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Page 1: Global Commodity Trade Finance Conference 2015...EVENT OVERVIEW GLOBAL COMMODITY TRADE FINANCE CONFERENCE 2015 O Alexander Peters, Chef Fnancal Ofcer Sahara Grou Board Drector S Coodt

Global Commodity Trade Finance Conference 2015Lugano, Switzerland | Lugano Convention Centre September 29, 2015 Post-event Report

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2%

CORPORATES & TRADERS

BANKS & FINANCIERS

NON-BANK FINANCIERS

GOVT ORG & PUBLIC BODIES

INSURERS & RISK MANAGERS

LAWYERS

SOLUTION PROVIDERS

MEDIA

CONSULTANTS

ECAS & MULTILATERALS

OTHER

39%

19%

7%

6%

6%

6%

6%

3%

3%

3%

SECT

ORS

REPR

ESEN

TED

IN 2

015

AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, FRANCE, GERMANY, IRELAND, ITALY, MONACO, RUSSIA, SWITZERLAND, TURKEY, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM, SOUTH AFRICA, UNITED STATES, SAUDI ARABIA

PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDEES BY REGION IN 2015

3% 93% 1%3%

2015’s VITAL STATISTICS

COUNTRIES REPRESENTED

15COMPANIES

REPRESENTED

116DELEGATES ATTENDED

188

GTR’s Global Commodity Trade Finance Conference 2015 returned to Lugano in September to provide timely insight on the condition of the global trading market and the challenges faced, both in local markets and further afield.

Reflecting on Switzerland’s role as one of the world’s leading commodity trade hubs, the event saw high level business leaders come together to explore the possibilities of strengthening links and encouraging growth within the global commodity market.

Global Commodity Trade Finance Conference 2015

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“Very much focused on today’s issuesthat concern many of the participants,which makes it so interesting.”E Egorova, Drum Risk Management

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“Good choice of topics discussed duringthe panels, with a high quality of speakers.”A Attanajio, PWC

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●● Alexander Peters, Chief Financial Officer, Sahara Group; Board Director, Swiss Commodity Club

●● Alexandre Vieira, Portfolio Manager, Galena Commodity Trade Finance Fund, Galena Asset Management

●● Andy Howell, Assistant General Manager, SMBC

●● Christian Hendriks, Deputy CEO, Garant Insurance Company

●● Declan O’Brien, Chief Executive Officer, Barak Fund; Riparian Commodities

●● Dmitri Gainullin, Director, Structured Trade Finance, Credit Suisse

●● Duncan Preston, Director, Trade Finance, EMEA, Cornerstone Global Commodities

●● Edoardo Giudice, Chief Executive Officer, Fluent

●● Franco Citterio, President, Ticino for Finance, Director; Ticino Banking Association

●● George Bellord, Director, BPL Global

●● Gordon Sparrow, Executive Director, Global Transactional Services, Westpac Institutional Bank

●● Gregor Boyd, Senior Associate, Clyde & Co

●● Guillaume Arditti, Founding Partner, Belvedere Advisory

●● Kaustubh Joshi, Director Corporate Banking, Standard Chartered Bank

●● Konstantin Nagorniak, Head of Execution, Granum-Invest

●● Luca Albertoni, President, Swiss Chambers of Commerce and Industry

●● Mario Messerschmidt, Global Head, Structured Commodity Trade Finance,Commerzbank

●● Matija Barudzja, Sales & Origination, Enet Energy

●● Marco Carbone, Finance Director, Riviera Marine

●● Leonardo Monopoli, Founder, CFS Commodity Finance Solutions

●● Matteo Somaini, Finance Manager, Duferco

●● Nicolas Sanchez, Executive Board Member, Geneva, EFA Group; Trade Finance Fund Manager

●● Otilia Dhand, Senior Vice-President, Teneo Intelligence

●● Pepi Bedi, Head of Structured Trade and Commodity Finance, SMBC Europe

●● Philip Jan Kok, Investor Sales, Trafigura

●● Philip Prowse, Partner, Clyde & Co

●● Robin Wittering, Partner, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners

