After much anticipation, Brazil finally received its investment-grade credit rating from Standard & Poor’s in April of this year. A stellar trade performance and strong international commodity prices have been one of the key drivers for Brazil’s economic success story thus far.
Trade Finance Magazine and Euromoney Seminars’ 2nd Annual Commodity and Trade Finance Brazil Conference is an unrivalled opportunity for producers, traders, financiers, lawyers, insurers, consultants and collateral managers to come together to discuss and debate the key issues inside one of the world’s most exciting, dynamic and fastest growing nations for commodity production and trade.
Last year’s inaugural conference attracted over 170 delegates from over 100 organisations, representing the spectrum of professions and sectors including biodiesel, soyabean, sugar, oil and natural gas, metals and mining, aviation, ethanol, construction, milling, petrochemicals and fertilizers amongst others.
This year is sure to be even larger, with Brazil’s now an investment grade economy, structured financiers must become increasingly sophisticated and lateral-thinking if they are to offer attractive pre-export and trade finance to Brazilian corporations and traders. The changing economic environment in Brazil, and globally, makes this event an ideal forum to debate the most pressing concerns of the industry and to network with exactly the right people to drive your business forward.
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How the global credit crunch and the upgrade to investment grade is likely to affect the Brazilian economy and the prices of Brazil’s major commodities
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Export finance out of Brazil: Still just aviation and construction?
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Carbon finance and carbon credits in Brazil
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How environmentally sound is the Brazilian biofuels industry?
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Future biofuels feedstocks to watch and the truth behind the food vs. fuel end-use debate
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The expansion of supply and demand driving Brazilian soybean production
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Financing a changing client: Trade finance for asset producers, hybrid finance for commodity producers and acquisition finance for commodity traders
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Political risks in Brazil and Latin America
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Effective supply-chain management in Brazil
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Weather derivatives and pre and post-crop hedging strategies
The expert line-up of speakers is drawn from some of the world's leading institutions in the field of commodities and trade finance, including:
Luciano Coutinho, President, BNDES - Banco Nacional de Desenvovlimento Economico e Social
James Lambright, Chairman, US Exim Bank
Luis Felipe Schiriak, CFO, Votorantim
Paulo Diniz, CFO, Cosan
Ricardo Espirito Santo, CEO, BES Investimento do Brasil
Nedio Porto, Treasury Manager, EBX SA
Luis Felipe Schiriak, CFO, Votorantim
Paulo Diniz, CFO, Cosan
Giane Ferreira, Cost of Capital and Rating Agencies Coordinator, Finance Department, Petrobras
Marcos Sawaya Jank, President, Unica - União da Indústria da Cana-de-Açúcar
José Maria Bortoli, Founder, Grupo Bom Futuro*
Willy Jordan, Executive Financial Manager, Suzano Papel e Celulose
Nick Robson, Head, Credit, Political & Security Risk, Jardine Lloyd Thompson
Joao Batista, Head of Global Trade Finance, Banco Espirito Santo
Angela Martins, Director, Banco ABC Brasil
Mihailo Zlatkovic, Head of Corporate Banking, Brazil, Standard Chartered Bank
Astar Saleh, Global Head of Trade Finance, JPMorgan Chase
Roger Barends, Director, Trend Bank
Sandra Nolasco, Head Commodities, Brazil, Fortis Bank
Mauro Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Brazil Head, Trade Export and Commodity Finance, Banco Santander
Ricor Fontoura da Silveira Neto, Head of Latin America, Cross Border Structured and Commodity Finance, Banco Real - Santander Group
Christian Ramos, Partner, RZT Advogados
Pierpaolo di Fabio, Corporate Director, Finance, KME Group
Marcelo Franco, Director, Medium and Long-term Business, SBCE
Armando Mariante, Vice President, BNDES*
Erich Michel, Head of Trade Finance, BBVA
Antonio Alves, Regional Head of Trade Finance, Latin America and Caribbean Region, Global Trade Finance Program, IFC
Eduardo Ribeiro, Partner, BSR
Joao Adamo, Managing Partner, Vision Brazil Investments
Andy Howell, Head of Soft Commodities, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Laurence Gomes, Financial and Investor Relations Director, SC Agricola
Martin Schmitz, Director, Commodity Finance, Latin America, WestLB Capital Markets
Andy Duff, Food & Agribusiness Research & Advisory, Banco Rabobank International Brasil
Ian Henderson, Director, Texel Finance
We look forward to seeing you in Sao Paulo this September.
For speaker and sponsorship enquiries: Dominik Kloiber, UK +44 (0) 207 779 8099, dkloiber@euromoneyplc.com