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Corporate Treasurer Panel How much FX? – the impact of centralized treasury functions on FX activity Strategic vs. transactional – the view of the board on FX How is risk measured an analyzed in the corporate treasury FX space? Best practices in covering the growing need for more operational resources - recruitment or outsourcing? Strategies when investing in technology to deliver more real-time analytics to define and help combat FX exposures Moderator: Eva Szalay, Editor, FX Week Panelists: Jonathan Woodward, Head of Asia Pacific - Transactions Sales, Thomson Reuters Edoardo Sirtori, Group VP, Head of Treasury, Asia, STMicroelectronics Gopul Shah, Director, Corporate Treasury and Structured Trade Finance, Golden Agri-Resources

TXF Singapore 2018 conference:  Risk Management and the future of the APAC commodities market  TXF Singapore 28th February  2018 CONSOLIDATION AND COMPETITION: RISK MANAGEMENT AND THE FUTURE OF THE APAC COMMODITIES MARKET  Is the commodity market beginning to confront a new, less profitable reality?  What does the future of the APAC commodities market look like?  Should the move towards consolidation and scale be a cause for concern?  How will small and medium-sized traders fare in an increasingly competitive and sometimes low margin industry?  Can they be entering these more in lockstep with risk mitigation experts such as insurers and collateral managers?  What lessons can commodity producers learn from the recent bear market and is diversification into commodity trading a viable option for them?  How can technology be used to reduce risk and improve monitoring and control? Stephan Jansma, Global Head of Structured...

Keynote panel discussion prep bullet points by Gopul Shah @ GTR Asia Finance week – 04 September 2018, Singapore: Regional flows, patterns and the outlook for growth:  The truth behind Asian trade With GTR having recently embarked on various initiatives seeking to cover the data and gain insight into a global trade at a national, regional and global level, this discussion session will share the findings within an Asian perspective before considering the following talking points: • Is the market more buoyant at present? Have intra-regional trade levels helped fuel this optimism? Does deal flow reflect this? • Have changes in US trade and economic policy impacted on liquidity levels in the Asian market? What effect has this had on pricing? • How competitive are Asian goods and services globally? How significant is currency depreciation? What are the key industry sectors to watch? • To what extent have innovations in technology and developments around areas such as blockchain ...

GTR Asia Singapore 2018: 04 September 2018: Interview prep bullet points, Gopul Shah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0shlj1a8WX0 1. What are some of the key trends in trade financing you are seeing currently in terms of emerging markets, disruptive technologies and innovation in financial solutions? o Increasingly, Structured supply chain financing solutions are replacing conventional trade financing structures. Banks want transparency and control over physical commodities, cash, transaction and title over goods which Supply chain finance solutions provider. While customers also want to monetize their working capital assets competitive cost of funding. o The hyper-interaction of technology, digitization, tech-giants, social media, and millennials is now dynamically shaping the supply chain, banking, enterprise strategy, and its leadership. o Block-chain, cloud storage and computing, geotagging of assets, crypto-currencies, artificial intelligence, and r...