Friday, November 5th, 2021

As we announced in our communication of 6th October, ITFA responded to the “Dear CEO “ letter sent out by the UK Regulators on 9th September 2021 and asked for clarification on some of their guidance. A copy of the Regulator’s letter is here and our response is here.

Monday, November 1st, 2021

Dr. Joanna Burch-Brown of the Philosophy Faculty of Bristol University and the opening speaker at our 2021 Annual conference, has been invited to deliver a prestigious lecture at the Royal Institute of Philosophy. So impressed was she by her conference experience that she has chosen to speak on the philosophy of green finance, the subject of her conference presentation.

Monday, November 1st, 2021

ITFA is pleased to announce that Coriolis Technologies is delighted to be running a third, virtual conference between the 8th and 12th November 2021.

Monday, November 1st, 2021

Today is an important day in the EU’s regulatory agenda with the publication of two pieces of draft legislation intended to implement the remaining elements of the Basel Accord on Banking regulatory capital: the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR3) and the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD6).

Wednesday, October 27th, 2021

The transition to risk free rates away from LIBOR affects market standard documentation such as the Master Participation Agreement widely used for distribution of trade assets. ITFA, BAFT and law firm Sullivan & Worcester have therefore produced amendment agreements to the 2008 and 2018 English law master participation agreements and the 2010 and 2019 New York law versions as well as amended versions of the full agreements.

Friday, October 15th, 2021

After three years of effort and numerous negotiations with insurers, banks, law firms and brokage firms, ITFA has released a Basel III policy form which elevates policy wordings and enhances market efficiency based on an original policy form developed by Willis Towers Watson.

Friday, October 15th, 2021

Trade Finance Global (TFG) has just launched its new ‘Trade Finance’ app on iOS and Android. With over 160,000 monthly readers, TFG launched the Trade Finance app to help the trade community make sense of the world of international trade and finance.

Wednesday, October 13th, 2021

Following the growing request at the event last week, GTR, as proud partner of ITFA, would like you to have access to read the latest GTR + SCF supplement – GTR’s first ever annual supplement dedicated entirely to the increasingly popular financing technique, packed with in-depth reports from the editorial team and a wealth of contributed content from partner institutions.

Monday, October 11th, 2021

ITFA has partnered with Deutsche Bank and international law firm Sullivan, to publish the 3rd Edition of ‘A Guide to Receivables Finance.’

Wednesday, September 29th, 2021

There is just one week to go to this year’s edition of the 47th ITFA Annual Conference, which is being held between 6-8 October in Bristol. If you haven’t registered yet, please click here. Moderated by Katharine Morton – TXF, another interesting panel session which will be held on Wednesday 6th October at 4:30pm is titled: Springboard or marking time? Prospects for stability and recovery in a post-pandemic world.

Tuesday, September 28th, 2021

Since our last detailed update during the virtual AGM in December 2020, the Insurance Committee (“IC”) has continued its regulatory work in order to defend the interest of the ITFA members in view of the proposed implementation of the BCBS recommendations for the adaptation of the Basel rules in European law (so called Basel 4 or Finalised Basel 3).

Monday, September 27th, 2021

Starting on Wednesday October 6th at 9am, delegates are invited to attend a series of 4 sessions on strategic technology-driven industry developments. Following our earlier communication, we are delighted to introduce two additional ones.