export credit agencies

Kexim turns to Swiss francs as US dollar bonds stall, with more issuers expected to tap dim sums and other currencies.

The Indian oil-to-retail conglomerate aims to diversify funding and extend tenors, shifting Reliance towards cheaper ECA-backed financing.

The Korean government-owned export credit agency said it would continue to support local currency markets next year, supported by the requirement for funding diversification and lower cost of capital.

We talk to Choi Sung-hwan, CFO of Export-Import Bank of Korea, the gatekeeper for one of Asia's biggest borrowing programmes.

Pricing for the policy bank's $1 billion bond returns to pre-crisis levels.

As international banks withdraw from long-term financing in Asia, DBS takes advantage of an opportunity to grow its presence by forging an agreement with Korea Export-Import Bank.

Kexim strikes while the iron is hot, prefunding nearly half its US dollar funding requirements for 2012 in the first week of January.