Current Practice of Financing and Risk-Hedging in the Export of Investment Units

The thesis concerns trade risks and trade finance focused on investment units. The author starts with the definition and characteristics of an investment unit. Than moves on to describe the particular types of trade risks and identifies their specifics in terms of the chosen industry. He further briefly deals with the methods of risk management and risk hedging as well as financing risks from the bank's perspective. A principal part of the thesis is dedicated to long-term trade finance. In particular, it describes the distinctive financing models: supplier credit, buyer credit, pre-shipment finance as well as other, more complicated types, such as project financing, local cost financing or financing from capital markets. A case study of a trade finance operation, prepared in a close cooperation with professionals, is included