ZCA Online Event: Trade and Commodity Finance: Up for a major global overhaul? – Thursday, September 24, 2020
Banks freeze. What’s next ? Does regulation have to do with it? Fraud in the commodities market: Agritrade, Hin Leong, Zen Rock, Phoenix Commodities, GP Global: too much for the market to bear? Are we in for a Paradigm shift? Who will fund trade? At what terms? Alternative credit providers Digitalization a solution? What about trade & commodity hubs? What does it take to be successful? Is re-onshoring in the cards? Europe fights back? Moderator Harris Antoniou Partner and Member of the Board of Advent Technologies Inc., a leading...
read moreWISTA Webinar: Zero emission shipping – how do we get there? – June 16, 2020
16. June 2020 – 16. June 2020 Map and Directions | Register Description: In April 2018, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted an ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction strategy for shipping. Decarbonizing the shipping industry can be disruptive in terms of cost, introduction of new technology, crew competence requirements and operational patterns. As we are heading towards 2050, the industry will be characterized by an increasing diversity in fuel choices, with a wider range of alternative and carbon-neutral...
read moreHFW, LCTA and ZCA WEBINAR: Shipping and Trading for Metals traders – June 23, 2020
Shipping and Trading for Metals traders: review of key shipping, trading and commercial issues Tuesday, June 23, 2020 2-4pm (CET) In association with the Lugano Commodity Trading Association (LCTA) and the Zug Commodity Association (ZCA), HFW Partners Sarah Hunt, Sarah Taylor and Michael Buisset, together with Associates Anne-Marie Pearce and Caroline West are pleased to invite you to their webinar on shipping and trading for metals traders. Michael Buisset will open the webinar with an introduction on the general developments on the legal...
read moreZCA Online Event: Impact of Covid-19 on trade logistics – June 24, 2020
Trade logistics are the key enabler to the international trade in goods as are related operations, such as border controls and insurance. In the current environment we have seen a significant upheaval in international transportation. We will learn more about the impact of the global pandemic on trade logistics and thus our businesses today, tomorrow and as ‘crisis’ migrates to recovery: The implications on road, air, and sea transportation modes Associated activities – border controls and insurance How the future might look as we move to...
read moreZCA Online Event: How Commodity Trading Companies’ CFOs are coping in the current environment – June 9, 2020
9. June 2020 – 9. June 2020 Map and Directions | Register Description: During the webinar, we will learn about the impact of the global pandemic on trade finance and get insights on how CFOs can navigate in the current environment when: Managing relationships with Financial Partners Maintaining appropriate levels of liquidity Managing credit risk exposure Speaker Mr Guillaume de La Ville Ezpada Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Board of Directors Guillaume brings over 25 years of experience in the international commodity...
read moreZCA Online Event: Challenged oil and gas markets and potential impact on other markets – May 14, 2020
Less than zero. Was the shocking collapse of oil to -$40/bbl in April a harbinger or a fluke? Dr Pirrong will discuss the how the extreme demand shock to the oil market has affected prices and price relationships, and created the conditions that made the West Texas Intermediate futures contract vulnerable to such an epic price collapse – and how strategic behav-iour during the liquidation likely exacerbated greatly the magnitude of that collapse. He will also discuss the potential for similar episodes in the future. Dr Craig Pirrong is...
read moreZCA Online Event: Uncertainty, Geopolitics and the Energy Market – May 27, 2020
27. May 2020 – 27. May 2020 Map and Directions | Register Description: Anyone who thought it couldn’t get any crazier on the oil market was disappointed: For the first time in history, the price of oil on a futures exchange has turned negative. There was a technical peculiarity behind it. But it is also clear that the “historic” deal between Saudi Arabia and Russia has no effect. Gerold Hosp will tell us about the background. Gerald Hosp, NZZ Gerald Hosp was born in Bludenz (Austria) in 1973. He studied economics in Freiburg...
read more9th ZCA Annual General Meeting – May 27, 2020
We are pleased to invite you to the ZCA Annual General Meeting and the following Online Event “Uncertainty, Geopolitics and the Energy Market”. 9th Annual General Meeting Wednesday, 27 May 2020 Program 17.00 – 17.30 – ZCA Annual General Meeting 17.30 – 18.30 – Online Evening Event (please see the separate program) Documents for the AGM – invitation and agenda for the AGM – minutes of the AGM 2019 – audit report/financial statement – annual report 2019 – statutes – flyer for the online evening...
read moreZCA HR Afternoon Event: Cognitive diversity – the DNA of innovation, March 18, 2020
18. March 2020 – 18. March 2020 Map and Directions | Register Description: As a consequence of the increased rate of the Coronavirus spread, Zug Commodity Association has decided to postpone this event. We apologize for any inconvenience caused, but believe the decision is in line with the measures many of us have taken. We are all different – this is what harnessing the diversity of our work-force is all about. However, it is all too easy to focus on “visible” traits on diversity and miss out on...
read moreAddressing Human Rights in Coffee and Cocoa Value Chains – January 16, 2020
You are a coffee or cocoa grower, processor, trader, retailer, or even a financial institution and you want to find ways to better manage potential human rights impacts within your own operations and those of your business partners? OBJECTIVES AND DESIRED OUTCOMES This event brings together the different actors of the coffee and cocoa value chain to strengthen the learning around embedding human rights due diligence, as set-out in the Commodity Trading Sector Guidance on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human...
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