Welcome to EKN Magazine. We provide inspiration and offer tips for companies and banks that work with exports or have just begun that journey out in the world.
State-backed guarantees are becoming a key tool in funding the bill for reinforcing European defence capabilities.
Export finance poised to play a bigger role in European rearmament
Are the expanded financing opportunities permitted by the updated OECD Arrangement living up to high expectations? It may take time, experts say.
Learning to love longer tenors
To deliver more sustainable global trade, eight leading ECAs unveiled a new net-zero alliance in Dubai. “Public finance has been the missing piece in the net-zero financial landscape,” commented a UN source.
Trade takes centre stage at COP28
The OECD Country Risk Assessment Methodology ultimately determines the minimum premium rate that state-backed export credit insurers can charge. Now, it has been revised to reflect a stronger focus on governance and institutional factors, and the consequences of climate change.
OECD updates country risk assessment model
In the largest private deal ever supported by EKN, Ericsson delivers equipment worth over USD 2 billion for the rollout of 5G technology across India.
Record deal behind record-time 5G rollout in India
Hailed as a “complete game changer for the export finance sector”, the OECD reform of the Arrangement on officially supported export credits improves flexibility, particularly in the financing of climate-related projects.
OECD launches “landmark modernisation” of export credits
EKN joins the world’s largest sailing ship to showcase Swedish exports, offering partners and exporters meeting venues from Europe to Asia.
Tailwind for Swedish exports
Marie Aglert, Head of Business Area Large Corporates at EKN, attended the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow. The important role of the financial sector in the climate transition and the need for a modernisation of the OECD framework were among her takeaways.
COP26: “The financial sector has a key role to play”
As the countries of East and Southeast Asia are successful in reducing the spread of Covid-19, Swedish exports bounce back, notes EKN Chief Analyst Stefan Karlsson in a fresh report.
Swedish exports to East Asia set to recover