ITFA German Regional Educational and Networking Event

The ITFA GRC is pleased to announce its Fall Educational Seminar on Short Term Trade Finance Coverage Programmes by ECAs on Tuesday, November 12th, 2024 at UniCredit Bank GmbH, Arabellastr.12, 81925 Munich.
 
Details of the event:

12:30 pm – 13:45 pm CET – Registration, light lunch offered by Unicredit GmbH and networking session.
                        
13:45 pm – Welcome by Marco Iannaccone, Head of Client Solutions in UniCredit GmbH (Munich) and by Thomas Krieger, Head of Trade Risk Distribution, Commerzbank AG & Chairperson of ITFA GRC Board

2:05 pm – “Setting the stage:  Risk challenges for short term trade finance in Emerging Markets” -Michele Pra, Head of Correspondent Banking Client Management Germany, UniCredit Bank GmbH (Munich)

2:30 pm – “Credit Confirmation Risk Cover offered by Euler Hermes (Germany) – structure of the product, market response, current considerations regarding a possible future modification to reach a process optimization” – Andreas Gehring, Product & Innovation Manager, Euler Hermes AG (Hamburg)
Q&A
 
3:45 pm – Coffee Break and networking

4:15 pm – “Letter of Credit Solutions of ECAs from a European perspective” / Short intro presentations: 
Ulrika Berggren, Gruppchef för Middle Office, EKN The Swedish Export Credit Agency (Stockholm)
Lea Lintunen, Senior Adviser, Trade Finance and Country Risk Management, Finnvera plc (Helsinki)
and subsequent panel discussion together with Euler Hermes (Andreas Gehring) around the short term trade finance (LC) programmes regarding volumes, focus, challenges, market demand etc.
Q&A

Closing remarks

6:00 pm – ITFA Christmas Dinner at the MÜNCHNER STUBN, Bayerstraße 35 – 37, 80335 München.
 
REGISTER
 
Registration is now open exclusively for ITFA Members, with a maximum of two senior market participants per member institution. Please confirm your attendance via the online form, indicating whether you will attend the Seminar, the Christmas Dinner, or both, no later than November 8th, 2024.
 
We would like to take the opportunity to thank UniCredit Bank GmbH (Munich) in advance for hosting the seminar.

For sustainability reasons we recommend to travel to Munich by train.
 
As always, we do hope you enjoy the events we promote.