TXF: Indepth

TXF: Indepth

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  • ECGC ups cover for small exporters; Big oil firms set to post record profit despite gas outages; Thiess targets Australia hard-rock mining sector expansion with MACA offer
    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 Indian government’s export credit provider - Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECGC) - has introduced a new enhanced insurance scheme to cover up to 90% of export credit risk for small exporters under the Export Credit Insurance for Banks Whole Turnover Packaging Credit and Post Shipment scheme
    The world's largest energy traders, independents and majors, are poised to post record earnings for the first six months of the year due to volatility in markets caused by the Ukraine war and despite LNG supply problems, sources with the companies said
    Thiess looks like gaining further market share in the key hard-rock mining market of Western Australia after having a bid accepted for fellow mining contractor MACA
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    3 min
  • UK signs first US state-level agreement with Indiana; PBF extends RCF, availability rises to $4.3bn; Indian DFI to start operations in next quarter;
    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 UK has signed its first state-level trade and economic development MoU with Indiana in the US
    The National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development, one of the key initiatives of the Indian government to fund long-term infrastructure projects, is set to commence operations in the second quarter of this fiscal year.
    Australia's Grow Finance has appointed David Keeling to the newly created position of senior partner within the structured finance and payments division.
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    3 min
  • Saudi Arabia to extend oil loan to Pakistan; IFC invests to promote Colombian green energy; #dltledgers 2.0 is unveiled
    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:
    IFC is making a $10 million investment in the form of preferred equity in Vatia, a Colombian electricity retailer and aggregator, to improve access to cleaner energy, contributing to the country's climate commitments
    Saudi Arabia will extend an oil loan to Pakistan and is considering rolling over dollar deposits as the South Asian nation looks to rein in one of Asia’s highest inflation rates and stave off a current-account crisis
    Singapore-based fintech firm #dltedgers has released #dltledgers 2.0, an update to the expanded supply chain and digitization platform using blockchain technology. 
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    3 min
  • Credit Suisse special audit backed by Norway’s wealth fund; IFC, Uzbekistan partner to develop wind power projects; UKEF appoints new head of business group
    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 top Credit Suisse Group investor is supporting a proposal for a special audit over the collapse of a group of supply chain finance funds the bank ran with now-defunct Greensill Capital
    IFC has signed an agreement to support Uzbekistan as it develops a series of utility-scale wind farms, helping the country transition towards clean energy and meet a growing demand for electricity
    UK Export Finance has appointed Tim Reid to lead its Business Group
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    3 min
  • World Bank plans $170bn financing to ease ‘multiple crises’; Glencore issues force majeure on DRC cobalt supply; EBRD’s first investment under new green financing facility in Turkey
    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:
    EBRD is supporting Turkey’s transition to an environmentally sustainable, low-carbon and climate-resilient economy through new Green Economy Financing Facility in the country
    Glencore, the world's largest cobalt producer, is unable to fulfill contractual deliveries of cobalt hydroxide out of the Democratic Republic of Congo after severe flooding in South Africa hit warehoused goods and impacted logistics
    The World Bank is preparing a $170 billion package of financial help in response to the overlapping global crises of war, pandemic and inflation that are hitting the poorest countries particularly hard, its president has said
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    3 min
  • Wilmar signs $100m ESG-tied loan; ICC welcomes new Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation; Rio Tinto investors vote against financial statements in climate protest
    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 UK Government has released a policy paper that sets out its strategy for greater energy independence
    Singapore-based Wilmar International has signed a three-year $100 million sustainability-linked loan with the Bank of East Asia
    Rio Tinto received an alumina shipment from Russia's Rusal in late March, weeks after saying it was severing ties with Russian businesses over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, an analysis of shipping data showed.
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    3 min
  • Tokio Marine says Greensill took out policies fraudulently; Kexim delays financing for Barossa gas field project; Biden orders ‘largest release of oil reserves in US history’

    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:

    Companies linked to insolvent British financier Lex Greensill obtained insurance fraudulently, insurer Tokio Marine said, adding it did not plan to pay out on the policies and would "vigorously defend" itself against any legal claims

  • US President Joe Biden has announced plans for what is said to be the largest release from the strategic petroleum reserves in American history of 1 million barrels a day for six months to lower gas prices at the pump.

  • The Export-Import Bank of Korea has put on hold its decision to provide financial support for the Australian Barossa-Caldita gas field project

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    3 min
  • Euler Hermes changes name to Allianz Trade; EBID and India Exim sign $100m credit line; AfDB to raise $1bn to ramp up agri production

    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:

    Euler Hermes has changed its name to Allianz Trade

  • The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development has signed a $100 million commercial credit line with India Exim Bank

  • The AfDB is aiming to raise $1 billion to rapidly ramp up agricultural production in Africa and stave off a potential food crisis brought on by Russia

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    3 min
  • IsDB signs green agenda agreement with Pakistan; Saudi Arabia hikes oil investments as it profits from price surge; Germany looks to Qatar for LNG supply

    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:

    IsDB has signed three financing agreements, valued at $180 million, with the Government of Pakistan to support its green agenda

  • Germany has agreed a contract with Qatar for the supply of liquefied natural gas that will help the country wean itself off its dependency on Russian energy; 

  • Saudi Arabia's state oil company Aramco, under pressure from the West to boost output amid soaring prices

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    3 min
  • BP and Eni set to create Angola’s largest producer; Cargill, ADM to scale back business in Russia, keep open food facilities; Saudi to tender 15GW of renewables in next two years

    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 Arabia is lining up tenders for 15GW of renewable energy projects according to the Kingdom's Energy Minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman

  • BP and Eni have signed an agreement to form a new 50/50 independent company in Angola through the combination of the two companies’ Angolan businesses.

  • Basil Louvrais is joining Swiss Re Corporate Solutions as trade finance North America Geographic lead 

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    3 min

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