News Analysis

Documenting to improve regulatory compliance

• Supply Chain
• Global
• Geoffrey Wynne
• 27 September 2018

In a world of ever increasing regulation, parties can protect their position against a review by regulators in various ways

DFI lending in Rwanda

• Export and Agency
• Africa & Middle East
• Nikola Yankulov
• 15 June 2018

Since President Paul Kagame launched his country's Vision 2020 development plan in 2000, substantial progress has been made on improving Rwanda's infrastructure.

Scaling Solar in Africa

• Export and Agency
• Africa & Middle East
• Jordan Bintcliffe
• 18 May 2018

Three years on from the launch of the International Finance Corporation's Scaling Solar scheme in Zambia, the programme is gaining traction. Four other African countries are now running procurements – and Zambia is coming back for another helping. Between them, they account for over 1.2GW of capacity.

Trade Finance League Table

All Lenders All Commercial Lenders DFI ECA State Lender Legal Adviser

Rank	Company	Total US$ m	Transactions	Market Share (%)
1	Societe Generale	11,244.51	78	3.73
2	China Exim Bank	9,936.33	29	3.30
3	BNP Paribas	9,854.50	69	3.27
4	Citigroup	9,678.95	68	3.21
5	JPMorgan Chase & Co	9,462.38	48	3.14
6	HSBC	8,584.38	66	2.85
7	Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group	8,269.60	79	2.75
8	Credit Agricole	7,730.06	59	2.57
9	Bank of America	7,612.35	40	2.53
10	Standard Chartered	7,374.55	50	2.45
	TOTALS:	89,747.62	586	30 %

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