●● Simon Tyler, Senior Associate, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

●● Stéphane Graber, Secretary General, Swiss Trading & Shipping Association (STSA)

●● Urs van Stiphout, Chief Executive Officer, KMU Factoring

●● Zhann Meyer, Africa Head, Global Commodity Finance, Nedbank Capital

2015’s SPEAKERS INCLUDED

“A very useful platform for networking,as well as getting a valuable snapshot oftrade related activity on a global basis.”Z Meyer, Nedbank

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Banks & Financiers

AIS Suisse

Alessandria International

Attijariwafa Bank Europe

Banco dello Stato del Cantone Ticino

Bank Leumi

BNY Mellon

BSI Bank

China Construction Bank Corporation

Citi

Commerzbank

Corner Bank

Credit Suisse Group

Deutsche Bank Switzerland

Jordan International Bank

Nedbank

Raiffeisen Bank International

Standard Chartered

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe

UBS Switzerland

Westpac Banking Corporation

Zuercher Kantonalbank

Corporates & Traders

Agri Finance

Atrafin

Allied Services

BG Group Plc

Bulk Trading

Bunge

Cargill

CNH

Coeclerici

CRIF

Damnus

Delta Steel Group

DP Trade

DSS International

Duferco

EASTEEL

EFA Group

Enet Energy

Flame

Flint Hills Resources Sàrl

Fluent

Globalsource

Grain Trading

GRV-AGRO (Prometey Group)

Hercules Commodities AG

Integral Petroleum

Interfer Edelstate Haudelsge

JSC Severneftegaz

KazMunayGas Trading

Koch Fertilizer Trading

Luda Commodities

Mercurius Resources

MOS Metal Steel

MRI Trading

OREXIM

Red October International

Riviera Marine Switzerland

Sahara Group

Simpson Spence Young Switzerland

Swiss Mena Commodities

Telf

Trafigura Group

Trasteel

Wave Swiss

Uni Coal

Lawyers

Clyde & Co

Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners

Norton Rose Fulbright

Toriello

Non-Bank Financiers

Barak Fund Management

Cornerstone Global Commodities

Granum-Invest

INOKS Capital

KMU Factoring

Receivables Exchange

SCCF Structured Commodity & Corporate

Finance

Tiberius Group

ECAs & Multilaterals

Saudi Export Programme Saudi Fund for Development

Media

Corriere del Ticino

Giornale del Popolo

Independent

RSI

SHIPTOSHORE

Ticino Management

Tribune de Genève

Consultants

Belvedere Advisory

Bongani Consulting

CFS Commodities

Deloitte Switzerland

Drum Risk Management

Farner Consulting

Global Trade Advisory

Platinum Administration

PWC

Rosemount Consulting Partners

Solution Providers

Accuity Trade Technologies

Govt Orgs & Public Bodies

Cc-Ti

Citta di Lugano

Lugano Commodity Trading Association (LCTA)

NTL Trust

Swiss Trading & Shipping Association (STSA)

Ticino for Finance

Zug Commodity Association

University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainable

LeadershipInsurers & Risk Managers

BPL Global

Euler Hermes Switzerland

Galena Asset Management

Garant

GFL Makler und Beratungsgesellschaft

IBC Insurance Broking & Consulting

Malakut Insurance Brokers

Ropner Insurance

Teneo Intelligence

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“A great way to meet people from the wholemarket, whom we would not easily meet otherwise”R Verlyck, Garant Insurance

188 DELEGATES ATTENDED 2015’s CONFERENCE REPRESENTING THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES

“Great place to exchange expertise, market information, opinions and forecasts. Events organised by GTR are like GT-R among cars: an industry standard, something to strive for.”K Nagorniak, Granum Invest

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POLLING RESULTS GLOBAL COMMODITY TRADE FINANCE CONFERENCE 2015 WWW.GTREVIEW.COM

FEATURED POLLING RESULTS 1/2

Do you believe compliance/regulation will continue to affect your business?

