Winners of UK's round three CfD auction named, Trafigura co-finances loan to Shandong and Natixis launches green weighting factor

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market:

• UK’s round three contract for difference (CfD) auction have been announced.

• Commodities trader Trafigura has joined a group of lenders to provide a $1 billion loan backed by future oil sales to Chinese independent refiner, Shandong Qingyuan, in a deal which underscores the opening up of China to trading houses

• Natixis’ Green Weighting Factor, a mechanism that allocates capital to financing deals based on their climate impact, is now up and running

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