Newsletter September 2009

Introduction - Raymond van der Loos

Welcome to the new edition of Atradius Collections Customer Newsletter. As the summer is coming to an end, we are all gearing up for the second half of what has so far been a turbulent year. With the general economic outlook still quite bleak for the rest of the year, there are nevertheless some encouraging signs across some of the markets.
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Effective Debt Management - All You Need to Know On Our New Websites - www.atradiuscollections.com

We are proud to present our new global and local websites, which have been enhanced in functionality and content to bring more value to our customers and make our online environment as user friendly as possible.
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Meet Industry Experts

Atradius Collections is always on forefront of the developments within the credit management sector. To keep our customers up-to-date we have made a brief calendar with events that we are organising or participating in.
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Number of collections cases still on the rise, but value decreasing

While the number of cases handed for collections by Dutch companies has increased significantly (54%) compared to the second quarter of last year, the rise in total value of debt collections handed over was less dramatic - 22% in Q2 2009 compared to Q2 2008.
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From the Desk of Our Chief Economist Economic Outlook: Rocky Recovery

We are experiencing an unusually deep global recession.
The recession gained in severity during the first quarter of 2009. Consensus forecasts show that all major markets, and virtually every region of the world, will experience an economic contraction during 2009. Downturn in developed economies is being aggravated by a deceleration of growth in most emerging markets.
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