For many emerging economies, the extraction and export of energy and other natural resources is critical to economic well-being, and a cornerstone of national aspiration.
The high market price of commodities over recent years led to an unprecedented boom in the level of investment for expansion, upgrade of existing facilities and acquisition. Structured Trade Finance has played an important role in facilitating this investment and continues to do so. Through providing legally pledged export contracts as security, borrowers are able to tap the international capital markets with advantageous terms.
SMBC group has been providing structured pre-export finance facilities for its clients for many years in all parts of the world. Our teams based in London, New York, São Paulo, Singapore, Shanghai and other markets have closed over US$7bn in transactions in recent years across a range of sectors.