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The TXF podcast brings you latest export, trade and commodity finance updates from across the globe. Listen to our 5 minute round-up of the biggest issues and breaking news from your industry, plus special interviews with industry experts!
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Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
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:
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As part of its $100 million facility for Lewis Dreyfus Company (LDC), which was closed in January, the EBRD has announced an agreement with LDC to adopt an enhanced climate corporate governance approach
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Oilfield services provider Petrofac Emirates has been awarded two contracts worth a total of about $1.65 billion with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in the United Arab Emirates
- Ebru Pakcan has been promoted to global head of trade for Citi’s Trade and Treasury Solutions (TTS)
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Monday Feb 17, 2020
Monday Feb 17, 2020
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:
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Rio Tinto is embroiled in a legal battle with a former employee who is claiming the miner was aware of problems at the Oyu Tolgoi copper project months before it was disclosed to investors
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The Bollington Wilson Group has bought Harrogate-based insurance broker Prophet Trade Credit for an undisclosed sum
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Several top trading houses have rented millions of barrels of crude storage in South Korea this month to hold excess oil supplies after the coronavirus outbreak dampened demand in China
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Sunday Feb 16, 2020
Sunday Feb 16, 2020
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:
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UK-based Sirius Minerals said talks with a consortium of financial investors on an alternate debt financing proposal to raise $680 million has fallen through, putting the company at the risk of going under administration or liquidatio
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Trading house Trafigura Group is in talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo about financing a new state-controlled company that will buy all the African nation’s hand-mined cobalt
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Surety and trade finance solutions provider Tinubu Square has secured additional investment of €15 million by New York-based Long Arc Capital and the French investment bank Bpifrance.
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Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
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:
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The Eurasian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and Islamic Development Bank have agreed to finance the construction of the $750 million Big Almaty Ring Road in Kazakhstan
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HSBC Holdings is providing more than HKD$30 billion ($3.9 billion) in liquidity relief to its business customers in Hong Kong
- Canada's Barrick Gold posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit and gave investors a welcome 40% dividend increase, thanks to strong gold prices
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Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
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:
- New York-based grain trader Bunge has reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit as it focused on improving segment margins across its businesses
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Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Bank has announced the appointment of Chintan Shah as APAC Head of Cash Management
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German mobile bank N26 is quitting the UK, saying that Brexit means it can no longer operate in the country with its European banking licence
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Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
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:
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Three of the world’s largest oil traders - Vitol, Royal Dutch Shell, and Litasco - are seeking to store crude on tankers at sea as the industry tries to deal with a glut that’s emerged since the outbreak of the coronavirus in China
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The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) has provided a $10 million SME loan facility to the Armenian Economy Development Bank (Armeconombank)
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Vicentin, Argentina's top exporter of processed soy, has asked a judge to begin negotiations for debt restructuring as the firm struggles to cope with a widening economic crisis in the country
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Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
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:
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Singapore-headquartered Olam International recorded a net one-time post tax gain of about $72 million arising from exceptional/one-off items in its unaudited financial statements for Q4 2019
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Coface has signed an agreement with the Norwegian ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries regarding the acquisition of GIEK Kredittforsikring, which writes and manages the short-term export credit insurance portfolio previously underwritten by the ECA, GIEK
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Russian iron ore and HBI producer Metalloinvest has priced its BO-04 series bonds for a total amount of RUB10 billion through a public offering
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Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
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:
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Chinese-owned grain trader COFCO International has announced three appointments to its executive committee and named a new country manager for Brazil
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The Russian government is considering spending $1 billion from its sovereign wealth fund on a loan to mining giant Norilsk Nickel for its Arctic Palladium project
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New York-headquartered LiquidX, the global network for illiquid assets, has appointed Alice Hackett as Chief Revenue Officer
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Thursday Feb 06, 2020
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
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:
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Trafigura and Mercuria, and oil services firm GP Global have applied for bunker supplier licences to operate in Singapore,
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Traydstream, which is a fintech platform that uses artificial intelligence to check trade documents, and Hexaware, which is an IT and business process outsourcing company, have signed a partnership agreement to help digitise trade.
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Wednesday Feb 05, 2020
Wednesday Feb 05, 2020
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:
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Confidence among Canadian exporters fell to its lowest level in almost a decade, according to Export Development Canada’s latest Trade Confidence Index.
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Blockchain group Ripple has entered into a partnership with International Money Express (Intermex) to ensure faster cross-border payments between the US and Mexico
- Guyana, the world’s newest oil exporter, has lost $55 billion from its deal with Exxon that would allow the oil major to develop its offshore oil resources
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