TXF Risky Business Podcast

The Risky Business podcast analysis country risk around the globe. For more information on our unique ratings, go to www.txfnews.com/countryrisk.

 

In this episode, Dan interviews Rebecca on all things Asia-Pacific, from Belt and Road, to terrorist risks in Philippines and Indonesia, to elections in Pakistan.

The Risky Business podcast analysis country risk around the globe. For more information on our unique ratings, go to www.txfnews.com/countryrisk.

 

Post-election, what will Erdogan’s continued policies to consolidate power mean in terms of international investment opportunities in Turkey? Should we expect a wait and see policy for the coming months? What does the election mean for Turkey, and for European partners that are asking an increasing amount from the country against a background of the migrant crisis and troubles in the Middle East? 

Getting banks, regulators and investors to understand trade funds better is key to trade evolving as an investible asset class. Aidan Applegarth, owner and managing director of Bankingwise, a trade services consultancy is perturbed by the lack of support from the banks and the fact that the market has potential to grow as long as it’s not viewed as one-size-fits-all.

Amber Case is author of ‘Calm Technology’, a book about designing for your attention and designing better technology that works with and not against you, that makes good use of your attention. Katharine Morton sits back and chats with the ‘cyborg anthropologist’ about the wider applications of calm technology for finance and trade. Don’t race to digitise.

Robert Frank, global head for insurance and risk mitigation at Gerald Metals, spoke to TXF about the CPRI market, the digitisation myth and how having multiple brokers keeps them on their toes.

When it takes the same amount of time to underwrite the risks of a power station as a letter of credit, something had to give. Chris Hall, Senior Underwriter, Liberty Specialty Markets discusses Toredo, a web-based platform which moves trade credit insurance underwriting into the digital era.

Amid potential changes to PRA regulations, IFRS accounting standards, and sovereign risk exposures, the trade credit insurance landscape will have to evolve. Gary Lowe, head of the credit insurance desk at Standard Chartered, gives his take on these regulatory constraints and what buying trade credit insurance in a post-Brexit world will look like.  

Trade finance is becoming an asset class and there’s an evolving regulatory landscape with Basel IV and PRA changes. Marilyn Blattner-Hoyle, head of supply chain and trade finance at AIG, talks to TXF about the growing pressures for lenders to use the private insurance.

In a time of geopolitical uncertainty, how are private insurance underwriters planning ahead for the future and what challenges and opportunities are key risk hot spots presenting to them?

This episode brings you an excerpt from the opening ‘Country Risk Review’ panel discussion at the recent TXF Political Risk & Trade Credit Insurance conference. With a focus on Turkey, Russia, Angola, Zambia, Mexico and Brazil, this panel comprised of insurance underwriters and risk experts provides an in depth analysis of the key global risk trends.

Panellists:
Nick Kilhams, Senior Underwriter, Chaucer Syndicates
Peter Jenkins, Head of Political & Credit Risk Team, Brit Syndicates
Alexia Ash, Senior Consultant, Economics and Country Risk, IHS Markit
Rebecca Harding, CEO, Coriolis Technologies Limited
Moderator: Dan Sheriff, CEO, TXF

Citi extended its participation in the GTLP this summer almost a decade after its inception. TXF spoke with John Ahearn about the importance of the programme.