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Hermes holds up

01 November 2002

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Hermes Kreditversicherung is experiencing an upward swing in demand for project loan cover, as lenders become more conservative in their risk assessment. Only a few years ago bankers were predicting a gradual falling off in ECA support, with uncovered debt becoming more usual, but now ECA support is once again viewed as crucial in order to get many financings closed.
?The trend towards project finance has stepped up over the last year, and quite a few large transactions have been brought to our attention where we have been asked to provide cover, and we are now working on them,? says a spokesman in the Export Credit Guarantee Department at Hermes in Hamburg. ?We have already closed some transactions during 2002, and deals that we are now working on should close by the end of the year, or in 2003.?

Similarly, Hermes is now getting involved in a growing number...


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