TXF: 20 Minutes With

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TXF: 20 Minutes With is your fast-track to expert insights in Export, Trade, and Commodity finance. In just 20 minutes, our editorial team sits down with top financiers, leading exporters, and industr... more

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February 04, 2020 BP boosts dividend payout amid Q1 drop in profit; Rusal suspends Guyana operations; and komgo acquires TRAFEC
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
BP has boosted its dividend payout after a 26% drop in fourth-quarter profit on lower oil and gas prices which still beat forecasts
Russian aluminium producer Rusal has suspended the operations of its business in Guyana as the unrest continues.
Swiss-based commodity blockchain platform komgo has acquired The Trade Finance Exchange Console (TRAFEC), which provides authenticated, electronic channel of communication between commodity traders and their banks
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February 03, 2020 ECIC releases report on Ivory Coast; Citi appoints new UK and EU trade head; and commodity prices dip on Chinese exchanges amid virus-hit country
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
The Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa (ECIC) has released its report, Trade and Investment Opportunities in Cote d'Ivoire, which offers an overview of the political, economic, and business environment of the country
Citigroup has appointed Peter Crawley as Trade and Treasury Solutions (TTS) Head UK and Europe, based in London
Commodity prices in China were hammered on Monday when the virus-hit country reopened its exchanges after a week-long Lunar New Year holiday
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January 23, 2020 Societe Generale appoints new Switzerland head of commodity finance; EBRD to back Hungarian school infra push; and MRA-Electric awards Total EV charging concession
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
The European Investment Bank has signed a €150 million loan deal to finance the construction and rehabilitation of eight schools, 16 classroom extensions, and 20 new sport halls in schools in Hungary
Deia Markova has been appointed head of trade commodity finance in Switzerland by Societe Generale
Metropolitan Region Amsterdam Electric (MRA-Electric) has awarded Total Netherlands Europe's largest public electric vehicle charging contract with a concession to install and operate 20,000 new public charging points in the Dutch provinces of North-Holland, Flevoland and Utrecht.
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January 22, 2020 EBRD provides $100m to Louis Dreyfus in Bulgaria; and Japan to grant $1.1bn-equivalent loan for infra push in Myanmar
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
The Japanese government is set to grant loans totalling JPY120.9 billion ($1.1 billion) to Myanmar for four infrastructure developments
The EBRD is to provide a $100 million facility to back the expansion of Louis Dreyfus in Bulgaria
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January 21, 2020 BP's CFO to step down; Trafi takes stakes in Mali solar plant; and CDC inks $100m trade finance loan with Absa Bank
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
Commodity trader Trafigura has taken a majority stake in the Kita solar power plant in Mali
BP has announced that Chief Financial Officer Brian Gilvary is to retire and step down from the board on 30 June, 2020, after 34 years with the company
CDC Group, the UK’s impact investor for Africa and South Asia, has announced a $100 million trade finance loan with Absa Bank
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January 20, 2020 EIB-BBVA team up to back Spanish SMEs, head of grains at COFCO leaves trader, and Afreximbank inks $500m to boost Africa's cultural and creative products
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Spain's BBVA are joining forces to provide financing on favourable terms for SMEs and mid-caps in the country
Paul Bateson, head of grains at COFCO International since 2018, has left the Chinese-owned trading firm
The African Export-Import Bank has announced $500 million to support the production and trade of African cultural and creative products over the next two years
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January 17, 2020 Ecuadorian copper mine make first exports, EBRD appoints new Asia MD, and Trafi sets new 2020 emissions reduction target
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
Trafigura Group will set a target to reduce the intensity of its emissions this year
Ecuador made its first export of 22,000 tonnes of copper concentrate from the Chinese-owned Mirador mine, marking a new milestone in the country’s effort to develop a large-scale mining industry
Andre Küüsvek has been appointed as European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Managing Director for Central Asia
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January 16, 2020 Tradeshift announces funding round; Reed Smith opens Brussels office; and Glencore inks cobalt shipping contract with Tesla in Shanghai
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
US-based supply chain payments group Tradeshift has announced a funding round of $240 million in equity and debt, which it says will "set the company on a direct path to profitability in the near future"
Reed Smith has announced the opening of an office in Brussels with the arrival of five partners
Glencore is negotiating a long-term contract to ship cobalt to Tesla's new electric-vehicle factory in Shanghai
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January 14, 2020 Mineral Resources acquires Inca Gold mine in Chile; Glencore Agri buys processing business from Renova; and UK and US predict recession in 2020, says Stenn for
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
Vancouver-based Mirasol Resources has signed an option agreement with subsidiaries of Newmont Corporation to acquire the Inca Gold Project in Northern Chile
Glencore Agriculture has bought a further 16.67% of Argentinian supply chain and processing business Renova, upping its stake to 66.67%, from Vicentin
Just under half of firms in the UK (46%) and US (45%) predict their country will go into recession in 2020, while the Chinese economy is expected to maintain a solid 6%-7% growth rate, according to new research by trade finance provider Stenn
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January 13, 2020 Saudi launches EOIs for sewage treatment plants, Societe Generale appoints new Germany head of global transaction banking, and Aramco exercises greenshoe IPO option
In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:
Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) has called for expressions of interest (EoI) for its next three independent sewage treatment projects (ISTPs)
Gabriele Schnell has been appointed head of global transaction banking for Germany for Societe Generale
Saudi Aramco has exercised a greenshoe option to sell an additional 450 million shares, raising the volume of its IPO to a record $29.4 billion
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How many episodes does TXF: 20 Minutes With have?

The podcast currently has 470 episodes available.