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Trade Risk Management

Learn how to manage trade risk and protect your business. 

Trade risk refers to the possibility of a customer defaulting on payment, which can have a negative impact on the supplier's cash flow and financial stability. ​

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Our risk management articles will provide you insights of how to manage trade risk to protect your business and best practices of credit risk management.

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What is bad debt and what to do about it?

Learn about bad debt, including its causes and available remedies, how to collect them, and how to prevent them in the future.
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Latest Trade Risk Articles

Risk Avoidance: A Strategic Approach to Protecting Business Stability

Dec 27, 2024

Risk Avoidance: A Strategic Approach to Protecting Business Stability

Learn about risk avoidance, a strategy to eliminate threats entirely. Explore its pros, cons, and how Allianz Trade supports businesses in managing risks effectively.
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Dec 18, 2024

What is a good working capital ratio?

The working capital ratio is a key liquidity indicator to know before launching new activities. Find out more.
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Dec 18, 2024

What is a payment schedule?

Payment schedule is an agreement between the buyer and the seller which defines when and how credit will be repaid. Read to learn more about payment schedules.
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Nov 20, 2024

What is financial risk and how can it be controlled?

Financial risk refers to the possibility of losing money and is an inherent part of any business venture. It can affect the financial stability and business operations of a company. Risk managers and risk professionals must deal with different types of financial risks, many of which are outside their control.
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Nov 20, 2024

What is invoice factoring?

Invoice factoring involves selling unpaid invoices to a third party in exchange for a cash advance. Read to learn more.
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An image of a man explaining what creditworthiness of a company is

Nov 20, 2024

What is creditworthiness?

Creditworthiness is an evaluation of a company's financial reliability and can predict how likely they are to pay you on time.
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Oct 30, 2024

What is gearing ratio, different types of gearing ratio, and how is it calculated?

Gearing ratio is one way to measure a company’s financial health. It involves comparing the company's capital to the amount of money the company has borrowed.
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Oct 22, 2024

How to protect your cash flow from late payer

Discover six effective strategies to safeguard your business from cash flow disruptions caused by late or non-paying buyers. Allianz Trade helps you to identify early warning signs of distressed buyers and explore varying levels of protection against bad debt.
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Sep 17, 2024

The challenge of late-paying B2B customers: an action plan

Businesses now have to wait 59 days on average to be paid for sold goods and services. What approaches can help them offset the impact of such sluggish payment practices?
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Allianz Trade is the worldwide leader of credit insurer in trade credit insurance and offers expert solutions such as accounts receivable insurance, business debt collection, bad debt, trade credit, trade credit management, cash flow management, xol, debtor insurance, collect overdue payments, late payments and unpaid invoices. Our mission is to help customers globally to avoid trade risk, trade wisely and develop their business safely.

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