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Deutsche Bank - FI Bulletin Issue No 10
Deutsche Bank - FI Bulletin Issue No 10
Deutsche Bank - FI Bulletin Issue No 10
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Trade Finance for Financial Institutions
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The revised URDG are aimed to innovations, as a result of the “multi page” guarantees which are
be more creative and clearer, more development of practice and the time-consuming to handle and to
precise and more comprehensive need to avoid disputes, feature in manage for all counterparts.
than the old URDG, thus improving URDG 758. An example is the new
their worldwide acceptance rule that proposes a substitution of In summary, the new URDG 758
between commercial partners in currencies when payment in the have definite advantages
guarantee business. currency specified in the guarantee compared to the old rules.
becomes impossible. Deutsche Bank as one of the
Clearer - URDG 758 adopt the leading banks in global guarantee
drafting style of ICC’s universally The “URDG 758 package business will support and assist all
accepted Uniform Rules for approach” - The new rules are its partners in business, corporate
Documentary Credits by bringing accompanied by a model clients as well as financial
together the definitions of terms in guarantee and counter-guarantee institutions. In particular we will
one article. form. Experience shows that a promote all efforts to make
comprehensive ready-to-use guarantee wording clearer and
More precise - Some standards in package that combines both the shorter and to reduce contents to
URDG 458 left a margin for rules and model forms is more the necessary, thus leveraging the
individual interpretation. This was conducive to harmonised new URDG 758 to gaining
particularly true for the terms practices. efficiency and standardisation.
“reasonable time” and “reasonable
care”. The new URDG have What matters most ICC releases guidelines on
excluded all imprecise standards sanction clauses in trade
with an aim to foster certainty and Clear drafting is the linchpin of related products
predictability. successful international demand
guarantee practice. Using the new
More comprehensive - URDG URDG 758 model guarantee form Daniela Hinkens
758 cover important practices can level the playing field and Director
previously omitted, such as: avoids misunderstandings. As Operational Risk
The advice of a guarantee such, it will hopefully significantly Management
Amendments curb the tendency in recent years daniela.hinkens@db.com
Standards for examination to re-characterise demand
of presentations guarantees as accessory
Partial, multiple and suretyships – or the reverse. The Background
incomplete demands embedded model guarantee shall
Linkage of documents also give guidance to all Over the last few years, banks
Transfer of guarantees participants in guarantee business have increasingly included
Full treatment of counter- to focus on the essentials as far as sanction clauses in trade related
guarantees the content of a guarantee is transactions (letters of credit,
concerned. It clearly aims to documentary collections and
Innovative - A number of reduce excessive wording and
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Staff Announcements
Leveraging his extensive Sales approval and ensure that all
knowledge will not only foster the structuring options are considered.
dialogue between Sales and FI- Katrin has a degree in Banking &
Risk but also support our growth Finance. Besides being fluent in
Norbert Ackermann has been objectives. Norbert is a valuable English, she speaks German and
appointed as addition to our Risk team and will Russian and has knowledge of
Head of Trade strengthen and proactively drive French. Most recently she
Finance, Financial the Risk function. completed the GTB Trainee
Institutions (TFFI) Program, where she broadened
Country- and her experience in many GTB
Counterparty Risk. areas, notably in Trade Finance.
Norbert previously Amongst others, she completed
headed the Trade Katrin Freiberger joined the TFFI/ training in Trade Advisory,
Advisory Team – Central Region in -Country and Financial Supply Chain
Frankfurt after holding various Counterparty Risk Management and Structured Trade
roles within the Bank’s Trade team in May 2010. and Export Finance, as well as
Finance organization. With more Katrin will Cash Management Corporates and
than 20 years in Trade Finance he contribute to Capital Market Sales in Moscow.
brings in a wealth of experience to further strengthen
his new assignment. the team’s efforts
in transaction
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