AFII
Financial charts and capital planning
Risk & Capital Structure

Structured Finance & Financial Engineering

Financing solutions for transactions that do not fit a conventional term loan.

Understanding The Mandate

Which assets or contracted cash flows can reliably support the proposed financing?

Investment Banking & Capital Raising

A business may have valuable assets and sound prospects without having cash flows that suit a standard lending product. Structured finance begins by identifying what can support a repayment obligation: a receivable, a contract, a portfolio of equipment, the earnings of an operating asset or an appropriate combination of protections.

AFII examines the allocation of commercial and credit risk, the sequence in which investors are repaid and the practical effect of guarantees, reserves and other credit enhancements. Securitisation, off-balance-sheet structures and private credit may be relevant, but only when the economic substance, legal treatment and reporting obligations justify them.

The Issues That Matter

What The Structure
Needs To Address.

Each mandate needs a different balance of structure, commercial judgement and execution. These themes explain the practical issues that usually shape the work.

1

Understand the asset pool

The quality, timing and concentration of payments matter as much as their headline value. Receivables, leases and operating contracts require different analysis.

2

Design for resilience

Sensitivity to delayed collections, currency changes and counterparty performance should be modelled before the capital stack is finalised.

3

Keep legal form aligned with reality

Security, bankruptcy remoteness, tax, accounting and regulatory treatment must be considered with qualified advisers. A structure should not be described as off balance sheet until its treatment is independently verified.

A Practical Perspective

Work From The
Underlying Facts.

Nothing replaces the review of contracts, financial information and the particular circumstances of the borrower, project or investment. Each engagement remains specific to the transaction, counterparties and jurisdiction involved.

Discuss This Requirement
From The Published Directory

Related Published References.

All Transactions

References are drawn from AFII’s published transaction directory. Some entries describe historical, proposed or confidential assignments; inclusion does not establish that every project reached financial close. Photographs are editorial illustrations, not authenticated project images.

Start With The Mandate

Tell Us About The
Business Behind It.

Whether the discussion concerns a project, operating company or investment structure, we begin with what the business needs to achieve and what information is available.