Private Credit Loan Terms: How to Negotiate in 2026
Direct lenders raised a record USD 129bn but lent 28% less in Q3. See which private credit loan terms borrowers can negotiate and how to run the process.
Financely Debt Advisors
Financely is a structured finance advisory firm with hard skills in credit analysis, deal structuring, lender packaging, term sheet preparation, and capital provider distribution.
Cross-Border Debt Collection Risk: How Trade Finance Protects Exporters
Why unpaid foreign invoices are hard to recover, and how LCs, confirmation, credit insurance and receivables finance shift that risk before you ship.
Trade, Project Finance and Private Credit News: 16 Oct 2026
Record private credit fundraising meets falling deployment, Bank of America fined USD 1.2bn, energyRe closes USD 815m solar and IndiGo signs an ECA deal.
Trade, Project Finance and Private Credit News: 13 Oct 2026
ASIC halts an Ares credit fund, Amex fined over USD 13bn in suspected TBML, Trafigura signs a lithium offtake and Blackstone raises a credit continuation fund.
Credit Enhancement Advisory for Trade and Project Finance
Financely is scaling its credit enhancement advisory, using guarantees, insurance wraps and risk participation to get stalled trade and project deals funded.
Why Your Equity Gap Is Still Open (It Is Not the Market)
Three habits separate sponsors who close from sponsors who keep “almost closing.” None of them is luck.
KYC
Outsourced KYC and Credit Underwriting for Lenders (2026 Guide)
Why lenders are outsourcing KYC, credit memos and loan operations in 2026, what the data shows, what to keep in house and how to decide.
Seller Financing in Commercial Real Estate: Creating Liquidity After the Deal
Carrying paper closes CRE deals but locks up capital. How seller-financed commercial notes are priced, sold in full or in part, and structured for exit.
KYCC and KYT in Trade Finance: What Banks Check and Why
How KYCC fits into KYT in trade finance: which counterparties banks screen, the red flags that stop deals and how to prepare a file that clears compliance.
Energy & Infrastructure
Energy Transition Lending: How Clean Energy Gets Financed
Energy transition lending explained: market size, loan structures, green loans, what lenders underwrite and how to prepare a bankable clean energy project.
Bridge Loan
Commercial Bridge Loans and Gap Funding Explained
How commercial bridge loans work, when to use them, and how gap funding such as mezzanine debt and preferred equity fills the shortfall in your capital stack.
Independent Sponsor Guide: Role, Fees, Budget and Tools
What an independent sponsor does in CRE, business acquisitions and project finance, how sponsors get paid, how to negotiate fees, and what budget you need.