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Asia Corporate Payment Survey 2020: COVID-19 will overturn last year’s incipient recovery

07/01/2020

After a 2019 that was dominated by trade tensions between the United States and China, Coface has observed an incipent recovery in Asia (excluding China), supported by supply chain shifts and additional liquidity from the US Federal Reserve.

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Are corporate balance sheets in Spain and Italy ready for the COVID-19 shock?

06/23/2020

Although the second quarter of 2020 is shaping up to be the most challenging period of the year, there are now good reasons to think that the road to recovery will be long and arduous. Despite immediate tax deferrals, liquidity guarantees, it is likely that many firms will find themselves in difficulty.

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Business insolvencies in Europe: amendments to legal procedures temporarily postpone due dates

06/16/2020

Many European countries have temporarily amended the legal framework of default procedures to help companies deal with the crisis, postponing growth of insolvencies in Europe.

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Country and Sector risks Barometer - June 2020: From a massive shock to a diversified recovery

06/08/2020

Coface forecasts that the recession in 2020 (a 4.4% drop in world GDP) will be stronger than that of 2009. Despite the recovery expected in 2021 (+5.1%) – assuming there is no second wave of the coronavirus pandemic – GDP would remain 2 to 5 points lower in the United States, the eurozone, Japan, and the United Kingdom, when compared to 2019 levels.

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China Payment Survey 2020: Payment delays will increase further because of COVID-19

06/02/2020

In the context of weaker activity in China due to the health crisis, Coface’s latest survey on business payments in China shows a deterioration in payment behaviour in 2019.
66% of surveyed companies reported payment delays. The length of payment delays remained stable at 86 days in 2019. Nevertheless, sectors that have been hit the most by lockdown measures will have to delay payments in order to survive in 2020 and the number of corporate insolvencies should increase.

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02/04/2020

Paris - France CRC 2020

Organised in France, this conference will take place in Paris.

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Country Risk Conference in Switzerland 2020
10/29/2020

Country Risk Conference in Switzerland 2020

Upcoming CONFERENCE in Switzerland

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swiss export day 2020
11/17/2020

swiss export day 2020

Upcoming CONFERENCE in Switzerland

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