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An institutional introduction to instruments calibrated to the borrower's economic reality.

Structured finance refers to financing arrangements whose parameters — tenor, seniority, repayment profile, security — are calibrated to the specific economic characteristics of a borrower or a transaction, rather than drawn from a standard product shelf.

Capital directed toward the expansion, modernisation and continuity of enterprise.

Productive capital is capital directed toward tangible economic activity — the expansion of industrial capacity, the modernisation of processes, the training of workforces and the continuity of enterprise across cycles.

How senior, subordinated and hybrid instruments cooperate within a coherent structure.

A capital structure describes the composition of instruments financing an enterprise — equity, senior debt, subordinated instruments and hybrid arrangements — and the ranking between them.

The institutional path from initial dialogue through monitoring.

The FE Capital transaction process moves through distinct institutional stages, each of which contributes to the discipline of the arrangement and the durability of its outcomes.

Institutional standards applied consistently across every arrangement.

Governance describes the framework of policies, standards and oversight applied to every FE Capital arrangement. Its purpose is to ensure institutional consistency and durability of outcome.

Institutional discipline applied to the identification, assessment and mitigation of risk.

Risk management describes the institutional discipline applied to the identification, assessment and mitigation of the principal risks associated with a financing arrangement.

The structured examination that precedes every institutional financing decision.

Due diligence is the structured examination conducted before any institutional financing decision. It covers commercial, financial, legal and governance aspects, calibrated to the transaction.

The parties that typically cooperate in an institutional financing arrangement.

An institutional financing arrangement typically involves a defined set of participants — the borrower, its advisors, the financing platform and, in some cases, co-investors or additional providers.

Common institutional questions on FE Capital and structured financing.

A selection of frequently asked questions on FE Capital and the institutional practice of structured financing. Answers are indicative and educational.

A concise institutional vocabulary of structured finance and productive investment.

A concise institutional vocabulary intended to support the reader across the FE Capital publication and the Knowledge Hub.