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Global Trade Review (GTR) UK 2024, #London – June 20th, 2024 - ITFA #MemberDiscounts ITFA is delighted to partner with Global Trade Review (GTR) for GTR UK 2024, which returns to London, on June 20th, 2024.  The event will once again deliver a highly anticipated opportunity to connect with the key players and companies across UK's #trade and #export finance community. Key discussion themes include: 🔹Gaming the system’ of global geopolitics 🔹Building resilience into strategic #supplychains: A priority checklist 🔹Are we witnessing an existential change in the role of export credit? 🔹Unleashing the full potential of #supplychain finance through integration 🔹Sharing the burden: How can trade stop crime from paying? 🔹The journey to exporting: Financial inclusion and routes to market 💙 We are also proud to announce that ITFA will be represented during this event: Swaroop N L N, ITFIE Working Group Co-Chair will be moderator for the session 'Industry profile: 'The ITFA Trade Finance Investment Ecosystem (ITFIE) Working Group' on Stream A from 14:45hrs and 15:30hrs. Joining him in this session will be Paul Coles, ITFA Board Member and Chair of the ITFA Market Practice Committee. The event agenda can be downloaded here https://lnkd.in/dDqbCp5C ITFA #MemberBenefits The ITFA Board is delighted to inform you that we managed to secure two standard passes 🎫 at 50% discount and all others at 10% discount for ITFA members to attend this event. The two 50% passes are on a first come first serve basis, and they cannot be claimed by the same institution. May we invite you to send an email to sec@itfa.org to claim this offer. These offers are eligible for new registrations only. In addition, complementary corporate rate passes are also available to ITFA members who are non-financial companies, and applies to exporters, importers, distributors, manufacturers, traders and producers of physical goods and products. To register your interest for the complimentary corporate rate pass, please send an email to sec@itfa.org with your full details (full name, job title, organisation, email, country, and phone number) for approval.   As always, we do hope that our members make the most of the additional benefits that ITFA is bringing to them through such collaborations. #benefits #discounts #itfacollaboration #gtruk #networking #events2024 #london #savethedate Sean Edwards Lorna Pillow André Casterman Chris Hall Duarte Pedreira Hernan Mayol Johanna H.K.M. Wissing Paul Coles Silja Calac Simon Cook Zhang Mei Shannon Manders Elisabeth Spry ITFA Middle East ITFA Americas (AMRC) Alexia Vella Andrea Martin Alison Muscat Petra O'Connell Lanika Vella Desira Duncan Friggieri

🔦 Spotlight Trade Finance Week 2024 🎥 Eleonore Juliane Treu on two decades of ICC Austria Trade Finance Week and why it is best to view the week as educational trainings in a conference setting. 👇 direct link in the comments #iccATtfw #iccaustria #tradefinancetraining #lettersofcredit #bankguarantees

Will you be at Global Trade Review (GTR) UK next week? Don't miss Matt Wreford's session, going behind the scenes of the Trade Finance Investment Ecosystem (ITFIE) Working Group, a new initiative from the International Trade & Forfaiting Association (ITFA). Learn about ITFIE’s work streams as they aim to make trade finance an easier & simpler asset class to invest in by: - Articulating the needs of institutional investors and ensuring a clear understanding of the technical aspects of distribution - Developing an asset originator guide for streamlined distribution - Driving automation and digitisation for trade finance distribution - Promoting market awareness and education for both asset originators and investors. #GTRUK #tradefinance #supplychainfinance #assetdistribution

🚨 CARM Update Alert! 🚨 The motion to defer CARM and bring in an independent 3rd party was narrowly defeated (6-5) at today's Standing Committee on International Trade meeting. Importers, it's time to prepare: Canada's CCS and CADEX systems will officially retire on October 4, 2024 at 4 p.m. ET, with a blackout period extending until October 21, 2024, when CARM will be fully implemented at 3 a.m. ET. Now more than ever, ensuring your compliance is key! Be ready for the changes ahead. #CARM #Importers #CustomsCompliance

