A Stock Loan (also known as a Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) or Loan Stock, a [Stocks/Equity] Portfolio Loan, a Securities-Based Loan (SBL), a Securities-Based Line of Credit (L/C), or a Leveraged Equity Loan (LEL)) is simply a Loan based upon the portfolio of a single stock/equity or the portfolio of multiple stocks/equities that you own (with Title-of-Ownership) which is pledged as collateral for the Loan. Loan Stock refers to shares of publicly-traded common stock or preferred stock that are freely traded and unrestricted which are used as collateral to secure a Loan from another party, i.e. the Lender. This type of financing is also known as Portfolio Loan Stock Financing as well as Securities-Based Lending (SBL).

This should not be confused with Securities Lending where the stocks/equities/securities are Loaned for the purposes of short-selling. Neither should Stock Loans be confused with Margin Loans.

The term Securities-Based Lending (SBL), i.e. Stock Loans, refers to the practice of making Loans using securities as collateral. Securities-Based Lending (SBL) provides quick and ready access to capital liquidity that can be used for almost any purpose such as buying real estate, purchasing property like jewelry or a sports car, investing in a business, or financing international trade.

Generally offered through large financial institutions, private banks, and private lenders, Securities-Based Lending (SBL) is mostly available to people who have a significant degree of wealth and capital. People often tend to seek out Securities-Based Loans (SBL) if they want to make a large business acquisition or if they want to execute large transactions like real estate purchases. Such Loans may also be used to cover tax payments, as investment/hedging strategies to serve as de facto Put Options, to purchase luxury items, real estate, vacations, etc.

Here's how the process works: The Lender determines the value of the Loan based on the Client/Borrower's investment portfolio. In some cases, the Lender may determine eligibility based on the underlying asset, i.e. the Actuals, e.g. the Lender may consider the value/price of the actual Physical Commodity of Gold Bullion when considering a Loan to an owner of Gold-Related Securities such as Gold-Mining Stocks and/or Gold-Related ETFs.

The Lender also may consider and end up approving a Loan based on a portfolio consisting of U.S. Treasury Notes or Corporate Bonds rather than Stocks. Once approved, the Borrower's securities - the collateral - are deposited into a Custodian Account. The Lender becomes a lienholder on that account. If the Borrower defaults, the Lender can seize the securities and sell them to recoup their losses.

The Lender may maintain physical control of the shares, often through a Custodian Brokerage Account in the name of the Borrower, until the Borrower pays off the Loan. At that time, the shares would be returned to the Borrower, as they are no longer needed as collateral.

With a Securities-Based Loan (SBL), i.e. a Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) or a Stock Loan, the Borrower does not lend the stocks to anyone. Instead, the Borrower pledges the securities to a Custodian Brokerage Account opened in the name of the Borrower (who retains Title-of-Ownership throughout course of the Loan Period) as collateral for a Non-Recourse, Non-Transfer-of-Title Loan from the Lender.

In most cases, the Borrower can get cash liquidity within just a few days. Such credit is popular because it tends to be easier to obtain and requires far less documentation (and liability) than a traditional Loan.

In order to apply for a Stock Loan, the Client/Borrower will need to provide the Stock Brokerage's Account Statement that proves ownership of the proposed Stock/Equity to be pledged as collateral for the Non-Recourse, Non-Transfer-of-Title Stock Loan.

A Stock Loan (i.e. a Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) or Loan Stock) is a relatively new financial instrument that leverages the higher returns possible with stocks, or stock-like instruments, to create a Loan-like (i.e. a fixed-rate) Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) that is beneficial for both Lenders and Borrowers. The new financial instrument takes advantage of the fact that on average the stock market grows over time.

For example, a Lender (e.g. a Bank or Private Lender) will give a Borrower a certain amount in cash as a Loan. At the same time the Lender will also buy a certain amount of Stock or Stock-like security (e.g. an ETF or Mutual Fund). The Borrower will make periodic payments that will depend on the Loan amount and the value of the underlying Stock.

