ZCA Evening Event: COVID-19 and beyond: New compliance requirements for commodities trading firms – October 28, 2020
28. October 2020 – 28. October 2020 | Register Description: Compliance has recently become an ever more important topic for commodities trading firms. The recent verdicts of the Swiss prosecutor and the bankruptcies in Singapore have again brought compliance at commodities trading firms in the spotlight of the attention of banks, counterparties, and other stakeholders of commodities trading firms. The focus of this event is on how to organize, set-up, and operate a state-of-the-art compliance function at commodities trading firms of...
read moreZCA/HFW Seminar: Shipping, Trade Finance, Sustainability and Sanctions – November 10, 2020
10. November 2020 – 10. November 2020 Map and Directions | Register Description: HFW and ZCA come together once again to offer the shipping and trading community in Zug a seminar covering some of the most interesting and pressing issues in the shipping industry today. The seminar will open with a presentation on effective enforcement of international awards in China by Chris Chan. Michael Buisset will then examine the impact of a recent case of the MV Eternal Bliss, in which the Court awarded cargo damages in addition to demurrage,...
read moreZCA Online Event: Trade and Commodity Finance: Up for a major global overhaul? – Thursday, September 24, 2020
24. September 2020 – 24. September 2020 Map and Directions | Register Description: 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? ...
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
23. June 2020 – 23. June 2020 Map and Directions | Register Description: 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...
read moreZCA Online Event: Impact of Covid-19 on trade logistics – June 24, 2020
24. June 2020 – 24. June 2020 Map and Directions | Register Description: 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...
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
14. May 2020 – 14. May 2020 Map and Directions | Register Description: 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...
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
27. May 2020 – 27. May 2020 Map and Directions | Register Description: Dear ZCA Member, 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...
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