ITFA – Introducing the Chairman of the Senior Panel Discussion in Warsaw – Anurag Chaudhary

With the ITFA 43^rd Annual Trade and Forfaiting Conference fast approaching, the ITFA Board is excited to announce that all preparations are well underway. To register on-line, to view the conference programme and for any other informative details, please click here.

At the ITFA Annual Conference, Anurag Chaudhary (Managing Director and Global Head of Trade Distribution and Syndication – Citibank London) will chair a Panel comprising of seniors from trade to discuss:

1.     Trade Overview:

• Their views regarding international trade business over the next 2-3 years
• What changes they are expecting in the trade industry over the next 2-3 years?
• How do they perceive regulatory and compliance requirements effecting trade business?
• Impact on Basel-II and Basel-III regarding trade business

2.     Role of Distribution:

• What role does trade asset distribution/syndications play in overall bank’s trade business/strategy over the next 2-3 years?
• Senior management preference for unfunded and/or funded risk participations? And Why?
• Is trade distribution a revenue (help improve trade business returns) or cost center at your bank?
• Are they looking at transaction level liquidity or overall liquidity of trade assets?

3.     Supply Chain:

• Is Supplier Finance a growth engine for trade business overall? And why?
• How do they perceive the Supply Chain market will evolve in the future?
• What role do they expect Trade Distribution to play in Supplier Finance business going forward?

4.     Alternate Investors:

• Their views regarding expanding investors to Non-Banks/ Alternate Investor
• And how do we, as an industry, approach Alternate Investors?
• What kind of trade assets/structures should we be approaching these investors?

The senior panel from the industry will consist of the following;

• Baihas Baghdadi – Global Head of Trade – Barclays London
• John Monaghan – Global Head of Supplier Finance – Citi New York
• Gerhard Schipp – Head of Product Management Trade & Supply Chain Finance – Commerzbank Frankfurt
• Robert O’Donoghue – Global Head of Receivables and Payables Business – ING Bank Amsterdam
• Clive Higglesden – Global Head of Trade Products – Lloyds Bank London

We look forward to this discussion and to welcoming Anurag and the rest of the senior panel in Warsaw.