The philosophy behind this procedure to create a risk-free (i.e. hedged) portfolio is quite similar to the Black-Scholes formalism in option theory. Creation of the risk-free (i.e. hedged) portfolio is possible because the change in the underlying security offsets the change in the value of the Loan (i.e. the amount that the Borrower has to repay).

A Stock Loan (i.e. a Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) or Loan Stock) combines fixed-rate instruments (e.g. Loans, etc.) with other financial instruments that have higher volatilities and returns (e.g. Stocks, Mutual Funds, Currencies, Derivatives, Options, etc.). A Stock Loan depends on the value of underlying security (e.g. Stock) in such a way that when the value of the underlying security increases, the value of the Loan decreases.

To reiterate: On average the stock market always seems to go up. Therefore, according to the described idea, with a Stock Loan (i.e. a Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) or Loan Stock) the Borrower will have to repay less than he/she would in a traditional Loan situation. Thus the financial benefit of this Loan strategy for the Borrower is obvious (at least on average). The Borrower enjoys a lower cost of the Loan that might be associated with increased risk - i.e. depending upon the exact Stock/Equity used as collateral, volatile market conditions, other significant factors such as whether (and how) the Borrower hedges his/her own risk, etc.

It is important to understand that financial benefits with a Stock Loan (i.e. a Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) or Loan Stock) for both the Borrower and the Lender come from an additional investment (i.e. a hedge) in a stock market that is associated with a particular Loan and from the Lender's ability to construct the risk-free (i.e. hedged) portfolio by properly balancing the relative amounts of the Loan and the underlying security. The situation is quite similar to the situation that arises when a risk-free (i.e. hedged) portfolio (that consists of an Option and an underlying security) is created in Option Theory.

With a Stock Loan (i.e. a Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) or Loan Stock) when the value of the underlying security increases the amount that the Borrower has to repay correspondingly decreases compared to the amount to be repaid when a traditional Loan is employed. Conversely, when the value of the underlying security decreases the amount that the Borrower has to repay correspondingly increases. However, with a Non-Recourse Loan, the Borrower always has the option of walking away from repayment of the Loan without any penalties whatsoever.

The Lender benefits from higher returns that are not accompanied by increased risk (since the Lender will be hedging risk). The Lender's market risk (i.e. risk of losing capital) could still be minimal and independent of the underlying security value. This is achieved by constructing a risk-free (i.e. a hedged) portfolio that consists of the Loan and the proper amount of the underlying security.

For the Lender, the attractiveness and financial benefit manifest in terms of the market share among Borrowers. In addition, the Lender can charge an extra premium (and/or from profit via hedging the risk of the stock collateral). The Borrower's willingness to pay such an additional premium (if any - THERE ARE NO EXTRA PREMIUMS WITH OUR LOANS) is due to the reduced total Loan repayment amount as described above.

However, the Lender takes very significant risk offering a Non-Recourse Loan (as we do) using Stock as collateral since the default risk for the Lender increases when compared with the risk to Lenders who offer traditional Recourse Loans. If the Stock value decreases, the possibility that the Borrower may default increases. However, since on average the stock market goes up, this risk decreases with time. The Lender can further insure against default risk by charging a premium (if any - THERE ARE NO EXTRA PREMIUMS WITH OUR LOANS) and/or hedging the risk.

A Stock Loan (i.e. a Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) or Loan Stock) is beneficial for both the Borrower and the Lender. For the Borrower, the LSI is more attractive than the traditional Loan because of the decrease in the amount that has to be repaid (i.e. as the Stock value rises over time on average). An additional benefit of a Non-Recourse Loan, the Borrower always has the option of walking away from repayment of the Loan without any penalties whatsoever.

