Mercuria partners with Zambia on metals trading venture
Mercuria Energy Group is teaming up with Zambia on a metals trading venture, the latest example of a commodity house partnering with a...
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ECA FINANCE TRAINING
Our 2-day ECA Finance courses cover the fundamentals of ECA financing.
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We introduce the practical and theoretical elements of different products, policies and applications with real life examples from senior professionals. So you get focused information which you can apply directly in your role.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND AND WHY?
Lenders/ ECAs/Financial institutions/Financial Advisors | To gain a greater knowledge of rules & requirements, how to avoid common pitfalls and misunderstandings that can strain relationships with customers
Exporters/Suppliers/OEMs/EPCs | To understand how ECA finance impacts the EPC process from RPFs through to procurement cycle, learn how to accurately assess eligible content for your buyers, and avoid costly problems during the spend cycle that relate to misunderstanding eligibility.
Corporates/Sponsors/Borrowers/Sovereigns | Understand the approval process, compare eligibility requirements among ECAs, study how to maximise ECA financing value, and grasp the myriad tasks necessary to effectively disburse and administer these transactions.
Legal teams | To understand the impacts of ECA financing on credit agreements and be able to better advise clients on compliance as well as understand potential problems commonly found in ECA transactions.
Course Breakdown
DAY 1:
Introduction to ECAs
Buyer credits – Unstructured
Buyer credits – Project finance
Supplier credits, political risk insurance, and other products
| LUNCH |
Content eligibility
ECA policies and standards
The application process
DAY 2:
Disbursing ECA loans
Workshop: Financing an industrial project (group workshop in teams)
Guest ECA speaker (a different ECA in each city will present approval process, products, initiatives, sample transactions)
| LUNCH |
ECA disbursements: Advanced topics
Around the world in ECAs
Multi-sourcing analysis and recent ECA trends
Conclusions
| COCKTAIL RECEPTION |