Financing Solutions

Get in touch with us New window

Our financing solutions combine securities services with banking solutions to offer the financing that adapts best to our clients’ business requirements.

Our Financing offer

For banks and brokers, we offer solutions that maximise the use of securities while maintaining access and movement to cover trading obligations. Our clients benefit from global credit facilities to cover funding needs across the world including failed settlements and on-exchange margin calls.

We are also a global player in Fund Finance, with sector specialists across alternative and traditional asset management. You can count on our 15+ years of experience across Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Collective Investment Schemes. We offer operational excellence by integrating our financing solutions in treasury, custody and administration, supporting life-long client relationships.

As a BNP Paribas Securities Services client you will be able to rely on the BNP Paribas balance sheet and access support from financing experts across the globe with presence in EMEA, APAC and North America.

Additionally, we support the integration of ESG mechanisms in your financing facilities. BNP Paribas Securities Services has been one of the first movers in this space and has gathered considerable experience in sustainability linked loans (SLLs) by being involved in over 100 SLLs either as sustainability coordinator, lead bank or participant.

Our Financing solutions include:

Pledge Based
Cash FinancingCapital Call
FinancingFund of Hedge
Fund Financing

Pledge based cash financing is a committed cash financing line secured by a first ranking pledge over the client’s assets held in custody with us. This type of financing is suitable for investment and liquidity management for both sell-side and buy-side clients.

Two financing models are available:

  • Revolving credit facility
  • Committed overdraft facility

Our Pledge Based Cash Financing provides the following advantages:

  • Assets in custody as source of additional liquidity
  • Stable financing terms and high flexibility in usage
  • Asset safety with no transfer of ownership and no reuse
  • Answer to regulatory liquidity needs
  • Wide pool of eligible collateral

BNP Paribas Securities Services offers equity bridge facilities (EBF), also know as subscription lines or capital call facilities to funds that have a capital call mechanism, in the form of revolving facilities granted at fund or Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) level and secured by uncalled limited partner commitments.

Our Capital Call Financing solution allows for:

  • Fast access to capital due to shorter lead times; accelerates investment closing
  • Certainty of funds (e.g. during the auction process)
  • Alignment of limited partners’ interests
  • No need to maintain a cash buffer within the fund
  • Access to letters of credit

Our Fund of Hedge Fund Financing solution is made for multi managers investing in hedge funds. It takes the form of a revolving credit facility and is suitable for portfolio rebalancing, redemptions, FX settlement, fee settlement and leverage. The solution is available in custody and in third-party and comes with:

  • Security: first ranking pledge over the assets (no title transfer)
  • FX forward transactions covered by the credit line: no initial margin nor variation margin required, no drawdown costs until settlement
  • Full transparency on credit scoring and monitoring of underlying hedge fund holdings with daily portfolio oversight by our client services team
  • A sophisticated web-based tool with a comprehensive suite of trade order management, liquidity forecasting, accounting, investor and regulatory reports