Export Champions!™ With help of cutting-edge financing, four small and mid-size US companies are poised to export over $525 million of goods and services!

With the help of cutting edge financing, four small and mid-size US companies are poised to export over $525 million in just three individual transactions! 

(April 23, 2015, Washington, DC) During US EXIM Bank’s Annual Conference, Export Champions!™, a new program, which allows small and mid-size US manufacturing companies to vastly boost their export sales by utilizing cutting-edge export credit and capital markets financing for international opportunities, was announced by the Broad Street Capital Group.

Using actual case studies of the three US companies, whose export revenues from just three projects total over $525 million, as the result of their foresight to deploy financing techniques traditionally reserved for large companies and mega projects,  Broad Street Capital Group and representatives of various US Government and private trade and project financing institutions, will empower other US small and midsize companies to successfully compete for large export business opportunities.

“Today, we are witnessing a paradigm shift in the way US small and mid-size companies are able take advantage of sales opportunities, which are two or three times their annual revenue.” said Alexander Gordin, Managing Director of the Broad Street Capital Group. “The key, is a carefully structured project, which is developed with specific long-term, low-cost financing solution in mind from the beginning” said Gordin.

The Export Champions! program will offer monthly half-day web based programs and live training events to help companies learn:

• which foreign markets and buyers to target,
• how to correctly develop a financeable transaction,
• which financing tools and programs to utilize,
• how to put together a correct team of advisers,
• utilizing external economic and political factors to gain an advantage,
• how to mitigate risks along the entire transaction life cycle

The first Export Champions! event to take place in New York on May 8th.  Companies seeking to boost their international sales opportunities should send their inquiries to info@broadstreetcap.com , or call  + 1 212 705 8765 ext 702

About Broad Street Capital Group

Based in the heart of the New York City, Broad Street Capital Group is an international private merchant bank with extensive experience in developing and financing exports and infrastructure projects in emerging markets. The firm works closely with a number of international Export Credit Agencies, as well as with all trade and development agencies of the U.S. Government.   For over 25 years, Broad Street Capital Group has successfully served a broad array of private and state-owned clients in multiple countries and has been involved in several high-profile cross-border transactions in energy, IT/telecom, aerospace, healthcare, hospitality and franchising sectors. The firm’s hallmark is its proprietary Develop, Finance, Supply and Insure™ approach to help clients achieve their international business goals For more information, please visit www.broadstreetcap.com

Broad Street Capital Group arranges $285 million in an export financing transaction slated to create over 600 jobs

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Broad Street Capital Group arranges $285 million in an export financing transaction slated to create over 600 jobs 

(April 9th, 2015), New York. Broad Street Capital Group announced today that it has arranged a $285 million long-term, low-interest export credit financing facility through the Export Import Bank of Hungary (Magyar Export-Import Bank Zrt.) to finance production and installation of small gas turbines capable of producing 174 MW of electricity and heat.  Acting as the exclusive financial advisor to the Distributed Generating Company, LLC of Samara, Russia, Broad Street Capital Group has structured a complex tri-country transaction, which involves joint US-Hungarian manufacturing and supply effort.  The transaction will create over 600 jobs in Hungary and in the US over the next twenty-four months.

“We are delighted to serve as the financiers on this cutting-edge project, which will provide distributed energy generation services to commercial and state-owned offtakers, helping them maximize energy…

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Broad Street Capital Group arranges $285 million in an export financing transaction slated to create over 600 jobs

Broad Street Capital Group arranges $285 million in an export financing transaction slated to create over 600 jobs 

(April 9th, 2015), New York. Broad Street Capital Group announced today that it has arranged a $285 million long-term, low-interest export credit financing facility through the Export Import Bank of Hungary (Magyar Export-Import Bank Zrt.) to finance production and installation of small gas turbines capable of producing 174 MW of electricity and heat.  Acting as the exclusive financial advisor to the Distributed Generating Company, LLC of Samara, Russia, Broad Street Capital Group has structured a complex tri-country transaction, which involves joint US-Hungarian manufacturing and supply effort.  The transaction will create over 600 jobs in Hungary and in the US over the next twenty-four months.

“We are delighted to serve as the financiers on this cutting-edge project, which will provide distributed energy generation services to commercial and state-owned offtakers, helping them maximize energy efficiency and control costs. This transaction will serve as the job creation driver to two storied manufacturing companies on both sides of the Atlantic.  Given today’s complex geopolitical circumstances in Eastern Europe, keeping focus on financing and development of small and medium enterprises is especially challenging. ” stated Alexander M. Gordin, Managing Director of Broad Street Capital Group

About Broad Street Capital Group

Based in the heart of New York City, Broad Street Capital Group is an international private merchant bank with extensive experience in developing and financing exports and infrastructure projects in emerging markets. The firm works closely with a number of international Export Credit Agencies, as well as with all trade and development agencies of the U.S. Government.   For over 25 years, Broad Street Capital Group has successfully served a broad array of private and state-owned clients in multiple countries and has been involved in several high-profile cross-border transactions in energy, IT/telecom, aerospace, healthcare, hospitality and franchising sectors. The firm’s hallmark is its proprietary Develop, Finance, Supply and Insure™ approach to help clients achieve their international business goals For more information, please visit www.broadstreetcap.com

 

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School of ECA Finance to hold a special session during the US Ex-Im’s annual conference week

School of ECA Finance Washington, DC | 20th and 21st April Dear Readers, We would like to inform you that TXF and CC Solutions will be hosting the School of ECA Finance in Washington, DC on the 20th and 21st of April (the week of the EXIM Bank Annual Conference). The School is an intensive and highly respected two-day training course providing requisite knowledge of all key areas of export finance. Faculty leaders Valerie Colville and Francisco Anzola will be joined by US EXIM Bank’s James Lewis as well as other guest speakers. All guests of this year’s annual US EXIM Bank Annual Conference, will be entitled to a 25% discount on the normal school rate. The School is relevant to financiers, exporters, contractors, corporates and lawyers looking to get greater insight into export finance in 2015. You can download the full brochure here. To book click here or for further information contact Katy Rose, quoting EXIM. Best regards, US EXIM Bank Events Team  Testimonials from the recent School of ECA Finance, hosted in London   “Very thorough and interactive course. Valerie and Francisco were excellent and addressed questions very well.”   “Useful overview of all aspects of an ECA financing and very seasoned speakers.”   “The knowledge of Valerie and Francisco is obvious and makes the course very interactive.”   “Great course. A ‘must attend’.”