22 January 2008, CNIT, PARIS LA DEFENSE
Press release - 22 January 2008
Coface unveils its BusinessEnvironment@rating system, founded on its experience in worldwide companies and established for 155 countries.
On the occasion of its annual country risk conference, Coface forecasts slower world growth in 2008 but still above three per cent. A credit crunch as severe as in 2001 seems unlikely at this juncture.
Among the major risks that will bear watching, Coface points to contagion spreading from the American slowdown to the United Kingdom, Spain, and Ireland and warns that the good performance of emerging countries should not obscure speculative bubble risks or business environment weaknesses.
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Country risk on internet
Coface gives you the opportunity to consult their analysis. You can consult the country risk analysis and sectoral risk analysis on our website.
What is the country risk conference?
Country Risk and international strategy analysed by leading economists, political experts and corporate leaders from Europe, America, Africa, Middle East and Asia.
This Conference, organised by Coface for the 12th year, which takes place in the CNIT in Paris, brings together over 1200 participants from business, banks and universities, together with journalists from all around the world. It assists players in the world of international trade in their decision-making on exports and investment.
Throughout this one-day event, renowned French specialists and international experts from banking, business and research organisations provide a review of the past year and examine the major world economic trends and their impact on companies.
Program
9:15 – Introduction
| François DAVID | Chairman, Coface |
9:20 - Are global economic trends threatened by bubbles?
| Nouriel ROUBINI | Chairman of RGE Monitor, Professor of Economics and International Business, New York University’s Stern School of Business | ||
| Michala MARCUSSEN | Head of Strategy and Economic Research, Société Générale Asset Management | ||
| Manu BHASKARAN | Partner and Head, Economic Research, Centennial Group, Senior Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore |
10:25 - Questions - Answers
11:10 – Highlights
| Alexandre ADLER | Management Adviser, Le Figaro |
11:20 - Crisis in the financial markets: are companies threatened?
| Patrick ARTUS | Chief Economist, Natixis | ||
| Jean-Hervé LORENZI | Professor, Paris Dauphine University. Chairman of Cercle des économistes. | ||
| Christian LABEYRIE | Executive vice President. Chief Financial officer, Vinci | ||
| Emmanuel BABEAU | Deputy Managing Director in charge of Finance, Pernod Ricard |
12:20 - Coface operational summary
| Yves ZLOTOWSKI | Chief Economist, Coface |
12:35 - Questions – answers
15:00 – Highlights
| Alexandre ADLER | Management Adviser, Le Figaro |
15:10 - China: opportunity or threat to emerging countries?
| Javier SANTISO | Acting Director, Development Centre, | ||
| Dr Chris ALDEN | Senior Lecturer in International Relations, London School of Economics, |
15:40 - Is there an escalation of geopolitical tensions?
| Walter POSCH | Senior Research Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies EU - ISS | ||
| Nikolay PETROV | Scholar-in-residence at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Moscow Center | ||
| Christophe JAFFRELOT | Director of CERI - Sciences Po CNRS |
16:40 - Coface operational summary
| Yves ZLOTOWSKI | Chief Economist, Coface |
16:50 - Questions – answers
16:55 - Closing speech
| Jérôme CAZES | CEO, Coface |
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The 2007 version of the guide is still available. You can order it on the internet. 