This year marks the 21st birthday of our Certificate for Documentary Credit Specialists (CDCS), which was created in 1999 by BAFT and The London Institute of Banking & Finance to professionalise the practice of issuing documentary letters of credit and checking presentations.
In this podcast our trade finance experts David Morrish and Michael Backhouse look back over some of the highlights of the last 21 years and talk about the role documentary credit specialists play in international trade.
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Episode 1: Celebrating 21 years of CDCS

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Alex Gray, Head of Trade and Transaction Banking at LIBF, talks to James Cook and Jonny Carruthers from BPL Global, and Ozlem Ozuner from Allianz Trade.
In this in-person podcast recording at the LIBF offices, our industry experts provide a background and history of Trade Credit Insurance, discuss technological advancements and embedded finance, delve into E-Commerce innovations, and look forward to the future. 
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Episode 12: Trade Credit Insurance and E-Commerce

In this episode, Alex Gray talks to Klisman Murati, Founder and CEO of Pareto Economics, on the biggest issues the trade industry and wider financial institutions will face in 2022. They focus on the differences between geopolitical and political risk, climate change, supply chains and many more topics.
They also reflect on what they discussed previously in episode four of this podcast back in April 2020 and assess how things have changed specifically around the effect of COVID19.
As discussed in this episode, Pareto Economics latest Global Power Index 2021 Report can be found here - https://bit.ly/3ymh9tA
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Episode 11: What issues will the trade industry face in 2022?

In this episode, Alex Gray, Head of Trade and Transaction Banking at LIBF, talks to Marc Levinson, Author of Outside the Box, about the different stages of globalisation throughout history, the formation of supply (or value) chains and the differences internationally.
Looking to the future, they also discuss COP26 and climate change and how it's impacting supply chains globally.
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Episode 10: The history of globalisation and the intricacies of supply chains, a conversation with Marc Levinson

Alex Gray, Head of Trade and Transaction Banking at LIBF, talks to Natasha Roston, Trade Finance Global, and Mohamed Elnaggar, National Bank of Egypt, on the International Trade Professionals Programme (ITPP).
In partnership with Trade Finance Global, the ITPP enables international trade professionals to write for Trade Finance Global’s award-winning publications. More information here.
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Episode 9: What is the ITPP and what does it take to be successful within it?

In this episode, our Head of Trade and Transaction Banking, Alex Gray, talks to Specialist Consultant Neil Chantry.
To view the webinar of the same name and speakers that precedes this episode go to libf.ac.uk/webinars
Learn more about our trade finance qualifications and get involved in the conversation by following us on Linkedin, Twitter and on Facebook.
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For recertification purposes, this podcast is worth 0.5 CPD hour

Episode 1: Celebrating 21 years of CDCS

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