"Financing and mitigating risks for commodity cargoes in transit or in store in Asia, Africa & Europe"

There is heightened competition in the commodity trade finance sector, given a continuous growth in commodity trade flows into Asia along with banking regulations. All of this is boosting the increased use of structured inventory financing in the region that is further driving the traditional commodity financiers to make a comeback even as newer Asian entrants make headway.

In recent years there have been a number of problems with frauds using warehouse receipts and inventory finance, and most recently the Qingdao scandal resulting in hundreds of millions dollar losses, affecting a number of large international banks and also a major international trading house.

This conference – a first in Asia, especially timed after the Qingdao scandal covers areas such as collateral management, warehouse receipts and related issues. Leading structured commodity trade financiers share key insights on how banks facing huge challenges in financing commodities in warehouses or in-transit can mitigate fraud risks.

Key Highlights

• Latest techniques and innovations in Warehouse Finance and Collateral Management
• Current Warehouse Finance issues in China: Answers to ‘what went wrong?’
• Best Practices of Reliable Risk Assessment along the Supply Chain: How to avoid risks?
• Strategizing Effective Inventory Management: Understand risks in a credit context
• Risk Mitigation in Collateral Control Structures within Commodity Trade Transactions
• Political and Credit Risks in Current Commodity Trade & Finance Markets

• Dan Day-Robinson, Executive Director
  Swiss Futures & Options Association
• John MacNamara, Global Head
  of Structured Trade Finance
  Deutsche Bank AG
• Mr. William Shaw, Managing Director
  Texel Asia Pte Limited
• Mr. Willem Klaassens, CFO
  Clearsource Pte Ltd
• Vincent Lecadre, Chief Financial Officer, Asia
  Socar Trading
• Mr. Nick Brown, Head of Inventory & Structuring
  - Structured Trade Finance
  Australia & New Zealand Banking Group
• Julien Moreau-Pernet, Head
  of Structured Inventory Finance Asia
  ECT Commodities (inviting)
• Andre Soumah, Chairman
  ACE Group -Audit Control & Expertise SA
• Steve Capon, Regional Manager, Political Risks & Credit, Asia Pacific
  ACE Group
• Mr. Chris Sturgess, Director
  JSE Limited
• Makiko Toyoda, Product Lead, Global Warehouse Finance Program
  International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• Mr. Jean Saint-Geours, Economist,
  Trade and Competitiveness
  International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• Dr.Yasmin Saadat, Product Lead - Structured Trade Finance, Global Trade & Supply Chain Solution
  International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• Aleksandr Belozertsev, President
  Alexandra Inc
• Ms.Elena Egorova, Head of Projects
  Drum Commodities
• Mr.William Shaw, Managing Director
  Texel Asia Pte Limited
• Matthew Cox, Partner
  Dentons

All of the above leading structured commodity trade financiers and global speakers will give their expert insights and identify ways to overcome challenges related to collateral risks as well as help you uncover risk mitigation solutions.

You should think about attending if you are trade financiers, structured trade finance professionals, commodity trading firms, risk managers, collateral managers, professional advisers, lawyers & service firms.

This half day post conference workshop will provide a comprehensive perspective on the following key aspects of inventory and commodity trade finance:

• Legal briefing: title, security, pledge in detail
• Overcoming legal obstacles up-country
• Case study: what can go wrong with an SCTF transaction
• Case study: a warehouse receipts fraud

The workshop will be led by:

• Dan Day-Robinson, Vice-Chairman, Swiss Futures & Options Association
• John MacNamara, Global Head, Structured Commodity Trade Finance, Deutsche Bank
• Matthew Cox, Partner, Dentons