98%Yes

No 2%

The current geopolitical environment and low commodity prices will remain difficult for:

Are commodity finance banks adapting appropriately to the new needs of traders/producers and the new market?

5%Less than 1 year

1– 3 years

More than 3 years

51%

44%

Credit

KYC

Not at all

22%

53%

25%

Increased

Decreased

Remained the same

58%

21%

21%

77%

12%

11%

Yes, banks are reacting well

No, banks are acting slowly and without the

flexibility needed

No better and no worse than in the last 10 years

When deciding where to base your operations, to what extent do new technologies (eTrading, eBill, electronic presentment, EDI etc.) feature in your decision processes?

Do you think certification of sustainable production of commodities should be included in the Credit Approval or KYC process?

How has your activity in Russian and Ukrainian markets changed in the last 18 months?31%

22%

47%

Not a priority for the next three years

Plan to adopt/implement in the next three years

Already using or in process of implementing

“A great gathering of stakeholders from the commodities industry with relevanttopics and practical, useful and wellconducted sessions.”K Joshi, Standard Chartered Bank

“The mix of participants and topics givesan idea of the current sentiment in the tradefinance industry.”G Blum, BNY Mellon

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FEATURED POLLING RESULTS 2/2

Where do you see the price of WTI crude at the end of the year?

Less than US$30/bbl

Between US$30-50/bbl

More than US$50/bbl

74%

17%

9%

How much impact (time/money/effort) do you expect evolving compliance requirements to have on business going forward?

33%

63%

4%Minimal, the worst is behind us

Significant but manageable now we know this is

the new normal

Prohibitively high to the extent of being a

barrier to trade

Yes

No

Do not know

16%

16%

68%

Do you see non-banks taking market share from traditional trade finance bank within the next 3 years?

Are we likely to witness an increase in the number of banks saying they are unable/unwilling to participate in certain transactions?

Yes

No

To a degree 27%

63%

10%

Does financial speculation in the commodity futures markets drive returns and volatility?

Have the regulators got it right?

69%

31%Yes

No

66%

26%

It has a significant impact

The impact is marginal

It does not affect the returns and volatility of the

underlying commodity8%

“Excellent event. Covered a wide range of current issues and topics. Also the live polling of delegates worked very well”A Howell, SMBC

“Well organised, with an interestingcombination of discussions about hottopics for the sector, conducted byvaluable professionals”M Somaini Duferco

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SILVER SPONSORS

ORGANISING PARTNER NETWORKING BREAK SPONSORLUNCH SPONSOR

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS

MEDIA PARTNERS OFFICIAL PR PARTNER

CO-SPONSORS

2015’s CONFERENCE WAS SUPPORTED BY

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JOIN GTR ON SOCIAL MEDIAOfficial conference hashtag: #GTRGCF

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Grace O’Dwyer-Smith, Head of Sales & Business Development EMEA & Americas [email protected] +44 (0)20 8772 3008

SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES

Jeff Ando, Head of Conference Production [email protected] +44 (0)20 8772 3015

MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES

Lamide Ojutalayo, Marketing Assistant [email protected] +44 (0)20 8772 3011

As the world’s leading trade, commodity and export finance publisher and event organiser, GTR offers sponsors and advertisers unrivalled exposure and profiling among their peer and client groups. GTR can offer various appealing options that would strategically and effectively help raise the profile of the partner, and offer a highly effective platform with which to showcase its capabilities and mission.

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Il 29 settembre 2015 si è tenuta la seconda edizione della GlobalCommodity Trade Finance Conference al Palazzo dei Congressi diLugano che ha registrato la partecipazione di oltre 200 professionistidel settore provenienti da tutto il mondo. L’impulso organizzativo epropositivo della Lugano Commodity Trading Association (LCTA) è statoancora una volta essenziale per porre la piazza economica di Luganosotto i riflettori dei principali attori attivi nel commercio di materieprime a livello mondiale.

