Trade Finance Capital Raising

What We Arrange

Why Companies Raise Trade Finance Capital

• Bridge deposits, production costs, freight, duties, and receivable timing without starving core operations.
• Provide sellers with documentary control or confirmed payment, and give buyers a simple on-demand remedy for non-delivery.
• Extend tenor for sell-down while paying counterparties at shipment through discounting and confirmation.
• Replace cash deposits with an undertaking the supplier accepts so money is not parked for months.
• Scale repeat flows under one framework with predictable draw mechanics and reporting.

Our Role And Chaperoned Engagement

We act as arranger and transaction lead. We are chaperoned with banks, funds, and insurers, which allows full engagement through credit, documentation, and closing. Counterparties deal with a single point of contact and a single file. We remain involved until issuance or first draw and we support early post-close performance where the file requires it.

Process From Mandate To First Draw

1. Intake And Proof Of Trade. Review the contract or purchase order, Incoterms, shipment or production plan, and insurance. Confirm that goods, timelines, and evidence can be tested. If the flow is not real, the file is closed.
2. Structure. Select instruments and funding lines. Set draw mechanics, reimbursement paths, assignment of proceeds, and security including pledges and control agreements.
3. Wording And Controls. Draft Letters of Credit, Standby Letters, and guarantees line by line. Set presentation periods, original document counts, inspection logic, and certificate issuers by name where practical. Map Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication messages for issuance, amendment, and reimbursement.
4. Underwriting Pack. Prepare a bank-readable cash flow model, shipment schedule, collateral narrative, counterparty checks, sanctions screening outputs, and a concise data room. Add borrowing base templates for receivables and stock when relevant.
5. Distribution. Approach banks for issuance and confirmation, trade funds and private credit for lines and term loans, insurers and export credit agencies for risk transfer, and capital markets intermediaries for notes under Rule 144A or Regulation D where scale allows.
6. Term Sheets And Negotiation. Seek two to three comparable proposals for clean files. Press spreads to a fair range for the risk, remove non-core fees, and fix timelines that operations can meet.
7. Closing And Issuance. Conditions precedent, account control, delivery of the credit or guarantee, and funding availability. We stay in the loop through first presentation or first draw and hand over a working playbook.

Risk Transfer That Unlocks Capacity

Access To Lenders, Funds, Insurers, And Capital Markets

• Commercial Banks. Issuance of Letters of Credit and Standby Letters, confirmations, reimbursing roles, receivables and inventory lines, and revolving credit facilities.
• Private Credit Funds. Bilateral or club lines and term loans with asset security, step-in rights, and reporting built around the trade cycle.
• Trade Finance Funds And Forfaiters. Short-tenor purchases of receivables, avalised bills, and Letter of Credit-backed obligations.
• Insurers And Export Credit Agencies. Short-term credit insurance, political risk cover, and export agency backed guarantees where export content qualifies.
• Capital Markets Intermediaries. Medium-Term Note programs, Rule 144A and Regulation D placements, trustee and paying agent coordination, and insurer-led wraps where investors require them.

Team Credentials And Track Record

• Former trade bankers and documentary operations staff who have drafted and reviewed thousands of credits and guarantees.
• Credit professionals who have built borrowing bases, set reserves, and tested concentration and aging across active portfolios.
• Capital markets and legal professionals with Rule 144A, Regulation D, and Medium-Term Note experience, including trust and agency coordination.
• Insurance practitioners who place trade credit and political risk policies that lenders accept and can take assignment over.
• Logistics and collateral specialists who vet routes, vessels, warehousing, and collateral management agreements.

We do not market inflated totals. Our record is repeated execution for corporates and traders across multiple corridors and cycles. When a file cannot clear, we say so early.

Structure Menu And Typical Use Cases

Documentation Standards That Keep Banks Comfortable

• Goods description, Incoterms, latest shipment, presentation periods, and original document counts that mirror the contract and logistics.
• Named inspection and certificate issuers where practical. No vague phrasing that invites disputes.
• Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication message map for issuance, amendments, and reimbursement including MT700 or MT710, MT742, MT760, MT767, and status via MT799 where it adds clarity.
• Assignment notices and controlled bank accounts for receivable structures. Collateral management agreements and audit rights for stock.
• Hedge documentation that matches shipment and maturity dates so currency risk is visible and contained.

Pricing, Covenants, And Economics

• Pricing Drivers. Counterparty strength, country risk, tenor, currency, document set, confirmation capacity, and insurance support.
• Fee Control. We remove non-core line items early and agree Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication and advising costs up front to avoid later friction.
• Operational Covenants. Reporting that your team can meet. Borrowing base tests that reflect how goods move and how cash is collected in your business.

Special Purpose Vehicle And Governance Where Useful

Where segregation improves bank comfort or investor reach, we set a special purpose vehicle with a nominee director and dedicated accounts. True sale conditions are documented for receivable purchases. Eligibility, concentration caps, stop-purchase triggers, and reporting are defined so funders can rely on the numbers without debate.

Eligibility Criteria And Initial Documents

Frequently Asked Questions

This page addresses corporate users. Nothing here is a commitment to lend, insure, or invest. All services are subject to know-your-customer checks, anti-money-laundering controls, sanctions compliance, and approvals by banks, funds, insurers, and where relevant export credit agencies and investors. We work on a best-efforts basis and all lender and investor contact is chaperoned.