Such financial instruments that can be used as the underlying security for collateral in a Stock Loan (i.e. a Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) or Loan Stock) include - but are not limited to - Stocks, generic Mutual Funds, Mutual Funds based on Stock Indices such as Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Currencies, different kind of Derivatives like Futures, Forwards, and different kinds of Options, etc. The mathematical pricing model outlined by A. Morozovsky, R. Narasimhan, and Y. Kholodenko (2000) is equally applicable to all these cases.

As a financial instrument - contrary to the traditional Loan - the value of a Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) is coupled to (and therefore depends on) the value of an underlying Stock. A Borrower borrows from a Lender a given Loan amount based on the terms and conditions of the Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI). The Borrower then makes periodic payments based on the value of the underlying security and the amount borrowed.

The Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) can be viewed as the instrument in which the Lender invests in the stock market on behalf of the Borrower. If so, one can ask why wouldn't the Borrower invest for his/her self? The answer is very simple: The Borrower does not have money to do so. To have money invested on his/her behalf, the Borrower has to pay to the Lender in the form of an additional premium to the Lender.

Under the assumption of the continuous re-balancing of the number of shares, the amount of money that the Lender has (without additional premium) will be exactly the same as the growth of a normal fixed-rate Loan. This is due to the fact that the change in the underlying security will offset the change in the value of the new Loan security (i.e. the amount that the Borrower has to repay in the Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI)).

This means that if the underlying security price increases, the value of the new Loan-security will decrease in such a way that the sum of the two amounts will grow exponentially in time with the same rate as the fixed-rate Loan would. The opposite is also true: if the Stock price decreases then the value of the new Loan-security (i.e. the amount that the Borrower has to repay) will increase in such a way that the sum will again grow in exactly the same way as the traditional fixed-rate Loan would.

Therefore, in order to offer an Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) at a profitable ROI, a strategy for the Lender to earn some additional return has to be specified. The Lender proceeds to hedge the risk as follows:

1. At the time when the Loan is initiated the Lender also buys some units of an underlying security (e.g. shares of Stock).
2. The Lender periodically changes the number of shares of the underlying security depending on its value. For example, the Lender might want to recalculate the number of shares held (and therefore buy or sell some shares of Stock) at the end of a certain period of time (e.g. a year) based on the value of the underlying Stock at that time.
3. Based on the financial benefits of the Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) for the Borrower, the Lender can still competitively afford to charge an additional premium from the Borrower. Of course the amount of the premium could not exceed the financial benefit that the Borrower obtains in the LSI when compared with a traditional Loan.

This Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) must have the following properties in order to exist and be marketable:

1. The amount of debt should decrease with time faster than it would when a traditional Loan is employed. If not, the Borrower will not be interested in the LSI - unless a investment exit-strategy is desired, or if another suitable hedge strategy is employed to reduce risk and/or lock in a guaranteed profit for the Borrower.
2. The value of the LSI should depend on the value of the underlying security.
3. One should be able to create a risk-neutral (i.e. hedged) portfolio on the basis of this LSI in order to price it as a security.

Furthermore, the Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) grows in time with the fixed-interest rate r. Therefore a new kind of Bond can be created that combines the LSI (i.e. Loan-like instrument) and Stock (or Stock-like instrument). This new Bond portfolio could be packaged and sold to interested third parties.

References: A. Morozovsky, R. Narasimhan, and Y. Kholodenko, "A New Loan-Stock Financial Instrument", 2000, pp. 1-9.

