Event News


ITFA Annual Conference – Announcing one of the Speakers – Mr. Etienne Welgemoed

Monday, August 20th, 2018

The ITFA Board is delighted to announce that Mr. Etienne Welgemoed, from Ernst and Young, will be one of the speakers at this year’s ITFA Annual Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. The session Etienne will be presenting is about New standards in accounting and how it will affect the trade finance market: IFRS 9.

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Five Fintechs on stage in Cape Town – a unique opportunity

Friday, August 10th, 2018

”At present, $9 trillion of trade finance is coming from banks, and so far, only a negligible additional amount from institutional investors. This compares with a $29 trillion corporate bond market which is predominantly financed by institutional investors”, said Christoph Gugelmann, co-founder and CEO of trade finance investment marketplace Tradeteq.

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Announcing the ITFA Conference speakers in Cape Town

Wednesday, August 8th, 2018

The ITFA Board is excited to welcome you at the ITFA Conference in Cape Town. With only a few weeks to go, the excitement is mounting and we are all looking forward to a very fruitful few days, in what will be our very first ITFA Conference taking place in Africa.

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Announcing the ITFA Conference speakers in Cape Town

Tuesday, August 7th, 2018

The ITFA Board is excited to welcome you at the ITFA Conference in Cape Town. With less than one month to go, all final preparations are falling into place. We are pleased to announce that Andrew van den Born – Willis Tower Watson, will be moderating the insurance panel session titled: ”Credit Insurance in Africa and beyond: A view from the private and public […]

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Project, ECA & Structured Finance Middle East & Africa 2018 – 6/7 November 2018

Monday, August 6th, 2018

Following ITFA’s agreement with GFC Media Group, the ITFA Board is pleased to announce that it has secured discounted passes to Project, ECA & Structured Finance Middle East & Africa 2018, which is being held at InterContinental Festival City, Dubai between 6th and 7th November 2018.

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SAVE THE DATE – ITFA GRC event, 22 November 2018 – Munich

Monday, August 6th, 2018

The ITFA German Regional Committee (GRC) is organizing its Fall workshop on Thursday, 22 November, 2018 in Munich. This event is for ITFA Members only, with a maximum of 3 senior market participants per Member institution. An RSVP address will be provided once the invitation email is sent out some time in September.

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Announcing the ITFA Speakers – 45th Annual Conference 2018

Tuesday, July 31st, 2018

With only one month to go to the ITFA Annual Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, the ITFA Board is pleased to announce that André Casterman, Chair ITFA Fintech Committee, will be moderating the panel session titled: ”The 2020 Trade Finance landscape – how FinTech will help us transform and grow African and cross-border business.” […]

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Fintech focus in Cape Town – Trade as an Investable Asset Class

Thursday, July 26th, 2018

Trade finance is a reliable and low risk asset class and should be looked upon favourably by regulators, industry stakeholders and institutional investors.”, said Daniel Schmand, Chair of the ICC Banking Commission and Global Head of Trade Finance at Deutsche Bank.

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ITFA Annual Conference, Cape Town – Announcing the Speaker – Mr. Félix Prévost

Tuesday, July 24th, 2018

The ITFA Board is delighted to announce that Mr. Félix Prévost from HSBC will present one of the sessions at the  ITFA Annual Conference in Cape Town, South Africa titled ”Basel IV: Levelling the playing field.”

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One month to go till ITFA 2018!

Monday, July 23rd, 2018

Join delegates from Deutsche Bank, Afreximbank, Bank of America, Standard Bank, Willis, First Rand, Sumitomo, Bank of China and many, many others from the worlds of trade and supply chain finance, insurance and fintech at the highlight of the trade finance calendar: ITFA 2018.

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Introducing the ITFA Conference Speakers – Peter Mulroy and Vinod Madhavan

Tuesday, July 17th, 2018

With the ITFA 45th Annual Trade and Forfaiting Conference just around the corner, the ITFA Board is delighted to announce that Peter Mulroy from FCI and Vinod Madhavan from Standard Bank, will be heading one of the sessions in Cape Town, South Africa. This joint session is titled ”Supply Chain Finance – New Perspectives and […]

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ITFA 45th Annual Conference, Cape Town – Networking Sessions

Friday, July 6th, 2018

At this year’s ITFA Conference in Cape Town, South Africa (4-6th September 2018) two of the afternoon sessions will be dedicated wholly to networking. On Tuesday 4th September and Thursday 6th September, half-hour table slots will be available from 2:30pm onwards for dedicated networking opportunities using the ITFA Networking Portal.

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