TXF: Indepth

TXF: Indepth

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TXF: Indepth episodes

  • Vitol moves LNG trading unit to London, while HSBC and Walmart roll-out sustainable supply chain finance scheme
    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:
    IEnova, one of Mexico’s largest private energy firms, is working to bag US$395 million worth of loans to finalise a 376MW PV portfolio, the first it has ever deployed
    Vitol Group's head of LNG trading is moving the unit's operations to London from Geneva, as the super-chilled fuel plays a growing role at the world's biggest independent oil trader
    HSBC and Walmart have announced the roll-out of a sustainable supply chain finance programme that pegs a supplier's financing rate to its sustainability performance
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    3 min
  • Equity commitment troubles, Petrobras sell-down fuel unit, and the EBRD and microfinance in Kazakhstan
    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:
    Carbon Holdings’ $10.9 billion ECA/DFI-backed Tahrir Petrochemicals Corp (TPC) has allegedly faced issues raising equity commitments to fund the scheme.
    Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has hired nine banks to manage an offering of shares in its fuel distribution unit Petrobras Distribuidora 
    The EBRD has agreed its first syndicated loan for Kazakhstan’s largest microfinance group
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    4 min
  • UKEF extends more support to Iraq; Etihad Credit Insurance teams up with SIMEST; and Rio Tinto commits funds to its Arizona copper project
    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:
    Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE Federal credit insurance company, and Italy's SACE SIMEST have signed a reinsurance agreement to support Italian businesses operating in the UAE
    UK Export Finance will make an additional £1 billion of support available for British firms operating in Iraq.
    Rio Tinto has committed $302 million of additional capital to advance its Resolution Copper project in Arizona
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    4 min
  • Chevron eyes Andarko Petroleum takeover, SUEK seals Hermes-backed loan, and SWIFT movements
    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:
    Chevron Corp has doubled down on its bet on surging US oil and gas output, saying it would buy shale producer Anadarko Petroleum Corp for $33 billion in cash and stock that will make it the second-largest crude producer in the world
    Siberian Coal Energy Company Group (SUEK) has closed two Euler-Hermes backed equipment financings with Commerzbank as sole lender. Both deals closed on 21 March and finance equipment for a SUEK subsidiary.
    SWIFT has overcome the first hurdle as it seeks to be selected as a provider for the Eurosystem Single Market Infrastructure Gateway
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    4 min
  • Fundraising for mines via the corporate route
    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:
    Perseus takes corporate debt route to fund Yaoure Gold Mine project
    Cloud treasury and finance solutions group Kyriba has closed a $160 million growth investment round led by Bridgepoint
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    3 min
  • Berne Union records $2.5 trillion of trade supported by insurers in 2018
    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:
    Addleshaw Goddard has poached power finance specialist Rory Connor from King & Spalding
    A record $2.5 trillion of trade and investment was supported by credit and investment insurers of the Berne Union in 2018 - 13% of total cross-border merchandise trade
    Australian LNG-giant Woodside has defended efforts to get funding from Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) for a $2.8 billion oil project
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    3 min
  • Talking trade and treasury with GE
    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:
    SMBC has appointed Caroline Smith as head of power and renewables for the EMEA region
    ECOM Agroindustrial Asia signed a $550 million revolving credit facility (RCF) on April 4 2019
    TXF’s head of trade, treasury, and risk, Katharine Morton, Manu Taneja, director of regional cash & banking, APAC at GE Corporate Treasury in Singapore sees a role for traditional trade finance in Asia, but digitisation will be core to the future – as will the role of treasury itself.
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    4 min
  • Market moves and machine learning in trade
    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:
    UniCredit has made two promotions in its project and commodity finance teams
    Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has reportedly agreed to sell its TAG natural gas pipeline unit to a consortium led by France’s Engie SA for roughly $9 billion
    Payment solutions company Flywire has added machine learning capabilities to its cross-border payment and receivables platform
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    4 min
  • Shuqaiq 3, Solar Reserve fails to secure funds, and West African Resources draws down
    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:
    A soft miniperm financing for the Shuqaiq 3 independent water project (IWP) is expected to sign in the coming weeks
    US company SolarReserve's A$650 million ($460 milion) Aurora Solar Energy Project planned for Port Augusta has failed to secure commercial finance
    Goldcorp shareholders approved Newmont Mining Corp's $10 billion takeover offer on Thursday, removing one of the last remaining hurdles to create the world's largest gold producer.
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    4 min
  • Market moves, SERV and blockchain
    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:
    Australia's Galaxy Resources has appointed Simon Hay as its new Chief Executive Officer
    Turkish construction company Makyol is sounding out banks and Swiss ECA Serv for around €220 million of debt to finance the construction of its 70MW waste-to-energy (WtE) plant
    Paperless trade group essDOCS has entered into an agreement to integrate its CargoDocs DocEx solution into the blockchain-based Voltron application
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    3 min

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