This is one of the most consequential US elections in history, which has been mainly determined by what’s at stake in an ideological or geopolitical domain.

But we at TFG think it’s essential to fully explore what Donald Trump’s second presidential victory may mean for the world of trade, treasury, and payments. It’s with this regard that President Trump can redefine the world.

We’re recording an emergency livestream discussion for this afternoon, 15:00 GMT/16:00 CET

🎤  Our panel of industry experts includes:

Host: Deepesh Patel, Editorial Director, TFG

◾ Dr Rebecca Harding, Independent Trade Economist, REBECCANOMICS LIMITED
◾ Dr Robert Besseling, CEO, PANGEA-RISK
◾ Simon Evenett, Professor of Geopolitics & Strategy, IMD Business School, Co-Chair, World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Trade & Investment
◾ Dr Alisa DiCaprio, Former Chief Economist, R3

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Join the online conference, where global leaders, policymakers, and innovators will come together to discuss the evolving landscape of the credit insurance and surety industries.

As a media partner, TFG will provide event coverage and support coordination on the day, drawing on its expertise as a leading provider of educational resources in trade, treasury, and payments.

This conference also celebrates Tinubu’s 25th anniversary, highlighting their 25 years of contributions to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for the credit insurance and surety sectors.

The conference comprises four comprehensive panels throughout the day, addressing critical industry developments:

• TFG’s Editorial Director, Deepesh Patel, will moderate the first panel discussion, ‘Launching a Trade Credit Venture – Positioning and Product Development’, and will feature:
  • Carmine Mandola, Former CEO, CrediArc & Coface Israel & Morocco
  • Marc Meyer, SVP Subject Matter Expert, Tinubu
  • Amol Chandratreya, Head Trade Credit and Surety Underwriting, SBI General Insurance Company Limited
• Supply Chain Transparency and ESG Considerations, moderated by ICISA Executive Director Richard Wulff, will explore sustainability and compliance in global trade. The session will feature:
  • Alexis Garatti, Climate Expert, Allianz Trade
  • Alexandre Kech, CEO, GLEIF
  • Stephan Wolf, Chairman, ICC Digital Standards Initiative
  • Oswald Kuyler, Senior Digital Trade Advisor, Trade and Supply Chain Finance Programme, Asian Development Bank
• The Augmented Underwriter panel, moderated by Artus Karlsons, Associate Director at Berne Union, will delve into AI’s transformative potential in credit insurance, on optimisation of underwriting and claims processes. The session will feature:
  • Sebastian Ahrens, AI Center of Excellence Lead, PWC
  • Asanka Peiris, Principal, Process Automation, EDC
  • Andrew Baynes, Global Head of Business Platform Development, AIG
• The US Perspective session, led by Harpreet Mann, President at Amynta Trade Credit and Political Risk Solutions, will examine domestic consumption patterns and regulatory implications affecting trade credit insurance in the American market. The session will feature:
  • Maximilian Hess, Founder, Enmetena Advisory
  • Antoine Meggle, Tinubu
  • Sarina Puccio, SVP, MunichRe
  • James Daly, President and CEO, Allianz Trade in Americas

For more details on the timing and registration, please visit the link here.

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Airing on 15 October 2024 – 14:00 BST, 15:00 CEST, 9:00 ET, 6:00 PT

Partnered with Tinubu

Join TFG’s roundtable webinar, Launching a new credit insurance venture, where experts discuss the current credit insurance landscape, the growing popularity of the Managing General Agent (MGA) model, and the impact of digitalisation. Panelists include Stuart Lawson from Aon, Marc Meyer from Tinubu, Carmine Mandola former CEO of CrediArc & Coface Israel & Morocco, and Tobias Povel from SCOR P&C. Topics will cover strategies for entering the industry, challenges faced by new ventures, and future opportunities.

The Panel

Host: Deepesh Patel, Editorial Director, TFG

Marc Meyer, SVP Subject Matter Expert, Tinubu

Tobias Povel, Head of Credit, Surety & Political Risks, SCOR P&C EMEA

Stuart Lawson, Global Head, Aon Credit Solutions

Carmine Mandola, Former CEO, CrediArc & Coface Israel & Morocco

Key Themes

• Credit insurance trends and models
• Market opportunities in Trade Credit Insurance
• Challenges and considerations for new entrants
• Operational and financial aspects of a new credit insurance venture
• The role of stakeholders and regulatory bodies
• Innovation and technology

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Aired 9 October 2024 – 11:00 BST, 12:00 CET

Sponsored by PwC Germany

The bill of exchange is an instrument almost as old as trade, with documented use as early as the 13th century. Merchant Lombards of Northern Italy, for example, usually kept their money in banks in different cities – but regardless of geography, the bill of exchange allowed merchants to receive payment as soon as a seller shipped their goods, simply by showing a signed bill to a banker.

