Learn about trade finance for your trading business.

The Basics of Financing

· What is financing - The best way to understand financing is to look at a financing agreement

· Who are the parties involved - The financier and the trading business directly but also the suppliers and buyers of the business indirectly

· Understand the interest rate - Interest Rate as a Risk Premium

· The Four questions financiers ask - What do you want and why? How are you going to repay the debt? Why should we believe you? What if you fail?

Financing Solutions for your trading business

· Categories of finance - Unsecured lending, trade finance, asset finance and property finance

· Business suitable for trade finance - performance risk versus finished products

· Solutions - Stock finance, invoice discounting, purchase order finance.

How to improve your prospects of securing trade finance

· Understand the state of business development - start up, growth and mature businesses

· Separation of Business and Personal Interests - clear distinction

· The Three Metrics Financiers Use - Solvency, Profitability and Liquidity

· Mitigating Risk - Supply Chain Risk. Business Continuity Planning

How to be finance ready

· Analyze the trade cycle - Understand your capital need, trade duration, cost of finance and impact of debtor payment performance

· Get your Ducks in a Row - Prepare you documents re suppliers, buyers and the business.