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EDC invests in water fund

08 March 2010

Canadian ECA, Export Development Canada, is set to invest in XPV Water Fund, a Canadian venture capital fund focused on the water sector.

Read more: [Canadian ECA equity investment] [XPV Water Fund]

Canadian export credit agency Export Development Canada (EDC) will invest $10 million in XPV Water Fund, a Canadian venture capital fund focused on the water sector.

XPV Water Fund has $150 million in assets and has a team of experienced water industry and growth equity investment...


Poll

Will Russia’s recent ban on grain exports result in a significant rise in private risk insurance claims from grain traders unable to fulfil their contracts?

Yes – there will be more claims. The government’s actions allow traders, with PRI cover, to make claims through contract frustration.
8%
No - the majority of Russia’s wheat production, some 70%-80%, is used for domestic consumption so the contracts represent only a small portion of the total wheat market, limiting the amount of potential claims.
23%
No - traders had a week’s notice before the ban allowing them to secure alternative supplies to fulfil contracts stated as optional origin.
23%
Maybe - but claims are likely to be limited to traders dealing in soft wheat whose contracts demand they source wheat only from Russia.
46%

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A collateral manager may manage collateral well but it won’t tell you if someone’s about to go belly up.

Steven Pout, Agriservice - Brazil: Agri-sector bounces back - Trade Finance, July/August 2010