There are several different variations of Stock Loan vehicles as financial instruments (a.k.a. Loan-Stock Instruments (LSI)) across the globe, but the underlying Loan model, process, and procedure is primarily the same:

1. Day 0 (Step 0): The Client/Borrower submits written request for Loan Terms from the Lender by providing full details and information about the stock(s)/equity/securities to be pledged as collateral for the Stock Loan (i.e. Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI)) including:
1. Requested Loan Amount
2. Full Details and Information about the Stock(s) / Securities to be used as collateral for the Loan including:
   1. Name of Stock(s) / Securities
   2. Symbol of Stock(s) / Securities
   3. Number of Shares
   4. Exchange(s) where Shares Traded
   5. ACCOMPANYING THE DETAILS ABOUT THE STOCK(S)/SECURITIES COLLATERAL, THE CLIENT MUST ALSO SUBMIT HIS/HER STOCK BROKERAGE'S ACCOUNT STATEMENT IN ORDER TO PROVE OWNERSHIP OF THE SECURITIES / STOCKS / BONDS / ETFs, etc.
3. Requested Loan Terms (ideally 3-10 years). Borrower requests preferred prepayment lockout period terms - various permutations of possible Loan Terms are possible for flexibility and convenience to the Client/Borrower, e.g.:
   1. 5-year Loan / 3-year lockout (i.e. Our Most Popular Loan Type)
   2. 7-year Loan / 5-year lockout
   3. 9-year Loan / 7-year lockout)
2. Day 1 (Step 1): Within 12-24 hours, the Client/Borrower receives an e-mail with link to schedule a calendar date and time for an exploratory live video/voice call with Lender's Loan Account Executive - after which, the Loan Terms Request is submitted by the Loan Account Executive to the Lender's Credit Committee.
3. Day 2-3 (Step 2):The proposed stock(s)/equity/securities collateral is analyzed, and if the stock qualifies, then the Lender provides a Loan Term Sheet of proposed Loan Terms (typically within 48-72 hours, i.e. 2-3 Banking Days, Mondays through Fridays excluding Bank Holidays).
4. Day 3-4 (Step 3):The Client/Borrower reviews, accepts, and approves the proposed Loan Terms, and then signs the Loan Term Sheet documents of proposed (and approved) Loan Terms. The Client/Borrower then returns the signed Loan Term Sheet documents to the Lender along with a Copy of Valid Passport (i.e. KYC - Know Your Customer) to confirm the identity of the Client/Borrower for preparation of the Loan Agreement.
5. Day 4-5 (Step 4):The Lender issues the Loan Agreement. The Client/Borrower signs the Loan Agreement and sends back to the Lender.
6. Day 5-7 (Step 5): Custodian Account is opened in the name of the Client/Borrower at a Stock Brokerage that is mutally agreeable to both Client/Borrower and Lender. Control Agreement is executed and filed with the Custodian. Ownership of the securities shares that are pledged as the Loan collateral remains titled in the name of the Client/Borrower (i.e. title-of-ownership never changes) during the entire Loan Period throughout.
7. Day 7-9 (Step 6):The securities shares to be used as collateral are transferred from Client/Borrower's Previous Brokerage Account to Client/Borrower's New Brokerage Account (set up in Client/Borrower's name) to be pledged as collateral for the duration of the Loan Period. If for any reason the Lender does not fund the Borrower per the Loan Agreement, the Control Agreement and the Custodian protect the Client/Borrower from any loss of Client/Borrower's securities shares. In such a case, at the request of the Client/Borrower, the Custodian holding the shares in Client/Borrower's name would be required to return the securities shares back to the Client/Borrower's Previous Brokerage Account from which they were sent.
8. Day 9-11 (Step 7):The Lender sends a Tranche Closing Statement to the Client/Borrower along with a Debt Schedule. The Client/Borrower approves the Closing Statement and Debt Schedule containing details of the Loan Proceeds and Fees, and then the Lender sends the Loan Proceeds via SWIFT-BIC Bank Wire to the Client/Borrower's designated Bank Account. There are no upfront fees charged by the Lender - ever! The only fee charged by the Lender is the low-fixed interest % specified in the Loan Agreement. This fee comes out from the the Loan Proceeds - never before the Loan closes. If - FOR ANY REASON - the Loan does not fund, then there are no cancellation fees, no breakup fees, and no hidden charges whatsoever. Therefore, throughout the entire Loan Process, there is no obligation to the Client/Borrower. If at any time during the funding process, the Lender breaches the Loan Agreement, the Client/Borrower has rights under the Control Agreement to ask for the securities shares to be delivered back from the Custodian Account to their Previous Brokerage Account without any penality from the Lender. This quick Loan Process allows the Client/Borrower to easily and securely proceed through Loan Funding being protected during the entire Loan Process throughout.
9. The Client/Borrower makes quarterly payments until repayment of the Loan.
10. After repayment of the Loan in full, the securities are repatriated to the Client/Borrower in full.

