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Conference success in Rome and Beijing

01 December 2006

Building on the success of previous years, record numbers of people attended the Trade Finance Magazine and Euromoney Seminars joint venture conferences in Rome and Beijing in the month of November.

Trade and Export Finance in China – Beijing
Both foreign and domestic banks, in addition to traders, exporters, law firms, government agencies and insurers, came together to continue the success of Trade Finance and Euromoney Seminars' Asian events at the 2nd Annual Trade and Export Finance in China Conference at the Crowne Plaza Beijing on 29-30 November. Over 160 attended the two day event.

The conference, sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank, was opened by chairman Willem Klaassens, managing director, head, commodity corporates, Greater China and Japan and began with a panel discussion on the positioning of foreign banks in Chinese trade and export finance. Featuring bankers from across the spectrum of trade banking, the panel was moderated by Godwin Chang, regional head of export finance Asia at Société Générale. Despite falling pricing, foreign banks continue to have great expectations, and all are confident of their ability to differentiate themselves from their...


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