25 January 2012
Norway’s new government-funded export body is expected to hire former Eksportfinans staff, but others will face redundancy. More »
20 January 2012
Lenders have signed a covenant waiver agreement with Russian aluminium producer Rusal on its multibillion pre-export financing. Trade Finance provides full details on the new agreement. More »
JP Morgan has hired a new managing director for its Treasury Services business covering export and supply chain finance across the Americas. More »
19 January 2012
Russian steel producer NLMK has told lenders it no longer wishes to continue with its pre-export financing. More »
18 January 2012
BBVA has relocated its transactional trade finance head to New York to maximize its cross border business and Latin American and USA networks. More »
17 January 2012
Reporting from Airbus New Year Press Conference, held in Hamburg, John Geddie looks at the manufacturer’s financing plans for the year ahead. More »
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President Obama is asking Congress for the authority to combine the US government’s six trade and business-related agencies and departments into a one-stop-shop for exporters. More »
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Dickon Harris celebrates the 20th birthday of the ICC’s Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees (URDG), regulations which govern demand guarantees and counter-guarantees in international trade. More »
09 January 2012
Trade finance volume has reached its second highest level on record, with the volume of ECA guarantees at a record level, and Citi topping the ECA-backed trade finance rankings. More »
05 January 2012
RBS to merge a reduced investment bank with its corporate and global transaction services business. More »
04 January 2012
Development finance institutions announce financial close of pioneering Addax Bioenergy project in Sierra Leone. More »
Air France has closed the first-ever export credit agency-backed loan for a home market airline. More »
The Finnish government has accepted a proposal for a Eu3 billion permanent transfer scheme to be funded by a Finnvera capital markets issuance. More »
22 December 2011
Highlights from the December 2011/ January 2012 print edition of Trade Finance. More »
06 February 2012
Noble Group appoints senior Goldman Sachs banker as new chief executive officer.
01 February 2012
Nedbank Capital has appointed former Standard Chartered agribusiness specialist as its new head of African business.
Citi leads two ship financings for Seadrill and ENI originally intended for Eksportfinans funding, but which ultimately benefitted from an unusual 100% Giek guarantee.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan for Uzbekistan’s Surgil Natural gas Petrochemical Plant.
Deutsche Bank reports 7% growth in net revenues for global transaction banking for 2011, despite a slight increase in trade credit losses.
03 February 2012
The IFC is due to sign its second supply chain financing (SCF) deal under its newly established SCF programme with third party SCF platform provider PrimeRevenue.
Law firm Shearman & Sterling has hired an EMEA project finance specialist from Ashurst.
02 February 2012
The global head of forfaiting at CA-CIB has retired and is being replaced by his deputy and a director for export finance Asia.
The Export-Import Bank of China has joined a lending syndicate for India’s Bharat Forge.
IADB supports efforts to strengthen Asia-Latin America trade and investment ties through the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Japanese export credit agency Nexi has signed a reinsurance agreement with Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation.
Skyworks Capital have structured a six loan package for lessor Atlas Air, funded by Apple Bank and underwritten by US Ex-Im.
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