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Overview pages connecting the main topics in export finance, project finance and commercial real estate lending.

Commercial real estate lending for bank desks
Commercial real estate lending is bank credit secured on income-producing property or funding acquisition, development and construction.
Cover ratios and covenants in bank lending
Cover ratios and covenants are the cash-flow and leverage tests lenders use to size debt, lock distributions and manage default risk in PF and CRE.
Export credit agencies: mandates and cover
Export credit agencies are public bodies that support national exports with insurance, guarantees and official financing.
Export finance: official support and bank products
Export finance is bank and official support that funds cross-border capital-goods sales through guarantees, insurance and buyer loans.
OECD Arrangement: official export credit rules
The OECD Arrangement sets Participant rules on officially supported export credits of two years or more, including tenor, support share and premium.
Political risk insurance for cross-border finance
Political risk insurance hub: covered perils, public and private providers, lender-facing structures and the boundary with trade credit and ECA cover.
Project finance: cash flow lending structures
Project finance is limited-recourse lending repaid from a project company's cash flows and secured on its assets and contracts.
Sanctions and AML in trade finance
Sanctions and AML controls govern who banks may deal with in trade, export and project finance, through list screening, CDD and enhanced measures.