Climate activists have filed a lawsuit against the Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) and the Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure) in a bid to block their mooted involvement in a US$7.2bn LNG ...

A group of former Glencore traders has launched Tradeon, a Geneva-based company that aims to help smaller and mid-market commodity trading firms access financing facilities.  Tradeon is a wholly owned ...

Sudan’s military rulers and rival paramilitary insurgents are sourcing chemical inputs from companies in Europe, the Middle East and Asia to support domestic mining operations, research claims.  Gold ...

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Expanding access to trade finance in Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico could unlock over US$90bn in additional trade annually, a report says.

Law firm ArentFox Schiff has named Megan Gajewski Barnhill as a partner within its international trade and investment practice, effective immediately. Based in Washington, DC, she will help companies ...

Working capital structuring firm Silver Birch has appointed former BBVA director Omar Bolaños as vice-president for origination in Mexico, part of an expansion strategy in Latin America.  Bolaños ...

The Rasmala Trade Finance Fund has entered voluntary liquidation after ending its defence against a winding up petition brought by majority shareholder Dubai Islamic Bank.   The fund, which had a ...

European export credit agencies (ECAs) and development banks have piled into a financing package of more than €6bn to develop two wind farms in the Baltic Sea.   The deal for the projects known as ...

Swiss bank Banque Cantonale de Genève has appointed Eric Balmer as head of corporate banking and trade finance, effective September 1.

Penningtons Manches Cooper has bolstered its commodities and trade finance team in Singapore with the hire of Zhi Chao Chor as a partner.   The London-headquartered law firm says Chor has a strong ...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that demand for copper is set to outstrip supply by 30% within the next decade, with security of supply further threatened by China’s growing dominance ...