As our Stock Loans are Non-Transfer-of-Title Loans, the Client/Borrower will continue to enjoy all benefits of ownership including all appreciation of value and receipt of dividend payments. For compliance as well as statements, the Custodian Account shows the total number of shares deposited.

The Client/Borrower may stop the Loan Process WITHOUT ANY OBLIGATION at any time before the Loan Funding is completed (i.e. even up to 1 day (24 hours) before the Lender wires your funds indicated in the Tranche Closing Statement) without any fees, penalties, or other charges by the Lender.

A Non-Recourse Loan Product is perhaps the safest type of Loan for the Borrower, and yet entails a very large risk for the Lender.

Non-Recourse debt is a type of Loan secured by collateral, which is usually property (but in this case: stocks / equity / securities, i.e. a "Stock Loan" or a Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI)). If the Borrower defaults, the Lender can only seize the collateral but cannot seek out the Borrower for any further compensation as with a Recourse Loan from a bank, even if the collateral does not cover the full value of the defaulted amount.

With a Non-Recourse Loan, the Borrower does not have personal liability for the Loan. The only thing that matters to the Lender is the value of the stock/equity collateral that you provide. . Therefore a Non-Recourse Loan provides much safety and many benefits to the Borrower because a Non-Recourse Loan does not require any credit checks, income verification, or any other personal or business financials whatsoever.

A Non-Recourse Stock Loan does not entail any personal financial risk since it requires:

1. NO Personal Guarantees (PG)
2. NO personal or business credit checks
3. NO personal or business income verification
4. NO personal or business tax returns
5. NO personal or business liability whatsoever

A Non-Transfer-of-Title Stock Loan is a Loan where the Title-of-Ownership for the Stock/Equity remains with the Borrower and does not transfer to the Lender. Therefore all asset appreciation and stock dividends profits are enjoyed by the Client/Borrower who will obtain instant liquidity without losing ownership - and privileges of ownership - of the underlying stock.

Yes. Under certain circumstances, the Borrower may prefer to do a Transfer-of-Title Loan.

For example, if the Borrower needs the money "yesterday" (i.e. URGENT), then we can also offer Transfer-of-Title Loans which are faster to process and finalize than with Non-Transfer-of-Title Loans.

Whereas for a Non-Transfer-of-Title Loan, it may take anywhere from 2-3 weeks (i.e. 10-15 business banking days) to finalize the Loan funding, for a Transfer-of-Title Loan, it is possible to receive the Loan funding in less than a week - of course, all depends upon how fast the Borrower can proceed with the necessary steps of the Loan Application and Funding Procedure to supply all necessary documents, signatures, approvals, and authorizations.

Of course, upon full repayment of the Transfer-of-Title Loan, the shares that were pledged as collateral for the Stock Loan are repatriated to the Borrower just as with a Non-Transfer-of-Title Loan (i.e. if this is the tax/investment strategy preferred vs. e.g. the Borrower intentionally defaults on the Loan as an investment exit-strategy).

Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratio is an assessment of lending risk that financial institutions and other lenders examine before approving a Loan. A typical Stock Loan that we can offer you is funded for between 40% - 70% of the underlying collateral's value, i.e. at an LTV ratio of about 40%-70% of the Borrower's Stock's Average Daily Trading Value. The average LTV ratio, or Loan funding amount, is in the range of approximately ~55% of the value of the collateral according to the Average Daily Trading Volume of minimum Liquidity threshold of $50k USD per day for at least 30 days.

