Country and sector assessment is one of Coface’s key areas of expertise and enables international trade players to further secure their transactions. Coface provides country assessments for 155 countries, assessing the average level of risk associated with a country’s companies in connection with their short term commercial transactions and closely measures how the related financial commitments are influenced by the country’s economic, financial and political outlook.
Coface Global Credit Opinion System
Country Risk and Economic Research
Coface continuosly monitors 155 countries using a spectrum of indicators incorporating political factors; risk of currency shortage and devaluation; ability to meet financial commitments abroad; risk of a systemic crisis in the banking sector; cyclical risk; and payment behaviour for short term transactions,
Coface’s country and sector assessments are available online free of charge.
Country Risk Conference
Country Risk Handbook
Coface’s yearly Handbook of Country Risk provides up-to-date analysis of the risks involved in trading with 155 countries, giving each one a unique country risk and business climate assessment. The guide will be of value to those making export and international investment decisions; finance managers responsible for credit risk and debt collection; trade finance professionals and organisations involved in trade development.
Every quarter, Coface produces a magazine for its clients and economic commentators, to inform them of developments in international trade techniques and assess the upgrading and downgrading of country and sector risks worldwide.
The 2011 Coface - UK & Ireland Country Risk Conference 'Opportunities in Trade' took place on 8th June at Emirates Stadium, London.
The Coface Group Country Risk Conference took place on Monday January 17th 2011 at Carrousel du Louvre, Paris. Details are available on the Conference website.
