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May
KfW IPEX-Bank has arranged a major export credit financing for India’s Reliance Indiustries.
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HSBC has today launched a mobile payment service for corporates in India.
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Watson, Farley & Williams has strengthened its international practice in Asia with the addition of a shipping, infrastructure project and mining specialist from Norton Rose.
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April
The Export-Import Bank of India is planning to launch a new fund to provide micro, small and medium-sized enterprises with long-term foreign currency export loans.
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RBS and Nordea tap Swedish state funding for Indian telecoms loan.
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The Asian Development Bank has approved further funding for Reliance’s Dahanu solar project in India as it moves into solar-thermal.
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Australia’s Westpac is open its first branch in India to increase commercial banking in the region.
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US Ex-Im joins ADB and FMO in backing Reliance Power solar project.
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The French development finance institution, Proparco, is financing an energy efficiency project in the Indian cement sector with French involvement.
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The Export-Import Bank of India is providing lines of credit for mining and hydro-power projects in Central African Republic.
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March
Siemens contracted on NTPC’s Barh supercritical power project. Project wins financing support from KfW and German export credit agency Euler Hermes.
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The OPIC board has approved additional funds to expand renewable energy and infrastructure lending to India.
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KfW has issued a fixed rate term loan for NTPC’s Barh power project under a guarantee from the German export credit agency.
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Mizuho has signed an export financing loan, backed by Japanese export credit agencies, for a steel production line for India's JSW Steel Limited.
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February
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) has revealed the results of its inaugural CFO Outlook Asia research poll.
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Swedish export credit agency EKN has covered payments from Indian and Chinese companies to purchase the exclusive rights to sell Bactiguard healthcare products in those countries.
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Five lenders have been identified on the $400 million, Sace-backed loan to Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries.
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The Export-Import Bank of China has joined a lending syndicate for India’s Bharat Forge.
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Japan’s export credit agencies and private financial institutions are funding an ICICI bank loan to support green projects in India.
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In a matter of hours, Italian export credit agency Sace will underwrite a fourth loan to India’s Reliance Industries.
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OPIC and Afghan Growth Finance (AGF) enter new agreement to expand small business lending in Afghanistan.
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Bangladesh Railway obtains Indian export credit agency financing for the purchase of 10 locomotives.
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January
The latest round of Chinese state support for India’s Reliance Group adds to China’s dominance of this intra-Asian trade link.
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HSBC arranges buyer credit for Pakistan state utility firm, Central Power Generation Company to purchase a gas turbine combined power plant at Guddu.
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German development agency DEG is lending $50 million to the mobile communications and finance sectors in South Asia.
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The government of Bangladesh has announced that it will borrow $2 billion from the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC).
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India’s export credit agency has approved funding for Bhilwara’s first overseas hydro electric project in Nepal.
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Reliance Power has closed $2.2 billion in loans towards its 3960 MW Sasan ultra mega power project with the backing of US and Chinese export credit agencies.
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A financing package for Indian telecoms company Idea Cellular is one of the last deals to sign under the Finnish export credit agency’s temporary transfer scheme.
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Two-step loan with Japanese export credit agencies and ICICI Bank helps India’s Nabha Power obtain credit for Punjab power plant.
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While the US and Europe struggle, the Asia-Pacific region has prospered, propping up global prices for commodities across the spectrum from metals and minerals to food and cooking oils. Graeme Burton examines the scene.