First of all, we take the opportunity to reiterate that any information provided will be kept in strictest confidence. Results will be presented on an aggregated level and will not be traceable to the individual responses you provide.

Secondly, we want to emphasise why such information is important. It will be used as a negotiation tool when discussing different topics with our regulators. Having such data at hand will assist us in convincing the regulators that they should listen to us, ITFA and Forfaiting professionals, when proposing the setting up of new rules for the international trade. Our opinion will only be given the desired attention if we are able to quantify our arguments, and provide meaningful statistics.  The results of this survey will be fed into reports and statistics to be presented to the very highest echelons of international policy and rule makers and represents a unique opportunity to boost the status and understanding of the importance of the forfaiting and the trade finance industry.