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Finance Broking

About Finance Broking

Optimising your agribusiness finance.

Our Finance Broking service is your gateway to achieve the best possible agribusiness finance structure for your business. We specialise in designing, sourcing, and implementing debt capital solutions tailored to the unique financial demands of the agricultural sector. With a keen understanding of the challenges faced by agribusinesses, we ensure that your financial foundations are not just stable but optimized for sustained growth.

We can help you source finance for equipment, livestock, farm, working capital and seasonal capital to propel your business forward or get you through a tight spot. And thinking about boosting your Super? We can also provide funding solutions for your SMSF to acquire non-agricultural assets, to give your retirement an extra boost.

Cato Advisory differs from other mortgage brokers in that we are a public accounting practice specialising in agribusiness and commercial debt advisory and placement, holding ourselves to extremely high ethical and professional standards that sets us apart from our competitors.

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Overview

How It Works

There are three main stages for our Finance Broking services for larger loan applications for farms and other property transactions.

  1. Advisory
  2. Brokerage
  3. Post-settlement services

 

The first stage involves Advisory work to develop the Information Memorandum that showcases your business to potential new lenders. We include financial modelling, property analysis, risk analysis and strategic narratives to deliver an investment case for our panel of lenders.

For this, we charge an ‘Advisory Fee’ which varies based on complexity and debt levels required, and all intellectual property rights on that information is transferred to you.

The Brokerage stage is the ‘moment of truth, and involves conducting tender and application processes, communicating with lenders, reviewing term sheets, and negotiating variations in terms to suit your needs. There is no client fee charged for this stage, this is essentially funded by the successful financier through commission structures.

The final, ongoing stage is Post-settlement Service. At its basic level, this simply means we are here to support you in your dealings with your new bank for any variations or additional funding requirements. Additional services like management reporting and ongoing business advisory can be discussed if required and will be charged as additional fees.

For equipment, working capital and seasonal finance needs, we provide fast access to a wide variety of lenders and structured solutions

How We Do It Differently

What sets our Finance Broking service apart is our commitment to quality. Unlike generic financial solutions, we delve deep into the intricacies of agribusiness, and build business cases that consider seasonal variations, market trends, and specific crop cycles. We collaborates closely with you to understand your business’s unique financial landscape, tailoring debt structures that align seamlessly with your operational patterns.

Our Network

Cato Advisory is accredited with all the major and up-and-coming agribusiness lenders in Australia so that your business can be aligned with a lender that suits you.

We also maintain partnerships with access to dozens of equipment and asset finance providers to ensure you can keep the wheels turning.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

We specialise in tailoring debt structures to the unique financial demands of agribusinesses, considering factors like seasonal variations, market trends, crop cycles, and enterprise mix to optimise your financial stability and growth.

Our commitment to quality stands out. We collaborate closely with clients to understand their business intricacies, ensuring debt structures align seamlessly with operational patterns, positioning agribusinesses for resilience and prosperity.

Absolutely. We cater to agribusinesses of all sizes, customizing debt solutions to meet the specific needs and challenges faced by small-scale farmers as well as larger enterprises.

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