Saturday, 27 November 2021

A Brief Description of Lease Rental Discounting

Lease Rental Discounting

 

The leased properties can source you funds! Yes, you read it correctly. The leased properties can, however, give you funds that can be used for either expansion, purchase of assets or paying off other loans. Such loans can be obtained through a debt product called Lease Rental Discounting (popularly known as LRD). LRD is a type of term loan which is offered against the rental receipts of the property. The property must be leased for 5-10 years and the lessee or tenant should be a well-known brand.

Benefits of Lease Rental Discounting

  • LRD serves as a multi-purpose loan and can use the funds for business expansion, financing for the purchase of an asset or new property, or paying off loans.

  • The owner of the property does not have to pay the bank, but in return, the tenant of the property directly pays the bank the loan in the form of rental receipts through an escrow account every month.

  • This facility gives a long-term solution to cash flow management as the lease/ repayment is for longer tenures.

  • The Rate of Interest in LRD depends upon the value of property, repayment tenure, the credibility of the lessee, etc.

Lease Rental Discounting Eligibility

There are no fixed criteria for eligibility, as it differs from institution to institution. Below is the most preferable one,

  • Age criteria: The applicant must be 21 years or above but not more than 60 years in case of a salaried person and 65 years in case of a self-employed person.

  • Criteria for Borrower: The borrower must possess a property that is leased to a known brand or corporation. The loan is provided to individuals who are salaried, professionals, or even self-employed.

  • Lease Agreement Period: The lease agreement period is a very critical and important factor for taking a lease rental discounting loan from a bank or NBFC. The bank may or may not provide a loan if the lease period is less than 5 years. Rented properties with leases from 5 to 10 years are provided with this loan.

  • CIBIL score: LRD provides a loan to a borrower who has a creditworthy CIBIL score. CIBIL score and track record is decisive factor for sanctioning or rejecting major loan applications.

Prerequisites to Lease Rental Discounting

The following pre-requisites should be taken into consideration before applying for LRD.

Corporate Tenants: The tenant for LRD should be financially fit to meet the obligations of the bank, which allows banks to ascertain whether or not future payments are likely to come. The banks only discount lease rentals belonging to renowned corporations or brands with a good credit rating.

Longer repayment period: Secondly, the tenure of LRD is usually between five to seven years or can even go up to 10 years. Banks generally do not make short-term lease rental discounting loans. It is for this reason that the amount of loans and the repayment period is usually large, and it is not possible to get paid off within small tenures. Thus, LRD holds larger tenures of repayment.

Repayment Criteria

For the repayment of the loan, an escrow account is created where there is the participation of two or more parties like the borrower, the tenant, and the banker.

The tenant will be asked to transfer their rent to this account and the EMIs will be withdrawn from the same.

How is Loan against Property (LAP) different from Lease Rental Discounting (LRD)?

A Loan against Property is the borrowing of a loan against the whole property as collateral and getting funds against the loan. LAP utilizes the higher amount of loan against the value of your property and can use the same for business purposes.

Whereas, in the Lease Rental Discounting, you get only a certain amount of loan against the lease amount the lessee will pay. The loan is provided against future expected rentals which should have a fixed and regular rental receipt.

Why choose Terkar Capital?

Terkar Capital is one such institution that provides a wide range of products to clients after studying all the aspects of financials, CIBIL score, business plan, industry, sales, etc. We arrange conventional and non-conventional debt and equity funding solutions at a reasonable cost of borrowing. So whenever it is raising funds for corporates, Terkar Capital is ready to serve you at best!


Tuesday, 16 November 2021

Understanding Corporate Finance in India

Corporate Finance



All the corporates in India are in constant need of funds for operating their businesses. Corporate finance is the area of finance that deals with raising the finances of companies and assists in capital creation and development of the corporation. Corporate finance manages financial decisions that affect operations like Capital Budgeting, Capital Raising, Investment Decisions, etc.

The finance of the company can be raised in two ways, i.e., Debt and Equity finance. Equity funding is generated by selling shares of the company and reinvesting the same amount. Whereas, Funding through debt happens when a company borrows money and agrees to pay it back to the lender at a later date. The debt capital is further divided into 2 major parts i.e., Unsecured funding and Secured funding.

If you are looking for a corporate funding solution, Terkar Capital can be the appropriate platform for raising finances from both debt and equity funding. We provide secured as well as unsecured funding options to our customers and suggest the best suit according to the financials. Below is the list of a few of our solutions:

Secured Funding

Secured funding is a type of loan where the borrower has to keep collateral of assets or security against the loan. The borrower here does not have personal liability for the loan. The period of the loan offered in secured is high with a low rate of interest. In case of default, the lender has the right to put the asset or security pledged on auction and recover the amount from it.

1. Loan against Property(LAP): 

As the name suggests, a loan against property is the most secure type of loan for lending institutions and the most easily available one for borrowers in normal circumstances. It is generally a long-term loan that needs collateral security against loans.

2. Working capital Finance: 

Working capital is the difference between the company’s current assets and its current liability. One can avail a loan against working capital which helps in short-term operations like paying dues or expenses, utility bills, etc. Hence, Working Capital Loan allows one to run their operations smoothly and efficiently. Working capital is available in both secured and unsecured ways.

