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13 December 2024

Keynote: Sparking a new chemical reaction at the BU with President Akita

Yuichiro Akita, President of the Berne Union and general manager, international and strategic policy, at Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), explains his...

06 December 2024
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Infrastructure

Angola: The African ECA benchmark

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...

02 December 2024

Celebrating Sean Keating: ‘A bashed out obit’ for TXF, Proximo and Uxolo

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...

28 November 2024
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Infrastructure

Cameroon seals landmark road deal with Italian SMEs

Cameroon recently signed an ECA-backed loan for a strategic national road project. The deal has provided a financial blueprint for SME exporters to get involved in future...

22 November 2024

The changing face of export finance: TXF Dealmakers Assembly 2024

The TXF Dealmakers Assembly landed in Vienna for two days of networking constructive debate. Amid increased competition from non-OECD financiers, ECAs are being pushed to...

15 November 2024
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Infrastructure, Metals and Mining, Renewables

UKEF navigates broadening mandates at home and abroad

A few short weeks after UKEF announced its involvement in a number of domestic supplier credit deals, the ECA published an independent report on OECD-level reform for...

14 November 2024

TXF Dealmakers of the Year 2024

TXF is pleased to announce the winners of its Dealmakers of the Year Awards for 2024, a celebration of the most decorated export finance practitioners from our Dealmakers...

08 November 2024
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Infrastructure, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables

Are ECAs looking beyond oil & gas in Africa?

Does TXF’s export finance data show that ECAs are less focused on oil & gas in their support for African investment? Yes, if one BIG outlier is removed.

04 November 2024

TXF, Proximo and Uxolo mourn the loss of Sean Keating

Exile Group is devastated to announce the death of our editor, Sean Keating.

04 November 2024

ECA, DFI and ODA – all under the one Kexim umbrella

It has been a year since Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) set up a development finance operation. Hwang Kiyeon, senior executive director and board member at Kexim,...

25 October 2024
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Manufacturing & equipment, Transport

Euro gigafactories: Parking debt

Europe’s gigafactory bubble is bursting with battery makers Northvolt and ACC halting schemes amid waning demand for EVs. With project sponsors reviewing business models...

21 October 2024

Strategic insight: Vantage Risk’s Granda on CPRI, MDBs, infra, tenor and lots of tech

Lila Granda talks strategy in her first interview since her appointment as head of political risk & credit, and Vantage Risk Companies’ admission to Berne Union as full...

21 October 2024
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Metals and Mining

Unearthing solutions for a green transition: ECAs join the Minerals Security Partnership

The Minerals Security Partnership Finance Network will attempt to boost ECA and DFI support for critical mineral projects around the world. At a time of uncertainty in...

14 October 2024

Keynote: KfW IPEX-Bank CEO Rudack on how to create a sustainable growth mindset

TXF looks at the way different financial institutions are approaching the crossovers between export, project and development finance for sustainable economic development....

30 September 2024
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Manufacturing & equipment, Other, Renewables, Telecoms and Communications, Transport

Corporate perspectives: Behringer solders connections with Siemens FS

Tobias Behringer, head of finance advisory, Siemens Financial Services, discusses his role in the transformed Siemens organisation as part of the connective tissue for...

17 September 2024

TXF Asia 2024 attendees: Credit where it's due

The list of companies attending TXF Asia 2024 comprises a diverse pool of practitioners from across the export, development and project finance space. There is no gulf in...

12 September 2024

EDC’s Lavery on creating a legacy of no wrong doors to export finance support

Mairead Lavery at EDC is coming to the end of her term as CEO. She discusses changes in her philosophy, the need for reform of Common Approaches, and creating a robust...

06 September 2024
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Metals and Mining

If I had a nickel

ECAs, DFIs and banks to Madagascar’s Ambatovy nickel mine project financing are facing a wipe out of $1.66 billion loans under a new shareholder restructuring proposal....

02 September 2024

Too high a price

Africa pays a premium for its debt that in many instances it should not. Why the onerous debt costs? And what can be done about it without major systemic change?

02 September 2024

TXF export finance H1 data pt 2: New tech drives European deal flow

New asset classes are emerging as ECAs get smarter in how they extend to support, from EV gigafactories to mining deals. And developing markets are slowly becoming higher...