Stenn International has closed a senior financing facility with Natixis of up to $500 million, according to an announcement.

Exim Thailand has opened a second overseas office in Laos as it steps up its focus on its neighbour.

UK development finance institution CDC and AP Moller Capital’s Africa Infrastructure Fund I offer to buy Zambia’s Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) has collapsed over conditions precedent not being met.

BPL Global has set up a team covering excess of loss (XOL) trade credit insurance with a specific focus on the trade finance sector.

Financial advisory firm PJ Solomon has hired Michael Gottschalk as a partner and MD covering the consumer products sector.

Masen has again pushed back the bid deadline for the 800MW project of hybrid PV and CSP, with three consortia left in contention.

Tradewind has closed a $450,000 credit facility for a Peruvian exporter of fruits and vegetables, the firm has announced.

Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) is set to provide loan insurance to support a water desalination project Oman.

Boeing has requested arbitration this week against Airbus in its years-long legal dispute at the World Trade Organisation, during the same week as the aviation industry’s biggest event.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) issued a €750 million ($873m) five-year bond earlier this month.

Macquarie subsidiary Green Investment Group has closed on a 235MW, PPA-backed onshore wind farm located in Sweden

Trafigura has closed $1.5 billion-equivalent in various revolving credit and term loan facilities, according to an announcement.

Ian Curtin has joined insurer Miller to lead its energy construction team.

MUFG has hired Standard Chartered veteran Goh Kiat Seng as co-head of global corporate banking for its Malaysia subsidiary.

SACE has guaranteed a €30 million loan from ING to the equipment finance division of SREI, the Indian infrastructure finance group.

Natwest is the latest financial institution to join the Marco Polo initiative, according to an announcement by the bank.

The EBRD has named Francis Malige its new MD of financial institutions.

Tradeteq has raised a further $6.3 million in equity investments in a seed extension funding round.

Greensill Capital has received a $250 million investment from General Atlantic. The investment values the business at $1.64 billion.