Liquidity for a given Stock/Equity is determined by the following formula:

In order for a Borrower's Stock to potentially qualify for one of our Stock Loans, a minimum Liquidity threshold of about $50k USD per day is required for the Average Daily Trading Volume of that Stock for at least 30 days.

However, to reiterate: It all depends upon the value of the underlying stock collateral.

Average Loan/Funding Amount: $2-10 Million USD, but also on both sides of this price range.

No. There are absolutely no Loan Application Fees whatsoever: There are no upfront fees, no application fees, no hidden fees, and no cancellation fees if the Client/Borrower decides to decline the Loan Terms and/or the subsequent Loan Agreement. The only fee that the Client/Borrower will pay is the low fixed-interest % on the Loan, and this will only be paid after receiving the Loan Proceeds.

There is absolutely no obligation, and the Client/Borrower can even cancel the Loan Agreement with absolutely no cancellation fees or obligation up to 24 hours (i.e. one (1) business day) before the Loan Proceeds are wired to Client/Borrower's bank account.

No. There is absolutely no obligation to the Client/Borrower. If the Client/Borrower does not agree to the proposed terms in the Loan Term Sheet - or to those in the subsequent Loan Agreement - then there is absolutely no obligation for the Client/Borrower. If the Client/Borrower decides to decline the Loan, then he/she can walk away at any time with no Loan Cancellation fees whatsoever. Even after signing the Loan Agreement, the Client/Borrower can cancel the Loan Agreement (with no Loan Cancellation fees and no obligation) up to 24 hours (i.e. one (1) business day) before the Loan Proceeds are wired to Client/Borrower's bank account.

As we are not tax/financial/investment advisors or attorneys-at-law, you will have to consult with your tax/financial/investment advisors and/or attorneys-at-law for tax, investment, and legal advice. Therefore, we can only tell you how some of our Clients use our Fixed-Interest Stock Loan vehicles (i.e. Loan-Stock Instruments (LSI)) to wisely and creatively manage, hedge, and leverage their financial positions and investments. Here are some benefits and advantages:

1. Raise Liquidity - A Stocks/Securities Loan provides instant Liquidity to the Borrower using his/her own Stocks/Securities as leverage of 40%-70% of value - without selling those Stocks/Securities, without losing Title-of-Ownership, and without losing the privileges of receiving dividends.
2. Hedge Risk - A stock/securities Loan provides a hedge against market volatility to the Borrower.
3. Lock in a Low Fixed-Interest - As global interest rates continue to be at historic lows, the only feasible way forward for interest rates to move is up - since negative interest rates are not sustainable. Therefore, many wise clients choose to lock in a low fixed-interest rate (i.e. the cost of Liquidity/Money) - while it lasts - in order to maximize profit and minimize losses. A stock/securities Loan provides a simple, fixed-interest-only Loan vehicle which means that Borrower can hedge actual position (actuals) and obtain instant liquidity without losing ownership and privileges of ownership of the underlying stocks.
4. Non-Recourse Loan Product = No requirements WHATSOEVER of credit checks of either business or personal financials.
5. Non-Transfer-of-Title Loan Product = Title of Ownership remains with the Client/Borrower so All Asset Appreciation and Dividends Profits are enjoyed
6. Simplicity - A Stock Loan is a simple and effective transaction designed to provide the Borrower with liquidity while retaining access to potential asset appreciation. You reap 100% of all the rewards of any appreciation and dividends while being able to use Liquidity as an Investment Capital that is based upon the Value of the Stocks that you continue to own without relinquishing title-of-ownership!

