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:

UK-based developer Highview Power thinks that renewables’ increased share of generation will make its liquid air storage technology increasingly attractive. But TXF's project finance editor Tom Nelthrope claims long-term debt will be vital to rolling it out.

Russian Copper Company signed a $250 million pre-export finance (PXF) facility on 14 December to refinance its existing five-year $250 million PXF from February this year.

Glencore-controlled Katanga Mining has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle Canadian allegations of inadequate historical disclosures of its finances and activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

 

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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:

TXF spoke with Charles Xu, managing director of commercial finance & capital markets at GE China, to discuss the benefits of directly sourcing Chinese financings in a global power market with only a handful of major players

Russia’s Lukoil is set to invest $101m in its Romanian refinery by 2021

Petrobras Oil and Gas (POG) closed a six-year $1.8 billion reserve-based lending facility (RBL) on 6 December to refinance an existing $1.24bn RBL

Brazil's BNDES has chosen Ethereum's blockchain to launch a new pilot for their BNDES token

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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:

TXF’s Eavie Burnett speaks to Pedro Novo about his promotion to Bpifrance's new Executive Department for Export and how this will encourage local entrepreneurship.

MET Group, a Switzerland-based energy trader, has launched a one-year €700 million ($794 million) revolving credit facility (RCF).

Federal prosecutors in Brazil have filed corruption charges against two former executives from commodities multinational Trafigura, a former executive at Petrobras and a middleman, over $1.5 million allegedly paid in bribes for oil trading operations.

The EBRD has agreed a $75m trade finance line to Lebanon's BLOM Bank,

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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:

TXF spoke with Juliette Macresy, head of Greater China and South-East Asia for ESG research and ratings firm Vigeo Eiris, to discuss tracking green loan proceeds against green projects as regulators try to move the market towards mandatory ESG reporting.

Three banks have been mandated by Orsted to raise corporate financing for the partial funding of its 2.4GWs of offshore wind capacity being developed at four sites off the Changhua coast of Taiwan.

Shinhan Capital is rumoured to be redeeming its investment in several trade finance funds while BAF Capital has closed down one of its trade financing funds after a number of redemptions.

The Hartford has announced the launch of its new credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) products, designed to help corporations, financial institutions and private equity firms with international exposures manage their credit and political risks

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In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market.

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In today's round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's senior reporter Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

TXF spoke with Euler Hermes’ head of underwriting, Thomas Baum, to discuss how the German ECA’s new digitalised ‘click and cover’ platform is streamlining access to export finance for SMEs.

Dianchi Water has sounded out banks for its debut offshore loan

Commodity trader Trafigura has reported its lowest annual net profit in eight years

AXA XL's reinsurance business has announced the appointment of Etienne Champion as head of underwriting for Asia and International Reinsurance

In today's round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's senior reporter Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

Carbon Holdings will provide an equity update to prospective ECAs and lenders on the $10.9 billion Tahrir Petrochemicals Corp (TPC) project at a meeting in London tomorrow (11 December)

Banks mandates for the €13 billion ($15.6 billion) financing of the Amur gas processing plant (GPP) in Russia are expected in Q1 2019, with ECAs and lenders due to meet in Munich tomorrow (11 December) to finalise commitments

Venezuela's Oil Minister Manuel Quevedo will take the helm of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) from the beginning of next month

And, the First Abu Dhabi Bank has gone live on the Temenos' T24 core banking system

In today's round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's senior reporter Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

Indonesia’s Jawa-1 power plant and FSRU financing has reached financial close

Malakoff Corporation is said to have decided to go ahead with the sale of its 50% share in the 420MW Macarthur wind farm in Australia. Rothschild is handling the sale

US-based Venture Global LNG has entered into a $220 million bridge loan facility with Morgan Stanley Senior Funding and associated lenders

UniCredit has appointed Siow Chin Yeo as Head of Global Transaction Banking in the Asia Pacific region

And, TXF’s features editor Ollie Gordon takes a look at the growing US offshore wind market as the 2019 expiration of the Investment Tax Credit looks unlikely to put the dampers on a sector that looks set to take off.

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market.

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In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market.

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