Monday, October 19th, 2020
How can trade banks digitise original documents such as bank guarantees and bills of exchange? How can the use of paper originals be avoided to widen the financing window and to avoid delivery via postal services? How can digital originals be exchanged through banks’ own portals? What are the dDOC specifications? Is DLT finally helping trade banks?
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There are two people left standing for what is either the best, or the worst, job in world trade at the moment – Director General of the WTO: Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee. Whoever wins has a monumental task ahead of them – the previous Director, Roberto Azevedo quit earlier than expected.
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The challenges facing countless small businesses following the COVID-19 pandemic do not need to be reiterated. Everyone is aware of the challenges posed by the lockdown measures, especially as governments brace for the second wave, and the toll this has had.
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ITFA is pleased to welcome the following three institutions to its growing family:
– ABB
– Syndicate 3902 Ark Syndicate
Management Ltd
– Trade Ledger
Friday, September 11th, 2020
I write this opening message with a heavy heart, as under normal circumstances I would be opening this month’s newsletter with one of my favourite topics…our Annual Conference!
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Who could have imagined a few months back the widespread and rampant disruption that Covid-19 would cause. The pace at which the pandemic has spread and the unprecedented lock downs it has caused with almost 60% of mankind now at home, has questioned literally all facets of our work life that were literally a given, less than a few weeks back.
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Banks and insurers say the private credit insurance market, which plays an important role in global trade, is contracting.
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Much has been written about the impacts of Basel IV on trade originators. Similarly, the opportunities offered by the so-called originate-and-distribute model and the growing role of institutional investors have been clearly outlined in various industry papers and articles.
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ITFA is pleased to welcome the following three institutions to its growing family:
– RXIL
– Tinubu Square
– Trade Connect Global Ltd.
Monday, July 20th, 2020
Whilst social distancing is starting to change, in many countries, into social rapprochement, the return to “physical” is still some way off hence our focus, to keep in contact with our members, on organising more and more webinars.
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If you feel like you have over-indulged during lockdown, you probably have. Chocolate, sweets and confectionery, packaging, chemicals and pharmaceuticals and tobacco products are five of the six sectors globally whose trade in 2020 is set to grow according to the Coriolis Technologies forecasts.
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ITFA is pleased to broadcast a podcast on one of the sessions of the Insurance Committee webinar titled: Synthetic Securitizations, held on Friday 12th June 2020.
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