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Soft Commodities Trader
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Metals Trader
Purchasing commodities from Africa, the US, and Europe and selling to Europe, a metals trader required a receivables finance facility for a book of their receivables/customers.
Energy Trading Group
An energy group, selling mainly into Europe, desired a receivables purchase facility to discount names, where they had increased sales and concentration.
Clothing company
Rather than waiting 90 days until payment was made, the company wanted to pay suppliers on the day that the title to goods transferred to them, meaning it could expand its range of suppliers and receive supplier discounts.
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Student Writers Hub – Trade Finance Global
Congratulations on being accepted onto the Trade Finance Global student writers programme! We are delighted to have you on board, and look forward to working with you over the coming months to turn you into international trade and finance experts.
Next stages
Read our guides
We’ve put together a guide for the structure of posts. Read the guide, check out our post templates and example posts
Choose a topic
We’ll give you the flexibility of choosing your own topic and subject, but we will give you some ideas to get you started.
Draft your post
We would ask you to confirm the topic and subject, and then leave you to send us your first draft post for review
Get Published!
Your post will then get published across all of our platforms and you’ll be showcased to our thousands of readers
Timelines:
Month | Deadline to agree topic | Deadline for first draft | TFG publish date |
|---|---|---|---|
| July | Sun 30th June | Sun 14th July | w/c Mon 22nd July |
| August | Sun 4th August | Sun 18th August | w/c Mon 26th August |
| September | Sun 1st September | Sun 15th September | w/c Mon 23rd September |
| October | Sun 6th October | Sun 20th October | w/c Mon 28th October |
| November | Sun 3rd November | Sun 17th November | w/c Mon 25th November |
| December | Sun 1st December | Sun 15th December | w/c Fri 20th December |
Our Commitment to you:
- Boost your reputation – once your blogs are published across TFG platforms, you will be recognised as a writer in the trade, politics and economics space
- Learning – we’ll challenge you to write on interesting and topical issues – these will be decided on in partnership
- Networking – we’ll ask you to interview or speak to trade experts at least once over the coming months, giving you the opportunity to contact leaders in their field
- Development – we commit to continuously providing feedback and guidance from our team of experts at Trade Finance Global
1: Read our guides
2: Choose your topic
We’ve listed the topics and geographies below, and suggested some possible headlines and subjects as starting points. Please use these to have a think about the kind of areas you would like to write about, and then let us know over email what is of interest to you.
Sectors
- Foreign Exchange / Currency
How currency movements affect SMEs/ global businesses
The new 2001 crisis in Argentina
Notable currency developments during the past year. Economic and political perspective.
- Trade Finance
Effects of economic and geopolitical uncertainty – trade finance challenges for SMEs
DLT, Blockchain and International Trade – Where are we today?
Trade receivables securitisation in 2019
- Fintech. Alternative Finance.
How companies are using alternative finance to grow?
Understanding the modern money
Fintech innovations / uses of fintech in alternative finance
- Metals and Mining
Silver, Lead and Tin Prices
How does metal trading work
How to export metal
- Properties Market and the Construction Industry
House prices and the most expensive cities to live in
Property prices and construction trends in London
Brexit and the UK construction sector
- Agriculture and Crops
Soy Bean Prices
Cashew Nut Trading
Global Food Crisis
How do farmers access finance
Soft commodities and the futures market
- Oil and Gas
Oil / LNG Macro economic trends
How does oil trading work
- Technology Trends
Unicorn Businesses and recent venture capital investment trends
Open banking- the future of banking
The Sharing economy- 21st Century Feudalism?
P2P lending: A bank from people to people
- Pharmaceutical and Chemical industry
How pharmaceutical companies get funding
Consolidation in the pharmaceutical industry
Geographies
- China
China macroeconomic trends
The growth of fintech in China
- United States
Trump and Trade
What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership and why does it matter?
Twitter and Politics
- Japan
Renault-Nissan alliance faces a crossroads
Japan’s new climate change strategy
Japan limiting foreign investment in Japanese technology companies
- The Euro Zone
Results of the 2019 European Elections – future outlooks
Italy is out of recession but for how long?
T2S Payment System – the backbone of Europe
- South Korea
UK and South Korea in post-Brexit free trade deal
US – South Korea bilateral trade agreement
- Turkey
Turkey’s engagement in Africa
Istanbul’s new airport – expectations and opportunities
- United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia and Oil Prices
OPEC and Commodity Prices – What next?
- The Middle East
Syria and European Migration Laws
Amerika v Iran
Sudan’s revolution
Amarco’s developments
- India
India and Fintech Investment
Make in India Campaign
Tourism and India
3: Draft your post
Sending your draft post to us
Send your draft posts to persiana@test.tfg.pixelfield.dev for first review, and someone in the team will review and send over feedback. As mentioned before, we might ask you to make some changes so that it fits in with the style of TFG content and is in line with our publishing guidelines. We will also check your work for plagiarism and duplicate content.
4: Get Published!
Once we’re all comfortable with your posts, we will publish them in your name across our website, social media, and our email newsletter.
In the last month of the year, we will be shaking things up. We will get you thinking about a more pertinent focussed topic / article to be included in our Trade Finance Trends Magazine for 2018. You will be lead contributors, and this is an exclusive piece for TFG.
Schools Out – Time for a Course in Receivables Finance!
The top 10 writers will be selected to complete an online course in Receivables Finance with our educational partners FCI Academy. This newly launched partnership between TFG and FCI Academy affirms that the education is a key element for the future development and the professionalisation of the trade finance industry.
Don’t Forget the Fun!
WIN a GoPro HERO4 Session!
Once the student writer scheme is over in December, we will pick our favourite writer (judged by a combination of the most viewed, shared and engaging article) who will receive a GoPro HERO4 Session!