While international trade is unrecognisable from a half-century ago, the bills of exchange have remained paper-based and stagnant. The next push in the industry, to actually progress from 13th-century Italy, is to take these trade instruments digital.

International law, such as the Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) in 2017, legitimises and allows for digital trade documents. But in the revolution to digitise trade documents, it’s really solutions like PWC’s BexNote that act as a catalyst.

In this livestream, Markus Rupprecht, Senior Executive Advisor for Trade & Supply Chain Finance, PwC Germany, and Michael Huertas, Global Financial Services Legal Leader, PwC Legal Germany, explore the challenges and developments regarding digitalisation within the industry, and the countless advantages which electronic transferable records can bring.

The Panel

Host: Deepesh Patel, Editorial Director, Trade Finance Global (TFG)

Markus Rupprecht, Senior Executive Advisor for Trade & Supply Chain Finance, PwC Germany

Michael Huertas, Global Financial Services Legal Leader, PwC Legal Germany

Key Themes

• An overview of the digitalisation of supply chain finance
• Traditional bill of exchange vs BexNote
• European approach to and adoption of UNCITRAL’s MLETR
• Fungibility and ownership benefits of the BexNote
• The democratisation of supply chain finance using negotiable instruments
• Accounting treatment (IFRS) and liquidity management benefits for corporates

Partners

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Aired on 8 October 2024 – 14:00 BST, 15:00 CEST, 9:00 ET, 6:00 PT

Partnered with ICISA

This video was originally published by ICISA.

Transparency in our supply chains has become an ever more important part of everyday life. This is driven by regulation on diverse topics such as food security, fraud and financial crime, ESG considerations and geopolitics. This webinar explored the challenge of delivering transparency operationally and the benefits derived from that.

The Panel

Host: Deepesh Patel, Editorial Director, TFG

• Pamela Mar, Managing Director, ICC DSI
• Andrea Tang, Legal Services Director, FIATA
• George Dyson, Senior Analyst, Control Risk

Key Themes

• How Middle East conflicts are disrupting shipping routes and affecting supply chain resilience.
• The impact of increased security and rerouting on operational costs for global trade.
• Shortages of critical commodities, including oil and gas, and their global consequences.
• Addressing regional instability’s effects on international trade networks.
• Managing compliance with sanctions and export controls in conflict-affected regions.

Partners

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AIRED ON 2 July 2024 – 12:00 BST / 13:00 CET / 07:00 ET / 19:00 SGT / 19:00 HKT / 15:00 GST

In collaboration with S&P Global Market Intelligence

Speakers

Host: Deepesh Patel, Editorial Director, Trade Finance Global 

Featuring: Ravi Amin, Trade Compliance Subject Matter Expert, S&P Global Market Intelligence

Key Themes 

1. Pre and post war Russian profile
2. Russian trade partners
3. High-value trade goods
4. Significance of the materials
5. Mechanics of sanction busting
6. Case Study
7. Supply chain finance industry
8. Future outlook

In collaboration with:

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Aired on 9 October 2023

Partnered with FCI

Please note this livestream was recorded prior to the recent earthquake in Morocco. Our thoughts are with all those affected by this tragic event. The TFG team.

The Panel

Host: Mr. Deepesh Patel, Chief Editor at Trade Finance Global. 

Featuring: 

• Mr. Ahmed Attout, Ag. Director, Financial Sector Development, African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
• Mrs. Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President, Afreximbank
• Mr. Peter Mulroy, Secretary General, FCI
• Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol, CEO, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC)

Key Themes

1. Receivables Finance: Back to Basics
2. Legal Framework for receivables
3. Development banks and their role in trade finance
4. Digital platforms, marketplaces, and trade finance
5. Closing Remarks

Partners

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AIRED ON SEPTEMBER 13th, 12:00 – 14:30 BST, 07:00 – 09:30 EDT, 13:00 – 15:30 CET, 19:00 – 21:30 SGT

Partnered with UK Export Finance, Department for Business & Trade 

Sponsored by Sullivan, Lloyds Bank, ICC United Kingdom Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation and Technology (C4DTI), Wave BL, Enigio

Association Partners, ITFA, ICC United Kingdom, C4DTI, IOE&IT, DNI Initiative, BExA

TFG partnered with UK Export Finance and the Department for Business & Trade, following the enactment of the Electronic Trade Documents Bill. Now that the King has enacted the bill, the Electronic Trade Documents Act will become a part of UK and Common Law legislation on the 20 September 2023.

