TXF: Indepth

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:

First State Investments is expected to refinance the outstanding debt packages stapled to its 863MW Finerge wind farm portfolio and the 171.6MW Ancora wind farm portfolio in Iberia by the end of the month.

The EIB has signed an $18m loan to finance rooftop PV project for schools in Palestine

The Competition Tribunal has approved the merger between Glencore South Africa Oil Investment and the local division of Chevron, Glencore SA, will acquire 75% of the issued share capital of Chevron from OTS, a broad-based black economic empowerment consortium

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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:

Bids for the 500MW Dunkirk offshore wind tender are due today (15 March).

Adrian Newell has joined Rabobank as senior council and will be based in London. Newell will be working as part of the trade and commodity finance team.

The EBRD and EU have launched an SME credit line in Ukraine

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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 proposed move of GE Capital’s SCF programme to MUFG raises many questions. How does 'porting' SCF from one provider work (or not), and what makes a corporate choose a bank over a non-bank provider (or otherwise)? What happens to the long tail? TXF spoke to banks and platform providers to gauge their views.

Trafigura has signed a $2.05bn multi-currency RCF

Ontario has launched a C$30bn 10-year infra programme

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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:

Crowell & Moring has boosted its international trade practice

Sirius Minerals is considering an alternative financing proposal for the UK potash mine

GasLog Partners, which owns, operates and acquires liquefied natural gas carriers, has closed a credit facility for up to $450 million with a tenor of five years.

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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:

Dutch SME lender Finturi raises €2m of funding from NetSam Participaties

Turk Eximbank has inked a $350m loan with China’s ICBC

Russian aluminium producer Rusal has posted a fourth-quarter net loss but reiterated its positive industry outlook following the lifting of US sanctions on the company in January

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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:

Indian renewables IPP ReNew Power has raised $375 million from its green bond issue

Duke Energy Progress has completed the issuance of $600 million in green bonds

ECOM Agroindustrial Asia is expected to sign a $600 million revolving credit facility (RCF) in early April

Microsoft is to buy global cross-border money transfer company Transfast, which works with both P2P and B2B payments

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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:

India Exim has raised $500m through bonds

Total are set to raise a stake in the Arctic LNG 2 project from Novatek

Yamana Gold has signed an agreement to develop an Argentina mine with Glencore and Goldcorp

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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:

ACWA Power was today awarded the tender for the 500MW Ibrid 2 solar PV plant in Oman

Facebook has announced plans for fibre connections to its data centres

Russian aluminium producer Rusal has posted a fourth-quarter net loss but reiterated its positive industry outlook following the lifting of US sanctions on the company in January

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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:

DTEK Renewables is seeking project financing for the second stage of the €300 million ($338 million) 200MW Prymorskaya wind farm in Ukraine

Total are set to raise a stake in the Arctic LNG 2 project from Novatek

Bank Leumi (UK), the London-based subsidiary of Israel's international bank, has selected Eurobase International's Siena platform to support its FX treasury management

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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:

ACWA Power has reached financial close for the Rabigh-3 desalination project

Newmont Mining has rejected rival Barrick Gold's all-stock $18 billion hostile takeover offer

China-based Alipay’s parent Ant Financial has announced a new blockchain supply chain finance subsidiary called Ant Shuanglian Technology

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