Trade Finance Structuring
For complex cross-border trade and commodity flows, standard financing isn't enough. Financely specializes in Structured Trade & Commodity Finance, designing bespoke, self-liquidating financing structures that mitigate risk and make challenging transactions bankable.
Structure Your Trade DealWhat is Structured Trade Finance?
Structured Trade Finance (STCF) moves beyond simple letters of credit to create highly customized financing solutions built around the trade flow itself. By securitizing the underlying commodities and receivables, we can arrange financing for producers, traders, and processors in situations where traditional corporate lending is unavailable, particularly in emerging markets.
How We Structure Your Transaction
Our process involves a deep dive into your trade cycle to build a robust structure that gives lenders the security they need to provide capital.
1. In-Depth Analysis
We analyze every component of the trade: performance risk, counterparty creditworthiness, political risk, logistics, and the commodity itself.
2. Solution Design
We design a bespoke structure, selecting the right tools—from pre-export finance to tolling arrangements—that best mitigate the identified risks.
3. Risk Mitigation
We layer in risk mitigation techniques, such as securing offtake contracts, using collateral managers, and obtaining credit insurance.
4. Lender Presentation
We create a detailed information memorandum that presents the structured transaction clearly to our network of specialized trade finance lenders.
5. Mandate & Execution
We help you secure a financing mandate and manage the transaction through to documentation, drawdown, and final settlement.
Our Structured Finance Solutions
Pre-Export Finance (PXF)
Provide producers with upfront capital against future export receivables, secured by the underlying commodity and offtake contracts.
Warehouse & Silo Financing
Monetize commodities held in storage. Loans are secured by warehouse receipts or silo certificates, with oversight from a collateral manager.
Tolling & Processing Finance
Finance the transformation of raw materials into finished goods. The structure is secured by the raw commodity, the processing agreement, and the final product.
Counter-Trade & Barter
Facilitate deals in markets with currency controls by structuring transactions where goods are exchanged for other goods instead of hard currency.
Supply Chain Finance
Create sophisticated programs that provide liquidity across the entire supply chain, from supplier payment to final receivable collection.
Emerging Markets Expertise
Our specialty is creating bankable structures for transactions in challenging jurisdictions across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Make Your Complex Trade Bankable
Don't let a complex supply chain or challenging jurisdiction stop your growth. Partner with Financely to access expert Trade Finance Structuring that unlocks capital and minimizes risk.
