(The Asset, Hong Kong, 14 June 2017) Three Chinese banks and 12 others as well as 5 ECAs, are participating in a US$8 billion-dollar syndicated project loan for a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) project being developed off the coast of Mozambique by Italian energy company Eni. A project...
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2017/06/30
Country: China, France, Italy, Japan
ECAs: COFACE, EXIM Bank China, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
2017/06/30
Country: Netherlands
ECAs: Atradius
Issue: End Coal Financing
Member: Both ENDS
(Both ENDS, Amsterdam, 14 June 2017) Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) are key institutions governments employ to support private companies doing business overseas. ECAs offer a wide range of guarantees and insurances to private companies. This makes it easier for these companies to gain access to...
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2017/05/31
Country: France, Germany, United Kingdom
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Aircraft, Corruption
(Air Transport World, Arlington, 22 May 2017) Airbus has established a new independent compliance review panel (ICRP) to ensure “irreproachable” behavior, following allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption in its civil aviation business. The move follows an investigation by the UK Serious...
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2017/05/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Aircraft
(Reuters, Paris, 4 May 2017) Iran is in talks with Britain's export credit agency to facilitate the financing of aircraft sales to state airline IranAir as part of its pact with world powers to lift sanctions over its nuclear program, a senior Iranian official said. IranAir's plan to buy more...
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2017/04/27
Country: Germany
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG
(Trade Arabia, Manama, 16 April 017) Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), a leading aluminium smelter, has secured commitments of about $700 million from Export Credit Agency (ECA) supported facilities to finance Line 6 Expansion project. The facilities are made-up of a dual tranche of c. $310 million and...
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2017/04/27
Country: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Kyiv Post, Moscow, 21 April 2017) The German and Swedish export credit agencies have decided to take part in the Yamal LNG project, Novatek CEO Leonid Mikhelson said during the annual general meeting of shareholders. The cost of the project is $27 billion. Yamal LNG has signed credit...
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2017/04/27
Country: Canada, United Kingdom
ECAs: Export Development Canada, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
(Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila, 24 April 2017) As offers of development funding from China and Japan pour in, Canada also wants a bigger piece of the Philippine growth story as its export credit agency Export Development Canada (EDC) seeks more opportunities to fund infrastructure projects...
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2017/04/26
Country: Portugal
ECAs: COSEC
(Financial Tribune, Tehran, 20 April 2017) Export Guarantee Fund of Iran (EGFI) and Portugal’s private insurance firm COSEC signed a memorandum of understanding in Tehran on Tuesday to expand cooperation. The two entities agreed to expand cooperation in co-insurance, reinsurance, credit...
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2017/03/31
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
(Andina, Lima, 4 March 2017) The United Kingdom will provide US$1.2 billion to Peru to finance infrastructure projects in favor of development, British Ambassador to Lima Anwar Choudhury announced on Friday. Resources will be provided by UK Export Finance (UKEF), the bloc's export credit agency...
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2017/03/31
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
(All Africa News, Kampala, 27 March 2017) The British government has announced a major increase in the export credit for Uganda, from £300 million (Shs1.35 trillion) to £600 million (Shs2.7 trillion). The new export finance support is made available through UK Export Finance (UKEF), the UK...
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2017/03/31
Country: France
(Bloomberg, Dubai, 2 March 2017) Middle East borrowers are increasingly using loans backed by export credit agencies to fund projects as tightening liquidity makes conventional borrowing more expensive and difficult to secure, according to Societe Generale SA. France’s second-...
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2017/03/31
Country: France, United Kingdom
ECAs: COFACE, Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Aircraft, Corruption
(AI News, Midland Park, 6 March 2017) France’s Parquet National Financier has joined the UK Serious Fraud Office in an investigation into allegations of fraud, bribery and...
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2017/02/28
Country: Italy
ECAs: SACE S.p.A.
(Italy 24, Rome, 16 February 2017) Fitch said it has affirmed export credit agency SACE rating at 'A-' with outlook negative. “The ratings reflect SACE's strong capitalisation and business profile as Italy's export credit agency as well as its financial exposure to Italy,” Fitch said in a...
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2017/01/31
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, London, 16 January 2017) Britain's credit export agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), signed its first direct loan deal in Africa on Monday, providing $310 million to GE Oil & Gas to supply equipment for an oil and gas project in Ghana. UKEF's loan and credit facility is part of a...
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2017/01/31
Country: France
ECAs: COFACE
(Global Trade Review, London, 18 January 2017) France has concluded the transfer of its export credit agency (ECA) from Coface to the Banque Publique d’Investissement (Bpifrance) and rebranded it Bpifrance Assurance Export. Coface’s 240 ECA-focused staff members have been transferred to...
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