▶️ NEW VIDEO: Celebrating two decades of Trade Finance Week with Eleonore Juliane Treu 📊 Trade finance trends, legal opinions, trade document analysis, and sustainability and digitalisation updates… what more could you want out of an industry event? 🎙️ These topics, and more, were all discussed at ICC Austria’s Trade Finance Week 2024 in Vienna, where Jyodh Bilan, Editorial Assistant, Trade Finance Global, was joined by Eleonore Treu, Director of ICC Austria’s Trade Finance Week, to reflect on two decades of the event and future prospects. 📺 Watch the full video by following the link in the comments section below ⬇️ #tradefinance #ICCAustria

“A strong, competitive Europe: unlocking the potential of securitisation” - we had the pleasure to present the report, compiled by leading industry experts and coordinated by the Bankenverband and True Sale International GmbH. The final report has been handed over to the German Federal Ministry of Finance at the ESMT Berlin yesterday.   From the report and the following panel discussion, I believe following points became clear and are worth to highlight: 👉 We see broad consensus on the shortcomings of the current regulation and what needs to be done 👉 Improving the regulation will have a positive impact in the short, medium and long term, allowing the market to play its part in financing the transition. 👉 There is no need for a pan-European securitisation platform with public money support or state subsidies. 👉 Securitisation alone will not solve all challenges around the transition. But, it does facilitate bank based credit lending to the economy and will contribute to solve the huge financing needs alongside with private and public equity markets To the full report: https://lnkd.in/ed8zzWRd  #Securitisation #TSI #BankenVerband #Transition

AFME's Post Trade division has published a new paper entitled "TARGET2-Securities: Review of current model and future prospects." This paper looks to provide an overview of the development and objectives of the T2S project in Europe and to assess its effectiveness with regards to the enhancement of settlement efficiency, harmonisation and cost reduction in post trade processes, along with fostering cross-border investments within the European Union. Access the paper here: https://bit.ly/3KvUt0X

Read about the latest legal updates in finance in our most recent newsletter covering our CEE jurisdictions #tothepoint #finance.

The BCR Publishing 10th Alternative and Receivables Finance Forum kicks off today at Clifford Chance in London! This two-day event brings together industry leaders and innovators to explore the future of alternative and receivables finance. Our co-founder, Anthony Wadsworth-Hill, will be speaking tomorrow on the “A New Digital Trade Landscape” panel, alongside Sarah Green, Paul Landless and Chris Southworth. The session will dive into the transformative potential of a digital trade environment, highlighting initiatives from ITFA and the International Chamber of Commerce, and advancements like MLETR, digital bills of exchange, and the impact of the UK’s Electronic Trade Documents Act. We’re looking forward to hearing Anthony’s insights and reflections from the event. #TradeFinance #DigitalTrade #ReceivablesFinance #MercoreGroup

=== ESG and Financial Market infrastructure: two separate worlds?=== I read the below document from the #afme, I was thrilled by everything that has been accomplished since 2015 and the objectives still to reach. In the future prospects, #T2S platform, like any other #financialmarketinfrastructure has the duty to understand how it facilitates CO2 emissions of the financial industry and this needs to be integrated somehow also in the settlement process. As an example, how #ESGcriteria can be harmonized and integrated in #corporateactions execution, the "collateralisation" process of the #securitysettlement or #securityfinancing? How T2S can act as catalyst of the #transition efforts to be made by the industry? Another starting point could be to check how #ESGrisks may affect #securityliquidity, #settlement, #collateral, corporate actions risks over time. How new ESG standards regulations and frameworks will hinder the current and future cross border harmonization efforts? In a nutshell, would Mr Giovannini have considered ESG in its report if he would have issued it today? Generally do we consider #FMIs more as tools where ESG transition and CO2 emissions are more in the hands of its own users? A separate world? I think I made my own answer obvious on this one. What is yours? #sustainablefinance #greensecuritysettlement #ECB #posttrade Yvonne Sigrist Laura Lambillon Julien Thiry Koen De Loose