TFG held a half day live tradecast (webinar) with key stakeholders.

Resources

Video | Lord Holmes – the enactment of the Electronic Trade Documents Bill, what next?

Introduction

Host:

• Deepesh Patel, Editorial Director, Trade Finance Global

Resources

Video | Think data, not documents: advancing MLETR in 2023

Video | Updated digital trade rules: ITFA, URTEPO, and streamlining payment obligations

Session 1: An Introduction to the Electronic Trade Documents Act (ETDA)

Speakers:

• Lord Chris Holmes, Peer, House of Lords
• Ada Igboemeka, Deputy Director for Digital Trade, Department for Business & Trade
• Chris Southworth, Secretary General, ICC United Kingdom
• Luca Castellani, Legal Officer, Secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
• Geoffrey Wynne, Head of the Trade & Export Finance Group, Sullivan
• Professor Sarah Green, Commissioner for Commercial and Common Law, Law Commission of England & Wales

Moderated by: Deepesh Patel, Trade Finance Global

Resources

Electronic Payment Undertaking (ePU)

The path to paperless: Five tips for UK businesses to prepare for digital trade documents

Developing the industry blueprint for digital negotiable instruments

Session 2: What are Financial Institutions (Bank and Non-Bank Lenders) Doing?

Speakers:

• Andre Casterman, Board Member, ITFA
• Jon Boran, Director, Trade Innovation and Solution Development, Lending & Working Capital, Lloyds Bank
• Carl Williamson, Head of Trade Finance, UK Export Finance

Moderated by: Natasha Roston, Trade Finance Global

Resources

Podcast: Electronic Documents and English Law – The roadmap to digital trade documents

Session 3: Fireside Chat, ETDA Compatibility with Trade Rules

Speaker:

• David Meynell, Digital Rules Advisor, ICC United Kingdom Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation and Technology (C4DTI)

Moderated by: Brian Canup, Trade Finance Global

Resources

Status Update: MLETR adoption in the G7 and emerging markets

Session 4: What’s Happening from a Shipping & Logistics Perspective?

Speakers: 

• Grant Hunter, Director for Standards, Innovation and Research, BIMCO
• Dominique Willems, Head of Public Affairs & Government Relations, Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA)
• Boaz Lessem, General Counsel Head of Legal, WaveBL
• Kevin Shakespeare, Director of Strategic Projects and International Development, IOE&IT

Moderated by: Natasha Roston, Trade Finance Global

Resources

The ITFA Digital Negotiable Instruments Initiative

Session 5: ‘Reliable’ Systems

Speakers: 

• Nick Davies, Director, ICC United Kingdom Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation and Technology (C4DTI)
• Patrik Zekkar, CEO, Enigio
• Sean Edwards, Chairman, ITFA
• Miriam Goldby, Professor of Shipping, Insurance and Commercial Law and Director of Research at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University London

Moderated by: Jyodh Bilan, Trade Finance Global

Sponsors and Partners

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LGTBQ+ in Trade Treasury & Payments

AIRED ON 19 September 2023 – 9:00 EDT / 14:00 BST / 15:00 CET / 21:00 SGT

Partnered with A&O Shearman, Asian Development Bank, JP Morgan, Lloyds Bank, Visa

Missed the livestream? Catch up below:

The Panel

Key Themes

• Welcome and Introduction by Deepesh Patel
• Theme 1: Personal perspectives and the intersection of LGBTQ+ in Trade, Treasury, and Payments
• Theme 2: The role of allies in the finance industry
• Theme 3: What the industry could/should do to move forward
• Q&A Session
• Closing Remarks

Partners

Read our related articles:

The power of allies: navigating LGBTQ+ inclusion in trade, treasury, and payments

Being LGBTQ+ in trade, treasury and payments: Sibos livestream

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AIRED ON 10 July 2023 – 7:00 EST / 12:00 BST / 13:00 CET / 19:00 SGT

Presented by Trade Finance Global and Tinubu

Missed the Live Tradecast? Watch on YouTube

Trade Finance Global and Tinubu hosted a webinar exploring the challenges and opportunities for the African credit insurance industry. While the African market is very promising, it has been ignored by many major economies. However, there are signs of market shifts, with intra-African trade increasing after the expansion of the AfCTFA, and the work of multilaterals and international financial institutions.

