Advanced Structured Trade & Commodity Finance

The trainer had a highly successful, long and varied “fast track” career in Lloyds Bank which led him to a very senior management position in the bank’s private banking and wealth management division at an early age. He was then “head hunted” to join a merchant bank at the main board director level. He now has over 40 years of trade finance experience.

The trainer has been a freelance trade finance training consultant since retiring and is currently an external Master Trainer at HSBC, where he has delivered major trade and structured trade finance-related courses. He has also taught similar programs at the Bank of China.

He is a highly adaptive, hands-on and highly sought-after trade finance trainer who always receives excellent feedback from delegates. He is comfortable training at any level of seniority and experience, from “black belts” to novices. In addition to his trade finance specialism, his expertise includes but is not limited to Commodity Risk Management, Trade Finance, Regulatory Compliance, FCC & AML and all aspects of Corporate, Private & Retail Banking. He is also a highly experienced soft skills trainer and has completed numerous “train the trainer” assignments.

• Enhance and develop an advanced knowledge of today’s Commodities markets, participants, lending structures, risks and mitigants, as well as innovation trends.
• Appreciate the challenges of the risk of managing physical commodities all along the value chain including producers, merchants, processors/consumers as well as the various stakeholders.
• Appreciate the options for an appropriate degree of due diligence
• Recognise that the risk profile and the due diligence requirements can be omitted by counterparties, the context, the value chain and the lending structures.
• Recognise and understand fully the relative strengths and weaknesses of structured deals (from bilateral transactional to more complex syndicated facilities).
• Recognise the pros and cons of technology innovations and solutions in STCF – Blockchain, DLT, AI & Machine Learning.
• To understand that structured commodity trade finance as a risk mitigant is all about creating the right balance between risk and reward.

• Redcliffe is a long-established business and is a leading provider of commodity finance webinar training. We have a highly successful track record stretching back over 20 years.
• Redcliffe has earned the appointment by two of the world’s biggest trade finance banks as a preferred supplier with Master Trainer status. This ensures we are able to keep pace with up-to-date changes in the marketplace.
• Redcliffe has also been invited to deliver this workshop to both the IFC & the World Bank, GSIBS, ECA’s (including Attradius & Oracle) large, medium and small institutions as well as several state-sponsored development bodies. These clients have widely differing needs and risk appetites so we really do know our markets and the specific needs of those that operate within them.
• We don’t use academics – all our trainers are hands-on practitioners with vocational experience at a very senior level.
• Our course is designed to help delegates ‘hit the ground running’ and add value immediately to their roles upon completion of the training.
• We are always judged by our results and our training feedback has been consistently excellent.
• Our structured trade and commodity finance course director has over 40 years of structured trade and trade finance experience and is a hands-on “black belt” who will add value by relating his own experiences.
• We have developed highly interactive and very enjoyable case studies to enhance the learning points. All delegates report that these are a high point.

At an advanced level, we consider what structured trade finance actually means in practice and to what extent it can be applied. Most lenders have only three or four broad client segments; Global and Investment grade clients, large corporates, the rest and SMEs. When it comes to structuring, each sector requires a different approach because risk and reward characteristics vary considerably.

Commodity markets have seen unprecedented price fluctuations in recent times making the sector much more challenging. Several previous market leaders have withdrawn from some sectors completely. Our course will attempt to deal with these challenges and ultimately recognise that the whole sector remains inherently riskier than it was.

This highly interactive structured trade and commodity finance training webinar will examine and explain the key concepts involved in structured trade and commodity finance at an advanced level. It is not a suitable workshop for beginners.

Whether you seek a refresher or a detailed overview, we are certain our commodity finance webinar can help you and will help add value to your skill set.