Private sector flags concerns over new OECD down payment rules
15-12-21 / by Felix Thompson
Just weeks after the OECD moved to relax down payment rules for transactions involving export...GKB Ventures
New OECD down payment requirements set to boost ECA support in emerging markets
10-11-21 / by Felix Thompson
The OECD has relaxed down payment rules for transactions involving export credit agencies (ECAs) in...
ESG, ECAs and Chinese debt: how export finance in Africa is evolving
30-09-21 / by Jacob Atkins
Over the last 15 to 20 years, Chinese investment has cut a swathe through Sub-Saharan...
UKEF in ‘biggest ever’ West Africa facility for Côte d’Ivoire hospitals
10-08-21 / by Jacob Atkins
A €241mn facility extended by the UK export credit agency for the construction of six...
OECD Arrangement amends local content rules for export credits as industry calls for wholesale modernisation
27-04-21 / by Felix Thompson
The decision to amend local content rules within the OECD Arrangement on Officially Supported Export...
Mozambique LNG sector braces for delays amid escalating violence
31-03-21 / by Felix Thompson
French energy major Total has been forced to suspend operations at its liquified natural gas...
Crisis response: a paradigm shift for ECAs
10-12-20 / by John Basquill
When Covid-19 brought global trade to a near standstill, export credit agencies (ECA) stepped up...
Standard Chartered and UK Export Finance back Ghana hospital build
29-07-20 / by Felix Thompson
Standard Chartered has penned a UK Export Finance (UKEF)-backed financing agreement with the Ghanaian government,...
UK Export Finance extends cover to major markets after EU adjusts state aid rules
08-04-20 / by John Basquill
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has expanded its insurance policy to cover trade with a range...
British exporters call for 100% ECA cover to ease coronavirus crisis
01-04-20 / by John Basquill
A UK industry group is calling for changes to international rules to allow export credit...