Although there are signs of new and expanded market opportunities, to create a sustainable and successful trade credit insurance industry, there are many questions that need to be discussed, and much collaboration is needed. 

This Tradecast aims to bring together leaders from the public and private sectors, to discuss how to expand an open, sustainable, and successful trade credit insurance market in the African continent.

The tradecast touched on:

• Brief overview of private/public trade finance and credit insurance landscape across Africa
• Geopolitical and macroeconomic and sovereign debt/defaults overview and how this impacts the credit insurance landscape in Africa – deep dive into MENA, West, East and South Africa
• Opportunities in the African continent (including AfCFTA): the untapped market for new investors.
• How could new technology improve opportunities?
• Access to finance and liquidity in the market: how to increase capital in Africa – a multistakeholder approach
• The business case for the creation of new ECA’s in Africa, as well as exploring opportunities credit insurance
• Local development: how African finance players can emerge to help support intra-African trade, SMEs and boost growth at a grassroots level
• What are sustainable ways for increased external investment? How to avoid the trap of external stakeholders over-imposing themselves on regional actors/countries?
• Governance: role of national governments and multilaterals in supporting African trade.
  
  

The Panel

Resources:

→ Download the transcript for this section (PDF)

MENA Country Profiles – Trade and Geopolitical Overview 2023

World Trade Board Roadmap

Resources:

→ Download the transcript for this section (PDF)

Synopsis: Will tech bridge the African trade finance gap?

Tinubu: Cloud technology in Africa and the Middle East: a tool for growth

The Critical Need for Short-Term Credit Insurance in West Africa

Digital Infrastructure

• How can the implementation of digital tools, specifically tools like e-invoicing and digital legal entity identifiers, contribute to improving financial inclusion in trade, especially for African SMEs?
• What tools could be used to help understand the use of proceeds and flow of funds, and how will this help increase the market for African trade?
• Has the adoption of these technologies helped increase access to trade finance, or is the adoption still too slow to make a noticeable change?

Legal and Regulatory Infrastructure

• Will the AfCFTA, the African Continental Free Trade Area, make a significant impact in advancing access to capital and flow of goods?
• What are the key regulatory considerations for fostering financial inclusion in trade, particularly within the African MSME context?
• How can additional legal/regulatory infrastructure provide security to insurers and reinsurers who are apprehensive to enter the African market?

Data Infrastructure

• How should the industry approach building and improving data infrastructure? How important is a well-established data flow for insurers looking to get involved in African trade finance?
• What is the right balance between providing African companies, specifically SMEs, with sufficient capital vs. insurers/reinsurers having enough risk information about the clients, and how can data technology help create this balance?
• Can you touch on how improved data can address corruption problems, and what impact that will have on the credit insurance appetite in Africa?

Technical Assistance

• What measures of support can be given to SMEs to ensure they are given more capital, and have the most pertinent information for how to get access to this? How can this impact different lengthed/sized facilities?
• How has MIGA approached the government or sub sovereign clients and provided assistance and what would be the successful approach?
• Is there currently a lack of assistance in this area? While it is great to talk about what could help, we need to address what is actually happening. If there is a lack of assistance on emerging technologies and strategies, how detrimental is it to the efforts of closing the African trade finance gap?

New Funding Sources

• What strategies and steps would you recommend for expanding the credit insurance market that could provide guarantees to sellers or banks in Africa, targeting both deep-sea companies and domestic transactions? Is there a role in governments to help secure new funding streams?
• How can TCI backstop corporates and banks to bridge the trade finance gap? Do you have any examples of markets where this has worked?
• Do you have any examples of failed efforts to inject liquidity into the African trade finance market, and how can future sources learn from these failures?
• What is needed for new players to enter the market and provide additional liquidity and financing to African governments, companies, specifically SMEs? How does the industry need to reframe the issue of the African trade market, and move forward with innovative ideas?
• Should we look at accelerating the development of trade finance as an asset class?

Panel Questions and Answers

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