If you are fortunate enough to know a Private Lender willing to lend you money, then nearly always a Private Lender is preferable to a Bank. For the Borrower, borrowing from a Bank is some of the riskiest type of borrowing as a Bank not only has Full-Recourse to collect all outstanding debt on the Loan, but a Bank can call out (or call in) a Loan (i.e. make a Loan Call on a Call Loan or a Callable Loan) at virtually any time for virtually any reason.

Banks like to lend money to people who don't need the money. So when you need Money and Liquidity, where are you going to find it? Who is going to lend to you Liquidity without Personal Guarantees (PG), credit checks, income verification, Loan Covenants, etc.?

Unlike Banks, we as Private Lenders offer you instant Liquidity with absolutely no Loan Covenants, no Personal Guarantees (PG), no Balloon Payments, no Fire Sales, no Call Provisions, and no calling in the notes whatsoever. In fact, since our Loans are Non-Recourse Loan Products, you can even walk away from the Loan the day after receiving the Loan Proceeds and never make a payment - with no financial penalties whatsoever.

Most Stock/Equity can qualify with three unique Stock-Loan programs:

1. Penny-Stock/Emerging-Growth-Stock priced under $1.00 per share with normal trading volume.
2. Non-Marginable stock priced $1.00 to $5.00 per share with normal trading volume.
3. Marginable stock priced $5.00+ with normal trading volume

Eligible securities include stocks, penny stocks, credit-worthy bonds, and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), as well as other marketable, FREE-TRADING securities. We lend against securities that are publically-traded on most domestic and foreign exchanges.

Yes. Actually, all of our Loans are customized to each Client/Borrower's specific situation. The Client/Borrower has a range of financing options from which to choose such as the desired Loan period, Non-Transfer-of-Title or Transfer-of-Title Loan, desired Loan Prepayment Lockout Period, option of funding by tranches, using the Stock Loan as an investment exit-strategy from those positions, etc.

However, under certain circumstances (and depending upon the situation for a Loan amount above ~$20 Million USD), if the Client/Borrower has additional custom requests that are not covered within the options of our standard Loan Terms, then (upon request) we will try do our best to customize certain aspects of the Loan (if necessary) for the Client/Borrower - if we can do it, e.g. funding in multiple tranches, extending the Loan payback period, making aspects of the Loan Sharia-compliant, etc.

This depends upon one's perspective, how one defines Sharia-compliant Islamic Finance, and what are one's goals and intentions in leveraging a Stock Loan (i.e. a Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI)) as an investment vehicle. Therefore, it is essential to understand the role of risk-sharing in raising capital.

The concept of risk-sharing is central to Islamic Banking and Finance while at the same time demanding the avoidance of riba (usury) and gharar (ambiguity or deception). In Islamic Jurisprudence (fiqh) and Sharia-Compliant Islamic Finance, instead of lending money to the Client/Borrower at a profit, the Lender buys the underlying product - e.g. the house, the car, the luxury item (or in our case: the stocks / equity / securities) - and then leases it or re-sells it on installment back to the Client/Borrower for a fixed price typically higher than the initial market value. The key notion here is risk-sharing: the Lender profits on the transaction as a reward for the risk the Lender takes with the customer.

A Stock Loan (i.e. a Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) or Loan Stock) is beneficial for both the Borrower and the Lender. For the Borrower, the LSI is more attractive than the traditional Loan because of the decrease in the amount that has to be repaid (i.e. as the Stock value rises over time on average). An additional benefit of a Non-Recourse Loan is that the Borrower always has the option of walking away from repayment of the Loan without any penalties whatsoever.

It is important to understand that financial benefits with a Stock Loan (i.e. a Loan-Stock Instrument (LSI) or Loan Stock) for both the Borrower and the Lender come from an additional investment (i.e a hedge) in a securities market that is associated with a particular Loan and from the Lender's ability to construct the risk-free (i.e. hedged) portfolio by properly balancing the relative amounts of the Loan and the underlying security. The situation is quite similar to the situation that arises when a risk-free (i.e. hedged) portfolio (that consists of an Option and an underlying security) is created in Option Theory.

