“the most important Receivables Finance Conference in Europe." Bertrand de Comminges, Managing Director, Global Head Trade Finance Investments, Santander Asset Management at Grupo Santander The 23rd annual Receivables Finance International Convention (RFIx23) is the industry’s leading event, attracting delegates from across the globe; bringing together market leaders and new entrants; providing an essential update on the latest invoice financing trends, market challenges, and financial innovation; as well as excellent networking opportunities.
RFIx23 was organised by BCR Publishing, the world’s leading knowledge provider in receivables finance.
Panel session: Addressing the challenges of developing the market for trade receivables assets
There are still huge challenging in bringing non-trade investors to the market for receivables, not least educating them about the reduced risk factors and defining the assets. This session will discuss progress in addressing these issues and what still needs to be done, plus the huge rewards in terms of additional liquidity and risk distribution to be gained. • Progress on standardisation – improving settlement and liquidity definitions • Tackling investor education improvement – how do investors currently consider risk? • Exploring the legal challenges of trade receivables securitisation • To what degree can securitisation be automated and the advantages of digitalisation • Is tokenisation really happening and could it facilitate new investment models? • Addressing the challenges for ratings agencies in making the asset class more eligible for investors
Panellists: Moderator: Sean Edwards, Managing Director, Head of Legal – EMEA, Special Adviser – Global Trade Finance Department, SMBC Bank International; Chairman, ITFA Panellists: Guy Brooks, Managing Director, Head of Distribution, Working Capital Finance, Pemberton Asset Management Christoph Gugelmann, CEO and Co-Founder, Tradeteq Nick Stainthorpe, Partner, Reed Smith Abis Soetan, Director, Fitch Ratings Dr Antonia Symeonidou, Operations Manager, Real Economy Fund