TXF and Proximo speak to Daan van Alem, senior project finance manager at Northland Power, about the intricate financings for Northland's Baltic Power and Hai Long offshore wind farms, as well as the company's burgeoning project pipeline.

2021: A new dawn for the climate economy - Episode 2

Dec 6th, 2021 38m 13s

Tom Dunn (Orbian) and Peter McKillop (Climate & Capital Media) return to the TXF Risky Business Podcast for the second episode of our series focused on the climate economy. In this episode Tom and Peter reflect on their key takeaways from COP26

Celebrating 100 years of BAFT

Jul 21st, 2021 15m 6s

TXF spoke with BAFT' Steve Bash about celebrating 100 years of leadership in finance and trade.

CGI on trade digitisation: Acceleration and interoperability on track

Jun 14th, 2021 17m 25s

In the run-up to TXF’s Global Trade Virtual 2021 on 23-24 June, Patrick DeVilbiss, Offering Manager at CGI talks to TXF about how accelerated trade digitisation amid the pandemic should be long lasting.

2021: A new dawn for the climate economy - Episode1

Apr 1st, 2021 36m 19s

Orbian Chairman, Tom Dunn, returns to the TXF Risky Business Podcast airwaves with the first instalment of a brand new series for 2021. In this opening episode, Tom sits down with Peter McKillop, Founder & Editor-in-chief at Climate & Capital M

Impact assessment: Covid-19 and cities

Jun 19th, 2020 15m 41s

In the fourth of a series of insights on the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, Orbian CEO Tom Dunn interviews Felix de Grey, a writer and urbanism specialist, to discuss how cities globally have been affected by the pandemic and what cu

Impact assessment: Covid-19 and the world of sport

Jun 3rd, 2020 16m 13s

In the third of a series of insights on the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, Orbian CEO Tom Dunn interviews Gordon D’Arcy, a retired Irish rugby player, to discuss how the world of sport has been affected by the pandemic.

Impact assessment: Covid-19 and the natural world

May 21st, 2020 18m 22s

In the third of a series of insights on the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, Orbian CEO Tom Dunn interviews Huw Cordey, acclaimed natural history film producer, to find out how the natural world is being affected by the pandemic.

Impact assessment: Covid-19 and the global development agenda

May 6th, 2020 14m 33s

In the second of a series of insights on the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, Orbian CEO Tom Dunn interviews Judith Tyson, a fellow at the Overseas Development Institute. How will emerging markets mitigate the economic fallout of the C

Are the wheels of supply chain finance still turning? In viro veritas 4

Apr 22nd, 2020 11m 32s

Supply chain finance can be a great tool for keeping funding flowing to all parts of the supply chain, but is there an existential strain on programmes from the dislocations of physical supply chains amid Covid-19? How will the crisis hit banks

Impact assessment: Investigating Leadership and Covid-19

Apr 21st, 2020 17m 49s

In the first of a series of insights on the impact of Covid-19 on the global economy, Orbian CEO Tom Dunn interviews Archie Brown, Emeritus Professor of Politics at Oxford University. How important is the role of the ‘leader’ in the crisis?

Shop talk: Ashurst keeps cool amid spike in corporate debt restructuring

Mar 17th, 2020 8m 43s

During a volatile month for global trade and the commodities market amid the coronavirus pandemic, TXF spoke to Jean Woo, partner at Ashurst in Singapore, to discuss how the law firm is staying abreast of the legal requirements facing its corpo

TXF PRI 2019: Fonroche sheds some light on off-grid solar

Jan 16th, 2020 6m 30s

Following his panel at the PRI conference in December, TXF sat down with Pierre Vergnes, head of institutional financing at French-based solar infrastructure company Fonroche Lighting. We discussed why the company does not buy private insurance

TXF PRI 2019: Santander on brokers and blockchain

Jan 2nd, 2020 6m 8s

On the sidelines of TXF’s PRI conference last month, Saqib Mustafa, executive director of structured trade and receivable finance within the global transaction banking team at Santander, spoke to TXF to discuss the benefits of shopping around f

CPRI market in the process of maturing: TXF talks to Matthew Beckett

Nov 29th, 2019 17m 40s

Appetite and capacity for credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) has been growing in the past 10 years but may be plateauing as the market matures. Matthew Beckett, EMEA director of insurance placement and loan capital markets at SMBC gives

TXF Geneva: Qbera Capital on thinking outside the box

Nov 20th, 2019 8m 26s

From the sidelines of TXF Geneva, TXF sat down with Amitji Odedra from Qbera Capital to discuss corporate appetite for diversification in funding, how the trade finance gap is creating opportunities for alternative funds and dabbling in the sec

How to get the most from CPRI: TXF talks to Boris Jaquet

Nov 11th, 2019 12m 18s

Boris Jaquet, EMEA Head, distribution, Deutsche Bank talks to TXF’s Katharine Morton about his views of the state of play of the Credit and Political Risk Insurance (CPRI) market and how to get the best from CPRI ahead of the TXF Conference in

TXF Sibos smooth-down with CGI

Oct 3rd, 2019 16m 34s

TXF's head of trade, treasury and risk, Katharine Morton, spoke with CGI's product manager for trade and supply chain solutions Patrick DeVilbiss about the key trends he saw emerging in Sibos 2019.

Risky business: Can Europe trade its way out of crisis?

Aug 1st, 2019 13m 18s

In the fourth of this series of Risky Business podcasts Coriolis Technologies CEO Rebecca Harding talks to TXF’s Katharine Morton about how the internal challenges of the EU continue to pull at the union. Is trade the way out of its problems?

Risky business: China trade turns inward

Jul 23rd, 2019 13m 4s

In the third of this series of Risky Business podcasts Coriolis Technologies CEO Rebecca Harding talks to TXF’s Katharine Morton about how it’s not all about trade wars for China trade, but it doesn’t help.

Risky business: Examining Exim and trade wars in the US

Jul 18th, 2019 9m 40s

In the second of this series of Risky Business podcasts Coriolis Technologies CEO Rebecca Harding talks to TXF’s Katharine Morton in more depth about the effects trade wars are having on US trade, and what the impact will be of US Exim getting

ADB on lobbying for change in trade finance

Apr 23rd, 2019 17m 46s

TXF spoke with Steven Beck, head of trade and supply chain finance at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), to find out more about the development bank’s year-on-year growth in supported trade, as well as its latest initiative to create a standardi

Risky Business: Africa terrorism, regime risks and corruption but still relative stability

Dec 17th, 2018 9m 1s

TXF and Coriolis Technologies’ country risk index investigates the trends in trade weaponization in Africa. Rebecca Harding, CEO of Coriolis Technologies points to increased terrorism, political risks and the double-edged sword of China’s BRI.

Risky Business: MENA and GCC foreign policy risks rise in unusual places, but beacons of hope exist

Dec 12th, 2018 7m 1s

TXF and Coriolis Technologies’ country risk index investigates the trends in trade weaponization in MENA and GCC. MENA and GCC foreign policy risks rise outside the usual spots. Rebecca Harding, CEO of Coriolis Technologies also looks at Lebano

Risky Business: Brexit ups the rhetoric of trade weaponization in Europe

Dec 5th, 2018 10m 40s

TXF and Coriolis Technologies’ country risk index digs deep into the strategic trends in militarisation of trade. In this section Rebecca Harding, CEO of Coriolis Technologies sees weaponization of trade in Brexit rhetoric, European populism an