Down to Earth
Networking
Teaming up
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WHAT'S NewS Issue 5 May 1997
Corporate Division in Sydney recently hosted the Asia Pacific
Rim Trade and Commodity Finance Conference.This first
Rabobank International conference to be held in Australia
attracted a total of 23 delegates from our offices in Bangkok,
Beijing, Hong Kong, Utrecht, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore,
New York, Shanghai,Taiwan, Vietnam, New Zealand, Sydney,
Brisbane and Melbourne.
PRAKTISCH
NETWERKEN
|pgg.- Corporate Division in
Sydney heeft onlangs
haar eerste Rl conferentie in Australië
georganiseerd, over commodity finance.
23 afgevaardigden uit 15 kantoren kwamen
daarvoor naar Sydney. Volgens Jan Remie
leverde de conferentie vooral op het gebied
van netwerken veel op. De deelnemers
werden ook het binnenland ingevlogen
waar zij een kijkje konden nemen bij de
katoenoogst en op een typisch Australische
schapenfarm.
ginning operations. As the cotton was
being harvested, it was a most opportune
visit. The cotton picking was followed by
a visit to the Henderson's property at
Scone to show the delegates an Australian
sheep property.
To complete the visit in a single day, a few
small planes were hired. Colly has a dirt
landing strip and some delegates thought
that there must have been an emergency
which was forcing the planes to land on a
road! After some quick explanations, their
panic was overcome and they then firmly
gripped their seats until the landing was
completed.
'The conference proved to be an important
networking forum for the participants who
were able to discuss developments in trade
and commodity finance in the region as
well as developing the Rabobank Group's
capacity to handle 'both ends'of a trade
finance transaction,' says Jan Remie, vice
president and senior area manager Asia,
International Trade Finance.
Agricultural commodities/goods are a
significant part of Australia's exports,
with an ever increasing volume being
purchased by countries in the Asia Pacific
Routine road landing...
Rim Region. During the conference,
Rabobankers from these regions had an
excellent opportunity to see first hand
where many of their countries imports
originate.
COTTON PICKIN'
Corporate cliënt Colly Cotton Limited
and rurul division clients Susan and Alan
Henderson made an interesting field trip
possible. The day started with a visit to
Colly's extensive cotton growing and
Risk managers from all over the network met
on 14 and 15 April for the Market Risk
Control Conference at Weybridge (UK).The
conference was organized by Central Market
Risk Control (CMRC).This department
monitors risks linked with the trading
activities of Rabobank International.The
conference's main objective was to develop
a shared vision of the role of Market Risk
Control (MRC).One of the most provoking
issues was whether a risk manager should
move from a pure controller function
towards a more consultative role.
MRC Conference participants in Weybridge.
The Rl Trade Risk Management team recently signed The Greenery
International B.V.toa contract for a credit insurance, covering an insured
turnover of two billion NLG.This giga conctract means a stable, long
term solvability free source of commission incomefor Rl as
intermediary.Those involved in closing this deal were Hetty Sluijs and
Maurice Doppert of Trade Risk Management, and Jacob van Dijk from
the Food AgribusinessTeam.
