Capabilities

What we do

Two facilities, both secured on the cargo — and the trade cycle each one follows.

Facilities

Two facilities, secured on the goods

Pre-export and post-import

Working capital across the whole shipment cycle.

  • Pre-export production finance
  • Post-import stock and distribution
  • Inventory and warehouse-receipt structures

Receivables discounting and forfaiting

A receivable turned into cash today.

  • Invoice discounting
  • Forfaiting of avalised drafts
  • Without recourse where the aval supports it
Shipping containers stacked at a quayside terminal
The facility follows the goods, not the balance sheet.

Process

How we do it

A file's position is stated at each stage, including when the answer is no.

01

Terms, incoterms and payment mechanics reviewed before anything is issued.

02

Instrument wording drafted and agreed with the issuing bank.

03

Shipment evidenced; funding drawn where the facility allows.

04

Documents checked for compliance before they reach the bank.

05

Settlement, or discounting if the cash is needed sooner.

Submission

What a file has to contain

The trade

What is shipped, from whom to whom, under what contract.

Amount and tenor

Facility size, drawdown, and when it is repaid.

The counterparties

Buyer, seller, and the banks on each side.

The instrument

What is issued or discounted, and by which bank.

Status

Signed, conditional, or still being negotiated.

Empyrean arranges and structures; capital is provided by funders and institutions. Nothing here is a commitment to arrange or provide finance.