the community reflect on these events, and what options are borrowers left with?
Welcome to Exiled: The Real Assets People, a podcast where we ‘strand’ a guest on a desert island and ask them who from their professional past, present, and future they’d choose to be stranded with. After all, it’s people that make a profession. Our first guest is Catherine Lang Anderson, Partner & Head of Trade & Commodity Finance Practice at A&O Shearman. Recorded live from the Royal Academy of Arts, it will be no surprise to anyone who knows Catherine that her Exile is going to be a party!
Commodity traders reaped substantial profits off the back of market volatility in 2022 and 2023. With their war chests armed, they pursued a policy of diversification – across financing, business lines and investments.
The trade finance industry has suffered a trio of ailments since the end of 2024 with the shuttering of three different non-bank lenders. While the circumstances across the three cases vary, market conditions are posing problems for lenders of all sizes. How can the community reflect on these events, and what options are borrowers left with?
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