TXF Americas 2017

From Latin American mass-urban transportation projects such as the Lima Metro and Santiago Metro and the construction of mega cities in Colombia, to road, rail, air and port infrastructure projects in the US, this panel brings to
light successful projects and pits them against failures.

The vast spaces of land between Argentina and Canada present huge prospects for new and ongoing agricultural production. Can supply meet current levels of demand? How
can producers ensure this is integrated sustainable supply chains? What are the key environmental challenges that
can impact the market, such as global warming’s effect on supply of food or cotton production?

In the wake of last year’s TXF Best Americas ECA Finance Deal of the Year, the US$500M Seabras-1 Cable Project between Sao Paulo and NY, we look at the lessons learnt, and beyond to financeable projects that lie ahead

The last ten years has seen an increase in US domestic traders. This panel will discuss their fnancing requirements
and plans for the medium to long term. How do they see growth in the US and Latin American market? Will new trading houses enter the space left by bigger banks leaving the market?

The shipping market has slowed in response to the commodities slump, but it remains a crucial industry in need of ECA solutions. Will the cruise market continue to be buoyant? How will commodity prices continue to affect shipping? What are the needs of the major customers for cruise and ship finance? What are the market prospects
going forward?

What tools are most attracting corporates today and what
do they want from trade and supply chain fnance solutions
(SCF)? How are they optimising their liquidity and what has
the take-up and success of SCF been in North and South
America? What developments and innovations are banks and providers bringing to the table to assist corporates in meeting their working capital goals in a more efcient and costeffective process? And are large buyers adequately leveraging their credit rating in support of smaller suppliers? This session takes a holistic look at working capital optimisation to get guests up to date with the latest tools at their disposal.

Industry leading exporters from different sectors across Asia, North America, Latin America and Europe reveal common challenges and opportunities in key markets across the Americas

Are customers ready for blockchain solutions in the US? Do they want it? Is it mobile ready? Is it even possible in Latin
America? Do we have legitimate proof of concepts? How will these save time and increase efciency?

How are European and Asian ECAs providing coverage for their nations exporters and investors across Latin America. What is the role of Brazilian agencies, BNDES, ABGF and also Bancomext in Mexico? Who is doing local currency fnancing and where? What is the current positon of US EXIM?

As financial technology increases its foothold on corporate management of cash, supply chains and credit, we examine what benefits FinTech can offer corporates in the run up to 2020 What do future models look like? And what has been successful so far? The latest and greatest is pitted against the tried and tested across the evolution of letters of credit, digitisation of documents, distributed ledger, blockchain SCF solutions and data driven decision making.

Private risk insurance, what can they do that ECAs can’t? Venezuela and Argentina? Learn which deals the private market are doing and why? Where is the private market going that ECAs are reluctant to tread? What tenors are available from the private sector for projects? When to go ECA first, when to go private first, and when to blend between them? Are more banks getting with the programme?

This panel examines the development finance initiatives of global and Latin American institutions and how they aim to get more projects of the ground. Which industries and countries are highest priority? What environmental and sustainable factors have to be met to ensure funding?

Are renewable projects in Latin America financeable or too small? What role can green bonds play? Is this interesting to capital markets? Where are the primary opportunities in the US and Canada for renewables projects, and what can banks do to ensure profitable involvement?

Local and regional banks gather to discuss financing across Latin America and how they can compete and collaborate to get more projects of the line. Which markets are adequately supplied by local banks? Which require international funding?

This panel examines growth markets for project fnance across the region, with a focus on what borrowers are looking for, their attitudes to ECA and agency financing. Opportunities for international exporters, and how these can be financed?