3. Machinery loan: 

All manufacturing companies require machinery to manufacture the products which may have huge costs. In such a case, a machinery loan is something that acts as a savior for your business. The machinery loan is available in both secured and unsecured ways which are taken for purchasing new machinery.

4. Builder Finance: 

It is a loan to the builders or developers for constructing or developing residential or commercial property. Being long-term finance, builder finance comes under secured funding. The collateral of such a loan will be the land against the property being acquired or developed. Generally, lenders prefer those builders who have been in this construction field for many years and have a good CIBIL rating.

5. Lease Rental Discounting(LRD): 

LRD is a loan that is offered against rental receipts of the borrower which are derived from lease rent contracts from the clients. The loan is provided to the lesser based on the discounted value of the rentals and the value of the property.

6. Debt Syndications: 

It occurs when a borrower requires an amount that is too large for a single lender to provide, hence there is a group of lenders. The lenders in debt syndication share the risk only exposed to their portion of the loan.

7. Foreign Currency Funding: 

It is when the borrower wants to fund across the borders, i.e., a foreign country, and hence the borrower as well as the lender deals in foreign currency only.

8. Sugar Pledge Loan: 

The time gap between production and sales of sugar is high and hence, they can face a crunch in working capital and sugar industries can get loans against them.

9. Project Finance: 

Project finance means a loan obtained for fulfilling the finances of the new project, the new project can be used for expansion, reconstruction, etc. Here, the project itself is kept as collateral and the loan amount has to be paid after the completion of the project and once the borrower starts generating revenue.

Unsecured Funding


As the name suggests, unsecured loans are loans where the collateral security is absent, and the loan is provided based on the CIBIL score. This type of loan is taken by businessmen to overcome their short-term inconsistencies in the business such as payment to suppliers, shortage of working capital, unsettled invoices, and many more. The Rate of Interest is comparatively high because of the absence of collateral.

1. CGTMSE: 

Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) is an unsecured loan for micro and small enterprises to help small businesses grow in a competitive market and assist entrepreneurs to build their businesses and avail of collateral-free loans easily and conveniently.

2. Trade Finance: 

Trade finance makes it possible and easier for importers and exporters to transact business through trade. Trade finance signifies financing for trade, and it concerns both domestic and international trade transactions. This is one of the suitable financial instruments we can use while dealing with an international customer for minimizing financial risk.

3. Bill Discounting: 

Discounting of the bill can be defined as the advance selling of a bill or invoice to an intermediary before it is due to be paid about certain criteria. A major aspect of bill discounting is that it will help in resolving the crunch of working capital.

4.  Factoring: 

It is the financial instrument or debtor finance in which the seller sells its accounts receivable to a third party called ‘factor’ at a discount. There are three parties involved in such a transaction: a seller, a buyer, and a factoring company. In simple words, it is selling unpaid invoices for the requirement of instant cash.

5. LC Discounting: 

Letter of Credit/Line of Credit is the guarantee by the bank to purchase the bills of the exporter and in return make him the payment. LC Discounting is the facility provided by banks, NBFCs, or Financial Institutions.

Importance of Corporate Finance:

1. Raising Capital: 

Corporate finance means raising the finances of the existing company by debt or equity which is required for running the business efficiently. The need for funds can be for making expansions and diversification in business, payment dues, etc.

2. Research and Development: 

Finance is a crucial aspect of the business, it is also required for undertaking research and development which enhances the functioning of a business organization.

3. Smooth Running of Business: 

For a business to run effectively, there should be proper legal and other compliance like paying dues and taxes on time, which is again developed by corporate finance.

Steps/Process in Corporate Finance

1. Interaction with the client: 

The foremost step in this process is interaction with clients and knowing about their company’s financial condition, i.e., the requirement for finance, product/instrument for raising finances, etc. The process starts with a discussion of clients' requirements and their expectations and ends after disbursing the loans. We arrange the best possible product and provide an easy process throughout. Also, our team of experts guides the applicant in every stage.

2. SWOT analysis of the company: 

It is important to know the strengths and weaknesses of the company, which will help us to draw the analysis of raising finances. Not only strengths and weaknesses but overall analysis of the company is essential to exactly understand which funding to go for.

3. Inspecting the market options: 

After understanding the overall aspects of the company, we check the conventional and non-conventional factors and suggest the best suitable option for them. We discuss the overall process in-depth with clients and make them understand it thoroughly. Here, we check the eligibility of the client, and the overall documentation procedure is undertaken.

4. Approval of Finances: 

We arrange the meetings with lending institutions and take their approval, which ultimately starts the loan procedure i.e, sanctioning of the loan. These arrangements are settled by our team, which finally leads to easy disbursement of funds. Our journey doesn’t end here, we make sure that the suggested product suits the client’s interest, and the client should be in an adequate position to return it within a specified period.

Why choose Terkar Capital?


Terkar Capital is a corporate finance company in India. We are one such financial firm that provides both secured and unsecured business loans in Pune, Mumbai, and across India. Our timely execution and professional services make us different from others. We understand the borrower's needs, strengths, and weaknesses and work hard to provide the best services. If you are looking for corporate finance assistance, here we are!