Financely Group Fee Schedule Explained. Underwriting Retainers and Success-Based Compensation
1. Underwriting Retainer
The retainer is a flat amount payable on mandate execution. It funds the analytical work that transforms a raw proposal into a bank-ready credit file.
- Cash-flow modelling, collateral verification, covenant stress-tests.
- Jurisdictional legal review and preliminary tax analysis.
- Third-party reports such as engineering, market, or environmental opinions. Vendors invoice Financely, and copies of receipts are provided to the client.
- Drafting of indicative term sheet and presentation deck for lenders and insurers.
The retainer is not a payment for access to capital and is non-contingent. Work product belongs to the client even if the transaction does not reach closing.
2. Success-Based Compensation
Success fees apply only when financing closes and funds reach the borrower. Percentage brackets are disclosed in the engagement letter and tied to the funded amount.
Scope.
Facilities covered include trade-finance lines, borrowing-base revolvers, project-finance term loans, and standby LC structures. If a transaction involves the placement of securities, all success fees flow through a registered broker-dealer under a chaperone arrangement. Financely bills separate advisory compensation that is not
linked to securities distribution.
3. Out-of-Pocket Expenses
- Travel, notarisation, and data-room hosting are re-charged at cost with copies of invoices.
- Financely seeks written client approval for any single expense above USD 35,000.
4. Performance Alignment
The success component exceeds the retainer by design, keeping Financely’s economic interest aligned with the client’s funding objective. A deal that fails to close leaves us with sunk cost and no upside.
5. Compliance Safeguards
- Fee schedules are reviewed by external counsel to confirm conformity with SEC, FINRA, and relevant foreign rules.
- No client funds are held in custody by Financely. Retainers reside in segregated accounts at investment-grade banks.
- All success-fee payments linked to securities offerings are invoiced and settled by the licensed broker-dealer of record.
Full fee grids, including breakpoints and caps, are provided in the mandate agreement. Clients receive a draft for legal review before signing.