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Credit Structures

Kimura is able to fund any type of secured credit transaction within the supply chain of commodities ranging from traditional to bespoke structures on a short and long term basis, of up to 5 years. Examples of these are (but not limited to):
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Import Export

Senior secured, asset backed

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Transactional

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Borrowing Base

Lending against collateral

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Invoicing

Bill discounting & receivables

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Supply Chain Finance

Financing commodity flows from farm to fork

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Inventory

Warehouse / storage tanks inventory

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Pre-Export Finance

Longer term pre-export and pre-production financing

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Repo

On and off warrant, exchange deliverable and non deliverable

Global Coverage

Kimura has comprehensive expertise in managing global risks.
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Advantages for
Borrowers

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Expertise/Experience

Kimura has strong commodity trading & financing experience from companies such as: BP, Trafigura, HSBC, UBS, ICBC, Hetco, Armajaro, Noble etc.
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Size

From $5-200mn individual transactions and facilities.
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Speed

Kimura can act quickly and provide decisions to borrowers within a short time.

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Flexibility

Zero red tape - Kimura is flexible in terms of location, counterparty, region and debt structure.
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Efficiency

Decision making is based on the portfolio requirements of the fund and the mechanics of each transaction, making the credit approval process more efficient.
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Automation/Technology

Kimura utilises a fully automated transaction management system with cutting edge technology supporting the end to end processes.
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Pricing

Kimura aims to provide fair and sustainable pricing to enhance and grow borrowers businesses.
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Origination

Multiple points of deal origination and global deal flow.
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Impartiality

No commercial conflict in decision making.

Why are Commodities the focus?

Commodities represent the most elegant and important form of global trade, for the following reasons:
  • Seasoned market. Financing global commodity trade was the earliest form of lending activity that can be traced back centuries. This activity was the cornerstone of many banks throughout the modern era.
  • Historical performance of the asset class e.g. Low default rate, lower than 99% of credit strategies, with one of the most highly predictable cash flows, based on ICC data.
  • Risk adjusted returns are far superior to nearly all private credit asset classes.
  • Well established quality specifications & standardisation in transactions.
  • Price discoverable & largely indexed via global exchanges.
  • Fungible & Transferable - generic nature allows for easy resale.
  • Huge participation within the global supply chain between producer and consumer.
  • $14tn of annual global commodity trade.
  • Significant annual liquidity shortfall, now estimated at 5tn.
  • Banks as the traditional lenders, have been exiting the market due to legislative pressures becoming unmanageable from a capital adequacy perspective.
  • Alternative financing and digitisation is the future and solution.
  • Energy transition and NETzero can only be achieved with comprehensive funding of the liquidity gap.
  • Essential for the real economy, sec - Energy, food, materials.
  • Impactful - Commodities are typically sourced from emerging markets. Inflows of capital are critical for growth and development of emerging nations, as the main contributor to GDP’s.
  • Providing commodity trade finance is essential and immediate, in order to ensure the future of our world.

Our Vision

  • Create and build out a leading alternative financier
  • Provide capital to bridge liquidity gap
  • Responsibly make Investors a consistent low vol return which is scalable and long term
  • Create new business lines which focus on market areas
  • Digitise the environment as effectively as possible
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