Notice. FG Capital Advisors is a trade and capital advisory firm with a focus on carbon, commodities, and structured credit. The firm provides financial modelling, analytical support, and sponsor side advice around commodity finance, trade facilities, and related capital structures. FG Capital Advisors is not a bank, lender, credit insurer, broker dealer, or retail investment adviser and does not issue loans, guarantees, or insurance products. Any facility, guarantee, derivative, or investment is provided by regulated counterparties under their own licences and documentation. All potential transactions are subject to KYC and AML checks, sanctions screening, credit and investment committee decisions, independent legal and tax advice on the client side, and formal agreements with those regulated entities.
Structured Trade & Commodity Finance Services
Physical trade is simple in theory and brutal in funding reality. Suppliers want deposits, prices move fast, inventory sits in storage, and receivables take time to convert. Many trades are real and profitable, yet still fail to secure institutional capital because the structure is not credit readable.
FG Capital Advisors structures bank-grade trade and commodity finance frameworks around real flows, inventory controls, receivables quality, and offtake logic. We build lender-ready transaction packs that help mid-market and SME sponsors access funding through regulated banks and private credit providers.
Request Structured Finance ReviewWhat This Master Service Covers
This is a unified offering for sponsors who need both the architecture of a financeable trade and the capital pathway to execute it. The focus is on structures that match how commodities actually move from purchase to cash.
- Structured trade finance for import and export flows using documentary discipline and enforceable repayment mechanics.
- Structured commodity finance anchored to inventory, receivables, and verified storage and logistics frameworks.
- Mid-market and SME deal structuring with clear eligibility rules, controls, and covenant logic.
- Fundraising and investor positioning supported by clean models, data rooms, and term sheet narratives.
The goal is a deal that survives compliance and credit committee review and still works operationally on the ground.
Who We Serve
We work with commodity and trade sponsors that have real contracts, identifiable counterparties, and the willingness to operate with institutional controls.
- Mid-market commodity traders active in energy, metals, agriculture, and industrial inputs.
- SME importers, distributors, and processors with repeat flows and credible end-buyer demand.
- Producers and offtake-backed platforms seeking pre-export, inventory, or expansion-linked funding.
- Sponsor-backed roll-ups building multi-asset or multi-corridor trading strategies.
We do best with sponsors who want a long-term, scalable funding framework rather than a one-off workaround.
Typical Commodities in Scope
We align structures to commodity-specific storage, inspection, pricing, and liquidation logic.
- Energy including crude and refined products where control over storage and documents is clear.
- Metals including base, precious, and battery metals with robust inspection and title frameworks.
- Agriculture and softs
- Fertilisers and tradeable industrial inputs
Product and corridor matter. We structure to the reality of the route, the counterparties, and the storage ecosystem.
Structures We Commonly Build
We focus on frameworks that lenders already understand, with controls that reduce open risk.
- Borrowing base facilities blending inventory and receivables with eligibility criteria, advance rates, and reserve logic.
- Inventory and warehouse finance with clear title, inspection, collateral management, and release procedures.
- Pre-import and pre-export finance
- Receivables-backed lines
- LC and SBLC-supported frameworks
- Structured repo or title-based approaches
We structure for predictable drawdowns and repayments, not fragile paper mechanics.
The Real Reasons Deals Fail and How We Fix Them
Many sponsors assume the problem is a lack of lenders. In practice, the problem is a weak file.
- Contracts that do not allocate performance and documentary risk in a lender-friendly way.
- Counterparties that are not mapped and underwritten in plain, committee-readable terms.
- Inventory without a credible control and liquidation story.
- Receivables without approved buyer logic and collection evidence.
- Facility sizes that are disconnected from eligible collateral and real turnover history.
Our job is to turn commercially real trades into institutionally acceptable risk packages.
Our Deliverables
We produce the core building blocks required for serious lender and investor review.
- Transaction narrative and flow map covering product, route, Incoterms, counterparties, and documentary chain.
- Collateral and control framework for inventory, receivables, and storage arrangements.
- Borrowing base logic and reporting templates where relevant.
- Financial models tied to the commodity cycle with conservative stress and downside cases.
- Term sheet positioning and data room architecture for regulated capital partners.
This is designed to shorten credit review time and reduce wasted outreach.
Engagement Flow
We run a staged approach that protects both time and capital and filters out weak-fit mandates early.
- Stage 1. Paid Structuring Diagnostic with a go or no-go view, realistic structure map, and a clear list of missing controls and documents.
- Stage 2. Lender-Grade Structuring Pack including models, collateral design, eligibility rules, and term sheet narrative.
- Stage 3. Fundraising Through Regulated Partners where suitable, with outreach to banks and private credit providers under their own approvals.
This keeps the mandate clean and avoids long cycles with low probability outcomes.
What We Typically Need for a Serious Review
A concise but organised pack is enough to assess structure and capital fit.
- Executed purchase and sale contracts, POs, or offtake terms.
- Trade flow summary by product, route, volume, margin, and expected tenor.
- Counterparty details and buyer payment terms.
- Storage, inspection, and logistics arrangements where inventory is part of the collateral story.
- Corporate documents, ownership, and signatory authorities.
- Recent financials and a summary of existing facilities.
If the file is early, we will outline the minimum upgrades required before capital outreach.
What We Will Not Position
This service is built for real commercial trades and disciplined sponsors.
- Uncontracted or speculative trades without verifiable counterparties.
- Mandates that depend on bypassing KYC, AML, or sanctions requirements.
- Facility requests that are not anchored to realistic volumes and collateral logic.
- Transactions where sponsors refuse standard control, inspection, or reporting discipline.
These filters protect serious clients and preserve institutional credibility.
Structured trade and commodity finance is still available for the right files. Capital follows disciplined documentation, realistic collateral control, and clear repayment mechanics.
If you have real physical flows and want a scalable, bank-grade funding framework, we can structure the transaction and position it for regulated capital partners across borrowing base, inventory, receivables, pre-export, and LC or SBLC-supported models.
Submit A Structured Finance EnquiryDisclosure. FG Capital Advisors provides financial modelling, analytical, and advisory services. The firm does not originate, offer, or sell securities, loans, deposits, guarantees, or insurance products and does not accept client money. Any trade finance facility, letter of credit, standby letter of credit, guarantee, derivative, or investment product referenced on this page is carried out by regulated entities under their own licences, internal approvals, terms, and documentation. Trade and commodity structures involve credit, performance, operational, legal, market, and policy risk. Nothing on this page is a recommendation or a solicitation to enter into any transaction or to buy or sell any financial product. Any engagement with FG Capital Advisors is subject to internal approval, conflict checks, KYC and AML checks and sanctions screening where required, and the terms of a formal engagement letter.
