Episodes
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
Thursday Sep 26, 2019
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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Metalloinvest has announced today the early repayment of its Eurobonds in order to optimise its loan portfolio
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Triple-A rated Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) is out to market with a $1.5 billion five-year sukuk fundraising according to documents seen by Reuters
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Tuesday Sep 24, 2019
Tuesday Sep 24, 2019
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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China has picked veteran banker from Chexim -Zhang Qingsong - to lead Agricultural Bank of China (AgBank)
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Moscow-headquartered aluminium producer Rusal has announced plans to enter into a new five-year $750 million sustainability-linked pre-export finance facility
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Infosys Finacle has completed a global blockchain trial in partnership with R3
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Monday Sep 23, 2019
Monday Sep 23, 2019
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’s round three contract for difference (CfD) auction have been announced.
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Commodities trader Trafigura has joined a group of lenders to provide a $1 billion loan backed by future oil sales to Chinese independent refiner, Shandong Qingyuan, in a deal which underscores the opening up of China to trading houses
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Natixis’ Green Weighting Factor, a mechanism that allocates capital to financing deals based on their climate impact, is now up and running
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Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
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 Inter-American Development Bank has priced its inaugural $600 million three-year SOFR-linked floating rate global bond due 16 September 2022
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Ghana's Cocobod has signed an agreement with the China General Technology Group (Genertec) to set up a cocoa processing factory in Ghana
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BlueVine, which provides small and medium-sized enterprises with online financing, has appointed fintech veteran Brad Brodigan its Chief Commercial Officer
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Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
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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Sirius Minerals says it is unable to raise the $500 million dollars needed to finance the further development of a huge fertiliser mine in Yorkshire
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Contango Oil & Gas has received a commitment from JPMorgan Chase Bank, Royal Bank of Canada and Cadence Bank to provide a five-year senior secured reserve-based revolving credit facility of up to $500 million
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Bolero International is partnering with Traydstream to provide an automatic document checking service for both its corporate and bank customers
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Monday Sep 16, 2019
Monday Sep 16, 2019
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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Nigeria LNG, the operator of Africa’s biggest natural gas plant, is seeking a loan of $10 billion from domestic and international lenders to expand its operations with a seventh train
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Canadian miner Barrick Gold has won approval from a British court for its $1.2 billion takeover of Acacia Mining
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Deutsche Bank has joined JP Morgan's blockchain-based Interbank Information Network (IIN
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Friday Sep 13, 2019
Friday Sep 13, 2019
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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Privately-owned Western Gas has mandated Goldman Sachs to advise on finding a partner for its $3.5 billion Equus gas project off Western Australia.
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Amsterdam Trade Bank (ATB) has announced that Harris Antoniou will step down from his role as Chief Executive Officer to pursue new challenges outside the bank
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Following the retirement of William Evans, HSBC has promoted Matt Frohling from regional corporate sales manager to managing director and head of US global trade and receivables finance (GTRF) sales in New York
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Thursday Sep 12, 2019
Thursday Sep 12, 2019
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 EIB has agreed to provide a €100 million loan to build a new highway linking Nis and Merdare in Serbia
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The UK Government has announced more than half a billion pounds of investment in green technologies
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Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has announced the appointment of Theo Chatha as Chief Financial Officer
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Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
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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Lee Dong-gull, chairman of Korea Development Bank (KDB), has proposed merging the two state lenders KDB and Kexim to streamline their overlapping areas of policy funding
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Oil major ExxonMobil has won three offshore exploration blocks in the Sergipe-Alagoas basin as part of Brazil’s first permanent bidding round
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Wyelands Bank, set up to help small and medium-sized enterprises, has appointed Mark Turrell to its asset finance team
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Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
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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Freeport LNG has signed definitive agreements for a $1.025 mezzanine financing from Westbourne Capital to fund its 5mtpa Train 4 expansion project.
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Agri-business Olam International and its wholly owned subsidiary Olam Treasury have secured a revolving credit facility aggregating $525 million linked to meeting sustainability Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
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The ICC has released its new Incoterms 2020
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