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10 January 2024
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Renewables

High hopes for hydrogen: Climbing the ladder to bankability

Dr Sebastian Hofert von Weiss and Patrick Gonzalez Tilemann (University of Surrey) share their latest research on the challenges facing hydrogen production. Financial and...

18 October 2023
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Metals and Mining

Future facing commodities: Lithium

The lithium industry is facing new challenges as prices tumble from the highs of 2022. More sources of supply are coming online to meet anticipated demand but a lack of...

03 March 2022
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Oil & gas, Power

Russia/Ukraine: economic fallout will be extreme!

Beyond the horrors and dreadful tragedies of the war in Ukraine there will be extreme economic fallout in the trade and investment space for many years to come. The...

02 November 2021
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Power, Transport

COP-out or green finance progress?

The plethora of pledges emerging apace from COP26 are expected to spur a spate of emerging market corporate issuance in the capital markets. But with green finance taking...

27 February 2019
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

US-China trade truce provides breathing space

The cancellation of the hike in tariffs on imports from China into the US is giving rise to hope of a trade deal between the two countries and an end to the all-out trade...

18 February 2019

AIIB: Shaping a different DFI offering

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has released a downbeat report on the prospects for private infrastructure investment in Asia. But, says Joachim von...

19 June 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities, Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

No rules resource nationalism: A growing threat to EVs?

Resource nationalism is always present, but a recent increase in intensity fuelled by an uptick in commodity prices has got some in the growing electric vehicle (EV)...

03 April 2018

Putting a squeeze on fees

The Ripple versus SWIFT PR campaign appears to have backfired. But whatever the outcome of this rather artificial headline generator, one thing looks certain –...

15 May 2017

Perfect 10 Liwa Plastics: Financing in the fast lane - a TXF ECA/project finance Deal of the Year

Despite a low oil price environment and ratings pressure on the sovereign, state-owned Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) closed the largest...

04 November 2016

Demand for export credit and political risk insurance

Doing business with and in other countries is vital for the growth of companies of all sizes and sectors. But in addition to business opportunities for internationally...

11 August 2016
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Infrastructure, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Transport, Waste and water

Olympics gives Brazil some cover

Summer in the northern hemisphere is usually a slow period for export credit agency (ECA) and DFI-backed financing, but this year I can’t help noticing that it is one of...

14 March 2016

Oman’s Liwa Plastics successfully concludes $3.8bn debt financing

Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) has closed the $3.8 billion project financing facility for its approximate $6.5 billion Liwa Plastics...

08 February 2016

The key to mastering supply chain complexity

Talk of digital innovation has long been the on the lips of those in trade finance. But what can the technology of ‘Industry 4.0’ bring to the field? The answer is far...

26 November 2015

EY launches global ECA coordination practice

As of 1 December, professional services firm EY, leading through its Eschborn office in Germany, is formally launching its global export credit agency (ECA) coordination...

24 July 2015

A better way to finance receivables

Corporates looking to offload their receivables currently face the laborious task of dismantling portfolios and selling them piecemeal to multiple buyers. Yet with banks,...

09 June 2015

BPL Global targets German export market

BPL Global, the insurance broker, has secured the services of Peter von Guretzky-Cornitz as a representative for the business in Germany.

11 November 2014

First Wind secures funding from BayernLB for second project in Texas

The independent US-based renewable energy company, First Wind, has obtained $254 million in financing for its South Plains wind project in Floyd County, Texas.

10 October 2014

Lundin Mining secures financing for Chilean copper acquisition

Toronto-listed, Lundin Mining has struck an agreement with Freeport-McMoRan to purchase Freeport’s 80% ownership stake in the Candelaria/Ojos del Salado copper mining...

07 October 2014

Brazil’s BBM gets IFC funding for agri-sector lending

Brazil’s Banco BBM (BBM) has received loans and guarantees from the International Finance Corporation, which it will use to expand access to finance for medium-sized...

10 September 2014

Changes ring at SMS Siemag AG

New roles for Gerdpeter von Gurezky-Cornitz and Jens Haupt within the finance team at German manufacturer