Episodes
Monday May 13, 2019
Monday May 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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Alternative asset manager Aquila Capital is planning to launch an initial public offering for Aquila European Renewables Income Fund on the London Stock Exchange early next month. Aquila is seeking to raise EU300 million.
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US oil and gas firm Anadarko has signed an agreement to sell LNG from its Mozambique LNG project to Jera and CPC Corporation, Taiwan, ahead of the final investment decision expected next month
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SoftBank Vision Fund is injecting $800 million into UK fintech Greensill
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Friday May 10, 2019
Friday May 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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Blue Elephant Energy has secured a 65% majority stake in the 116MW Montecristi solar park in the Dominican Republic
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Brazil’s Vale SA set aside $4.95 billion to pay for costs from the collapse of its Brumadinho tailings dam
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Investors have withdrawn around €1.6 billion ($1.8 billion) in recent days from the GAM Greensill Supply Chain Finance (GGSCF) fund
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Thursday May 09, 2019
Thursday May 09, 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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US Ex-Im has been restored to full lending capacity as Senate confirms board members
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South Africa-headquartered Gold Fields has concluded the raising of two new bonds totalling $1 billion
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Bora Payment Systems is collaborating with JP Morgan to automate delivery of the bank’s Single-Use Accounts payments
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Wednesday May 08, 2019
Wednesday May 08, 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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EDF has been awarded a PPA in the Greek mixed renewable energy sources auction
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US agricultural commodities trader Bunge posted a first-quarter profit, compared with a year-ago loss, powered by higher crushing margins in its oilseeds business in the United States
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Visa has completed the acquisition of UK-based Earth Port
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Tuesday May 07, 2019
Tuesday May 07, 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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Germany's KfW IPEX-Bank is supporting the expansion of Tamale Airport in northern Ghana with a loan of $80 million backed by the UK’s ECA UKEF
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Energy trader Gunvor is arranging a commercial loan for up to $3 billion for Oman to be backed by the Arab state’s long-term oil export contracts
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Ria Money Transfer, a subsidiary of Euronet Worldwide, has joined RippleNet to enable instant, blockchain-powered global payments
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Monday May 06, 2019
Monday May 06, 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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Israel-based energy firm Ellomay Capital has reached full financial close on the €228 million ($255.6 million) 300MW Talasol solar PV project in Spain
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US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has filed to advance the nominations of three board members for US Export-Import Bank
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Malaysia has launched its first commodities e-commerce trading platform operated by a Malaysian company
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Thursday May 02, 2019
Thursday May 02, 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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BAFT has announced that Mark Garfield of Zions Bancorp will serve as the chair of its board of directors for the 2019-2020 association year
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Yamana Gold is considering several expansion opportunities at its mines, including a $100 million expansion in Brazil
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The European Investment Bank and Croatia's HBOR have signed two deals worth €342.5 million
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Wednesday May 01, 2019
Wednesday May 01, 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 Belarus Ministry of Transport has started pre-qualification for the 20-year M-10 highway PPP concession
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Turkish power developer ENKA Insaat has signed the build-own-operate agreement with the Government of Georgia for the development of the Namakhvani Cascade HEPP Project
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Citi has announced its NextGen project, an initiative with EY and SAS, using artificial intelligence (AI) to develop an advanced risk analytics scoring engine.
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Tuesday Apr 30, 2019
Tuesday Apr 30, 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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RUSAL has appointed Charles Brian Hesse as the Head of RUSAL America
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Switzerland’s Attorney General said it is investigating Gunvor Group on “suspicion of bribery of foreign public officials” in the Republic of Congo
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Citi has entered it a partnership with Vietnam's Payoo
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Monday Apr 29, 2019
Monday Apr 29, 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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Octopus Energy, one of the largest owners of solar assets in the UK, reached full financial close last week on a £350 million project loan to refinance the £290 million debt package stapled to a 230MW European wind farm portfolio owned by its subsidiary Fern Trading.
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Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras has detailed long-awaited plans to sell a series of refineries and other assets as the company focuses on its core oil and gas exploration business
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The IFC plans to offer up to $100 million (Rs700 crore) in debt funding to Mumbai-based Tata Motors Finance
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