The Global Commodities Finance Conference is the world’s largest gathering of commodity producers, traders and structured financiers concerned with trends in the pricing and financing of international raw material flows.
This year, with liquidity tightening and a backdrop of unprecedented economic uncertainty, it is more important than ever that the commodity community comes together to discuss deal flow, opportunities and sectors of interest. Moreover, there exists the opportunity to work together to source new business and to develop firmer structures that can mitigate risk in such a market.
Margins are widening and this is no surprise. As with any counter-cyclical industry, a global recession presents massive opportunities for structured commodity financiers. The key is to understand where those opportunities are and how to price and mitigate the inherent risk.
Key speakers this year include:
Jim Lennon, Executive Director, Macquarie
Kevin Rhodes, Finance Director, LN Metals
Fareed Mohamedi, Partner and Head of Markets and Country Strategies, PFC Energy
Jeremy Penn, Chief Executive, The Baltic Exchange
Toby Cohen, Director, Czarnikow Group Ltd.
Jaime Teke, Global Head of Structured Finance, Noble Group
Robert Petritsch, Head of Finance, Australian Wheat Board
Alexander Regnault, Structured Trade Finance Manager, Nidera
Frédéric Wenger, Director of Soft Commodities Research, Noble Resources S.A.
Oliver Polcher, CEO, Metalcorp Group
More than 50 industry-leading experts will present and debate on key topics including:
- Global traders discuss their reactions to the credit crisis and depressed commodity prices
- Bank risk appetite: what volumes and types of deals can we expect over the coming year?
- Preserving margins: Exchange rate protections for producers in high volatility environments
- The implications of the combined effect of lower commodity prices and reduced credit from both the bank and trader perspective
- Understanding recent developments in the shipping industry and how they affect commodity prices
- How long can oil price volatility be expected to last and what does it mean for the overall economy?
- What are the medium to long-term impacts of the short-term liquidity crisis in the mining sector?
- Is Basel II the problem or the solution?
- South-south trade flows: How China & India are driving a redefinition of global trade
- The Annual Global Heads debate
Testimonials:
“Great agenda, excellent networking. GCF remains THE structured commodity finance conference”
-David Willman, Shell Trading
“The delegate list is a real who's who for our business”
-Andy Howell, SMBC
“Fantastic networking opportunities, substance and momentum”
-Rafael Gomes, Exclusive Analysis Ltd
“The place to be for gathering a consolidated view on globally emerging views on STF/CF”
-Ramani Venkataramani, Coal and Oil Group, Dubai
“Current comment and strong debate. Networking is clearly the winning point”
-Stuart Ball, Commerzbank
Euromoney Seminars and Trade Finance Magazine’s 6th Annual Global Commodities Finance Conference provides the world’s foremost forum to learn from and network with the most experienced and savvy players in the sector: a who’s who of the industry.
As the saying goes, “A 10 year old could do commodity finance, so long as he had 30 years of experience”. Never has the saying been truer than now. And never has this conference been more important and prescient.
We look forward to welcoming you in Geneva in June.