La Global Commodity Trade Finance Conference (29.09.2015) ha dato lapossibilità a commercianti internazionali (traders), banche e assicurazioni,compagnie di spedizione nonché policy makers di prendere parte ad unadiscussione significativa sui temi principali e attuali che incidono sulcommercio internazionale globale, con particolare attenzione agli sviluppidell’industria privata ma anche alle dinamiche di vari Paesi e Governi chegiocano un ruolo fondamentale nello scacchiere internazionale. Temacentrale è stata l’evoluzione del mercato delle materie prime.

Secondo Marco Passalia, Segretario Generale della Lugano CommodityTrading Association (LCTA), “questa conferenza mostra che la piazza di Luganoha ancora un enorme potenziale da sfruttare. L’interesse verso questo evento aLugano è cresciuto in maniera enorme nel giro di un paio d’anni. Ciò rispecchia ildinamismo del settore e dell’associazione: in meno di 5 anni siamo riusciti ad

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zxy Il settore del commercio di mate-rie prime, e quello delle attività fi-nanziarie collegate, il trade finan-cing, si trova in Svizzera ad unpuntodi svolta. Lo ha indicato StéphaneGraber, segretario generale delleSwiss Trading & Shipping Associa-tion (STSA) nel suo intervento allaGlobal Commodity Trade FinanceConference, svoltasi ieri a Lugano emoderata da Luca Albertoni, diret-tore della Camera di commercio delCanton Ticino. Un comparto impor-tante per il Ticino, terzo centro sviz-zero con Zugo e Ginevra, come haricordatoMarco Borradori, sindacodi Lugano: 90 società operanti nelcantone, 1.300 addetti qualificati, unimportante gettito fiscale, una lungatradizione sottolineata da FrancoCitterio, presidente di Ticino for Fi-nance e direttore dell’Associazionebancaria ticinese. Tuttavia le nuovetendenze indicanounospostamentodelle attività dall’Europa verso Du-bai e Asia. Fra le cause il diminuitolivello di liquidità fornito dalle ban-che, la presenza semprepiùmarcatadegli investitori asiatici, la crescenteregolamentazione in Europa e negliUSA. Per la Svizzera, poi, giocano leincertezze sulla Riforma 3 delle im-prese e le iniziative antispeculazio-ne.Ma laSvizzera rimanecomunqueun protagonista globale, nel tradingcome nello shipping, che richiamasocietà dall’Europadell’Est, dall’Asiacentrale e dalla Cina, e verso cui siaffacciano anche i nuovi operatoriafricani. Del resto, accanto ad altre

materie prime, la Svizzera è leadernel trading di caffè, cacao, zuccheroedaltre soft commodities.Graber si èsoffermato sugli aspetti normativi.Gli operatori svizzeri non si oppon-gono ad unamaggiore trasparenza etracciabilità, ma chiedono alle auto-rità un approccio pragmatico e solu-zioni non penalizzanti in termini dicosti ed adempimenti burocratici.Una sessione dei lavori è stata dedi-cata agli aspetti finanziari, rilevandoun atteggiamento più cauto dellebanche, ancheper l’introduzionedeicriteri di Basilea 3 ed un’avversioneal rischiochedanneggia inparticola-re le piccole società.Da notare il risultato di un panel cir-ca i fattori che condizionano la loca-lizzazione di un trader: la questionefiscale sembra non essere dominan-te, rispetto ad un quadro non iperregolamentato, alla presenza di per-sonale altamente specializzato, ladisponibilità di liquidità, un sistemabancario efficiente e tecnologieavanzate. È stato anche discusso ilgrande potenziale dell’Africa sub-sahariana, ancora frenato da que-stionimonetarie,politiche,procedu-rali e da carenze di infrastrutture,così come il caso Russia dopo le vi-cende ucraine e l’imposizione dellesanzioni. «Le relazioni degli opera-tori ticinesi con la Russia non hannorisentito né delle sanzioni né del de-prezzamento del rublo. Russia e Ci-na restano iprincipalimercatidi rife-rimento per la LCTA», ha dettoMar-coPassalia, segretariogeneraledellaLugano Commodity Trade Associa-tion (LCTA).

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