ComRisk 2017 – Global Commodity Risk Management Forum, 16-18 May 2017, London

The ITFA Board is delighted to inform you that it has managed to obtain 2 passes at 50% discount for ITFA members to attend the ComRisk 2017 – Global Commodity Risk Management Forum, which will take place between the 16-18 May at Regents Park Marriott Hotel, London.

We are pleased to announce that the 2 passes at 50% discount available to ITFA members will be on a first come first serve basis.  Moreover, any other registrations made by ITFA members will be at a 10% discount. In order to register for the discounted passes and benefit from the ITFA discounts, please send an email on alexiavella@itfa.org. Please keep in mind that these offers are not available in conjunction with any other offers and are eligible for new registrations only.

For its second edition, ComRisk 2017 will line up 35+ risk expert speakers from the metals, agri and oil & energy industries. ComRisk will not only look at the commodity trading risk management scope as a whole but also include streamed sessions. Discover the focus areas and why they will benefit you.

Who will you Meet:

• From mining, oil producing, agri products producing companies, and utilities CFOs, and Heads of Sales, Finance, Trading, Financial Risk Management, Market Risk and Hedging Strategy;
• From oil & energy, metals and agri products trading houses CROs, CFOs, COOs, and Heads of Risk Management, Middle Office, Front Office, Trading, Hedging, Operations, Credit Risk, Market Risk, Trade Finance, Finance, CTRM systems and Compliance and Financial Regulations;
• From commodity consuming companies, including food production companies, airlines, transportation companies, etc. and Heads of Procurement, Commodity Risk Management, Finance, Purchasing and Hedging Strategy.

What’s in it for you?

• Hear about how to establish a true risk culture with the adequate framework to support it;
• Get the latest updates on the softs, metals and oil & energy markets, to allow you to assess where the opportunities and challenges lie;
• Learn more about market risks and ways to mitigate them through a more efficient use of technology;
• Get a sense of the challenges surrounding emerging markets, per commodity, to help with business decision making;
• Hear about financial risks and how companies are managing and mitigating them, so that you can take some ideas away for your own financial risk plan;
• Get very practical tips on how to improve your procurement and commodity risk planning, to optimise your profits;
• Be able to tailor your counter party risk plan in line with the findings of the credit risk specialists panel that will include representatives from banks and insurance companies;
• Have the latest updates on the regulatory changes impacting the commodity trading sector, including MiFID II, trade sanctions and anti-money laundering measures, so you can know what is expected of your company to comply.

Moreover, to view the Agenda please click here, and for any further information please visit the event website.

As always we do hope that our ITFA members make the most of the additional benefits that ITFA is bringing to them through such collaborations.