08. INSTITUTIONAL FINANCE
Structured Trade Finance
& Liquidity Solutions
Institutional banking facilities, engineered for global trade. Leveraging our group’s physical energy and high-purity metals asset infrastructure to extend Tier-1 Western European banking capacity to qualified corporate partners worldwide.
THE CONTEXT
Principals, Not Brokers
As an active operator in the global oil, gas, and strategic industrial metals markets — including high-purity gold, nickel, and copper powders — our supply chain demands ironclad financial structuring.
To facilitate our own large-scale cargo movements, our corporate group maintains deep, institutional credit facilities with the world’s premier financial institutions. Recognising that many mid-market operators, EPC contractors, and commodity traders struggle to secure top-tier financial backing, we strategically allocate our surplus banking capacity to qualified corporate clients.
We do not operate as brokers. We are physical trade principals utilising our own banking lines to deliver liquidity solutions.
ISSUING BANK INFRASTRUCTURE
To maintain strict compliance and risk mitigation, our financial operations are exclusively limited to the following Tier-1 Western European institutions:
CORE SOLUTIONS
Instruments We Structure
Standby Letters of Credit (SBLC)
SWIFT MT760
For corporate credit enhancement, project funding collateral, and alternative monetisation pathways.
Bank Guarantees (BG)
SWIFT MT760
For infrastructure tenders, EPC performance guarantees, and public-private partnership collateral.
Trade Payment Assurances
UCP 600 / URDG 758
International structures ensuring compliance with global shipping and trade protocols.
MONETISATION CAPABILITY
Direct Monetiser Access
Ahana Energy maintains direct contact with established monetisers capable of converting structured instruments into working liquidity. We facilitate both recourse and non-recourse monetisation structures, tailored to the client’s balance sheet strategy and risk appetite.
Recourse Monetisation
Lower cost of capital with personal or corporate recourse against the instrument.
Non-Recourse Monetisation
No personal or corporate recourse — the instrument itself serves as the sole collateral.
TRANSACTION CRITERIA & COMPLIANCE
Minimum Instrument Size: USD/EUR 10,000,000
Delivery Protocol: Strict bank-to-bank SWIFT transmission
Mandatory Vetting: Complete Corporate Client Information Summary (CIS)
Verified source of funding and clear project / trade executive summary
Strict alignment with international AML and Know-Your-Customer (KYC) regulations
ENGAGEMENT PROTOCOL
The Lease Package
Clients are required to complete a lease package containing the following four instruments for Ahana Energy’s review. Upon completion, the client fills, signs, and reverts the documents to us. Ahana Energy then forwards the package to the provider for countersigning to set the transaction in motion. Bank transmission charges depend on the face value of the instrument, in accordance with the schedule of bank transmission fees approved by the provider and contained in the Deed of Agreement.
Deed of Agreement
The master contract defining instrument, face value, tranching, fees, and recourse terms.
Letter of Intent
The client’s formal declaration of intent to proceed with the specified instrument and terms.
Fee Protection Agreement
Irrevocable undertaking protecting commission structures for all engaged parties.
Client Information Summary
Corporate KYC dossier — registration, directors, beneficial ownership, and banking coordinates.
Ahana Energy will initiate facility allocation immediately upon client readiness. Upon receipt and successful compliance review of the executed transaction package, Ahana Energy, alongside our exclusive financial structuring partner, will finalize the allocations and activate the formal bank-to-bank SWIFT sequence detailed below.
TRANSACTION PROCEDURES
Purchase & Lease Protocols
The following procedures govern the acquisition and leasing of bank instruments. These protocols are established by the issuing providers and are non-negotiable.
TRANSACTION DESCRIPTION
| Instrument | Bank Guarantee (BG) or Standby Letter of Credit (SBLC) |
| Total Face Value | EUR/USD 1,000,000.00 – EUR/USD 5,000,000,000.00 |
| Tranching Value | EUR/USD 1,000,000.00 – EUR/USD 500,000,000.00 (per Buyer’s request) |
| Issuing Bank | HSBC Bank London, Barclays Bank London, Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt |
| Age | Newly Issued Facility |
| Delivery | Bank-to-Bank SWIFT MT799 and/or MT760 |
| Payment | TT Transfer / Wire Transfer |
| Hard Copy | By Bank Bonded Courier within 7 Banking Days after delivery of SWIFT |
SALE PRICE SCHEDULE (BY TRANCH VALUE)
| 1M – 100M | 40% + Seller & Buyer Commission |
| 101M – 999M | 36% + Seller & Buyer Commission |
| 1B – 5B | 32% + Seller & Buyer Commission |
TRANSACTION PROCEDURE
Seller and Buyer execute and sign an initial Deed of Agreement with CIS, Passport Copy, and full Banking Details, which thereby automatically becomes a full commercial recourse contract after the Buyer’s application has been accepted by the Seller.
After both parties sign the Agreement, the Seller will issue a notarized, signed and sealed Corporate Refund Recourse Undertaking duly endorsed by the Issuing Bank, offered to the Buyer, guaranteeing to refund to the Buyer all costs incurred by the Buyer as the fees for the liquidation of blocked funds in the sale of the BG/SBLC after due execution of the contract. In case of failure on the Seller’s side, the notarized signed and sealed Corporate Refund Recourse Undertaking guarantees that the Seller refunds completely the transmission/administrative fees in addition to a penalty for failure of performance being 2% of the total face value of the BG/SBLC.
Upon the Buyer receiving the Contract Documents including the Invoice and Refund Undertaking from the Seller, the Buyer will make payment by direct wire transfer into the Seller’s provided bank coordinates for the receiving of the fees for the liquidation of blocked funds in accordance with the schedule of fees contained in the contract in the amount of EUR/USD XX,000.00, and will provide the Seller a courtesy copy for the confirmation of payment of fees.
Once the Buyer provides the Seller with the courtesy copy of confirmation of payment, the Seller will deliver the BG/SBLC via bank-to-bank confirmation of SWIFT MT799 or MT760 to the Buyer’s banker within 72 hours of receiving a courtesy copy of the payment confirmation.
Once the Buyer receives the BG via SWIFT MT799 or MT760 in their receiving bank, the Buyer sends conditional MT103/23 or direct wire transfer for payment of the sales price of the BG/SBLC to the Seller, deducting the initially paid fees for the liquidation of blocked funds, and the Seller and the Brokers their commission fees (0.5 + X)% of total face value by direct MT103 within 72 hours of the delivery of the BG or SBLC by SWIFT MT799 and/or MT760 in the Buyer’s nominated account.
The Buyer validates, confirms and verifies the transmitted MT799 and/or MT760, and upon successful verification releases the conditional MT103/23 payment or ICBPO to the Lessor within 48 hours.
Upon successful confirmation of the wire transfer or conditional MT103/23 by the Seller, the Seller’s Bank will send the hard copy of the BG/SBLC to the Buyer’s Bank via bank-to-bank bonded courier.
The next tranche will begin upon successful completion of the impending tranche as will be agreed between the Seller and the Buyer following the procedures as stated above.
Any unauthorized calls by any party or its representative lawyers to probe or communicate in an improper way to the bank(s) in this transaction shall be prohibited and the contract terminated.
INITIATE FACILITY ALLOCATION REVIEW
Ready to Proceed?
Submit your Request for Quotation and our structured finance team will initiate the compliance and facility allocation review. All information is handled under strict confidentiality and UK GDPR.