Education


S & W Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar – 22 November 2018, London

Monday, November 12th, 2018

In collaboration with Sullivan & Worcester, ITFA is pleased to invite you to yet another Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar entitled: ”Insurance and finance case law update”. This seminar is going to be held on Thursday 22nd November 2018, at New Broad Street House, 35 New Broad Street, London, EC2M 1NH, UK. Registration and breakfast are at 8:15 am followed by the seminar from 8:45 till 10:00 […]

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Invitation to ITFA members to attend the ITFA Educational Seminar, London – 10 December 2018

Thursday, November 8th, 2018

Following the success of last December’s Educational event, the ITFA Board is pleased to again host an educational seminar titled ‘Wrapping-up 2018 and rewriting 2019?’’

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ITFA Young Professionals Seminar and Networking Drinks, London – 29 November 2018

Monday, November 5th, 2018

The ITFA Young Professionals initiative is delighted to announce its end of year event, which will take place on Thursday 29 November and will consist of an educational seminar and a networking session targeted at our ITFA Young Professionals community.

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SERC & ITFA Insurance Committee Event, Paris – Presentations and Photos now on the ITFA website

Tuesday, October 16th, 2018

On the 10th October 2018, the ITFA Insurance Committee held another interesting seminar in Paris with about 70 attendees. In four short presentations, underwriters and brokers led the audience through the different options banks have to mitigate their risks originated from trade finance and transaction banking through cooperation with insurance companies. The speakers were; Silja Calac […]

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Global Supply Chain Finance Forum takes decisive step in clarifying SupplyChain Finance

Monday, October 15th, 2018

Joint announcement – ICC, BAFT, EBA, FCI, ITFA Following the release of Standard Definitions for Techniques of Supply Chain Finance in 2016, the Global Supply Chain Finance Forum is taking another decisive step in clarifying Supply Chain Finance.

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Insuring Short Term Trade Finance Conference, London – 27 November 2018

Friday, October 12th, 2018

The ITFA Board is pleased to inform you about the upcoming event; Insuring Short Term Trade Finance conference. This event will be held on 27th November 2018 in London. We are also pleased to announce that Lora Pillow, ITFA Deputy Chairperson and Head of Communications and Memership, will be speaking at this event.

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ANZ / ITFA – Trade as an Investable Asset Class – organised by ANZRC and Fintech Committee

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018

ITFA and ANZ are delighted to invite you all to a technology-focused session on market developments in trade finance. This event is organised jointly by the ITFA Fintech Committee and by the ITFA Australia and New Zealand Regional Committee.

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Updated BAFT English Law Master Participation Agreement

Tuesday, September 11th, 2018

Following BAFT’s announcement on the 4th September 2018 regarding the release of the updated English law Master Participation Agreement (MPA), ITFA is pleased to advise you that the new form is now available to ITFA members in the Member Area of our website.

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ITFA Insurance Committee Seminar, Paris – 10 October 2018

Monday, September 10th, 2018

The ITFA Board is pleased to inform you that this year it will be organizing an Insurance Committee Seminar which is being held on Wednesday 10 October 2018 from 14:00 till 17:30 hrs at the premises of Credit Agricole CIB, 12 place des Etats – Unis, 92120 Montrouge, France.

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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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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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S&W Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar – 24 July 2018, London

Friday, July 6th, 2018

In collaboration with Sullivan & Worcester, ITFA is pleased to invite you to yet another Trade Finance Breakfast Seminar entitled: “Trade and Export Finance: How can careful drafting in documents remove or mitigate risk of regulatory non-compliance?” This seminar is going to be held on Tuesday 24th July 2018, at New Broad Street House, 35 New Broad Street, London, EC2M 1NH, UK. Registration and breakfast are at 8:15 am followed […]

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