While being perhaps the safest type of Loan for the Borrower, Non-Recourse Loan Products entail a very large risk for the Lender. Therefore, in Islamic Investing, depending upon one's perspective and specific situation, needs, as well as goals, a Non-Recourse Stock Loan (i.e. a Securities-Based Loan (SBL)) can be considered as a Sharia-compliant Investment Vehicle, e.g. Lease (Ijarah), or Lease-to-Own.

If the Client/Borrower (who is owner of the securities) is looking for an investment exit-strategy, then our Loans serve as de facto Put Options, and therefore are most definitely Sharia-compliant investment vehicles - most especially if a Transfer-of-Title Loan option is chosen. (Please note: by default, our Stock Loans are Non-Transfer-of-Title Loan vehicles. If you would prefer a Transfer-of-Title Loan, please specify this when you contact us to inquire.)

Islamic law views lending with interest payments as a relationship that favors the Lender, who charges interest at the Borrower's expense. Islamic law considers money as a measuring tool for value and not an asset in itself. Therefore, it requires that one should not be able to receive income from money alone. Interest is deemed riba (usury), and such practice is proscribed under Islamic law.

In Sharia-compliant Islamic Finance, the equity financing of companies is permissible as long as those companies are not engaged in restricted businesses. Prohibited activities include producing alcohol, gambling, and making pornography.

Therefore, depending upon one's investment strategy, perspective, and goals, one can leverage Stock Loans (i.e. Loan-Stock Instruments (LSI)) as Sharia-compliant investment vehicles.

Let's face it: Liquidity is king. We fund the Loans and provide the fast financing and quick liquidity solutions that you need - it's that simple.

We offer you instant Liquidity when you need it, without having to sell the shares of your Stock/Equity/Securities and without relinquishing Title-of-Ownership for those Securities.

We provide the liquidity that you need confidentially and privately. People come to us to be anonymous. Clients' confidentiality is of utmost importance to us. We never share any information of our Clients to any third party unless required to by law.

Unlike Banks, we as Private Lenders offer you instant Liquidity with absolutely no Loan Covenants, no Personal Guarantees (PG), no Balloon Payments, no Fire Sales, no Call Provisions, and no calling in the notes whatsoever. In fact, since our Loans are Non-Recourse Loan Products, you can even walk away from the Loan the day after receiving the Loan Proceeds and never make a payment - with no financial penalties whatsoever.

All of our Loans are Non-Recourse Loan Products which means that the Borrower is not personally liable, and has no business liability beyond the stocks pledged as collateral - therefore the Borrower is safer with a Non-Recourse Loan, and has more options and security than a Full Recourse Bank Loan or a Margin Loan. Our Non-Recourse Loan Vehicles require no credit checks and no financial statements whatsoever other than the Client/Borrower's Brokerage Account Statement to prove ownership of the securities.

All of our Loans are LOW FIXED-INTEREST %, and not tied to variable interest rates such as the London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) - which is a benchmark interest rate at which major global banks lend to one another in the international interbank market for short-term loans - or Prime Rate which is the interest rate that commercial banks charge their most creditworthy corporate customers. This Prime Rate should not be confused with the Federal Funds Rate which refers to the interest rate that banks charge other banks for lending to them excess cash from their reserve balances on an overnight basis.

We are flexible where others (most especially Banks) are not so.

We treat our Client/Borrowers and Brokers with respect and laser-like focus on the end goal of funding your Loan to provide you the Liquidity that you need - we treat people right.

If you have a liquid, publicly-traded Stock (or other tradeable Security) on any major Stock Exchange worldwide, chances are we can help. We specialize in providing quick-funding, Securities-Based financing solutions specific to our Clients' needs. We offer the widest variety of Stock Loans and Securities-Based financing solutions in the industry... period.