Training and Consultancy Services  in Structured Trade Commodity Finance

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This training is for two categories of people

Training and consultancy services for structured trade commodity finance are of two kinds.

The first kind is for entity (ies) who wish to understand the concepts, generalities and non-specific knowledge about the global market in general, commodities in particular and the generalities of financial instruments used in trading global commodities.

They also get knowledge about what is lacking when they enter into such markets and how to bridge this gap through training programs.

The second kind is for entity(ies) who wish to specialise in a particular commodity (or group of commodities) and acquire specific knowledge about that product. Examples are training programs for oil traders, metals traders etc.

Training Highlights

Our training covers services that provide the trainees with a thorough understanding of general financial instruments used in commodity trade and commodity finance with specific knowledge about a particular commodity or group of commodities.

Product and Risk Management 

Product and risk management (derivatives and structured instruments) are tools that can help you manage the risks of your investment.


Derivative products include futures, forwards, swaps, options, as well as other over-the-counter derivatives such as foreign exchange rates or interest rates.

Trading Products

Trading products (like crude oil, natural gas, metals etc.) are tools that can help you gain exposure to the commodity markets.

They offer the opportunity to make money when prices rise (in what is called "long") or when they fall (in what is called "short").

Storage Of Commodities 

The storage of commodities is a tool that gives you exposure to commodity markets. Commodities can be stored for diverse periods (from less than one month up to more than 20 years).

You can choose from different types of strategies: long-only, short-only or both. If you choose this path, you must define whether you want to speculate or invest.

Settlement Of Trades

The settlement of trades helps you to get exposure to commodity markets. After a trading session, your deals are settled by the clearinghouse that links all of the members of this market together.


It is responsible for making sure that all of your deals are settled, by paying you the difference between the price at which you sold and bought a commodity.

Funding of Physical Commodities

Our Funding Physical Commodities product gives you greater flexibility in cash management by allowing you to buy or sell physical commodities using both our LCs and our derivatives products. 

We are committed to continued innovation in the field of commodities. We are also committed to providing maximum flexibility for our clients by funding both physical and financial trading transactions.

Asset Distribution

We offer our traders the option of trading on margin to increase the level of exposure that they have to the market. 

This is a tool that allows you to create leverage over the value of your trading transactions.

We use a product called "Asset Distribution" to increase your level of exposure and generate profit.

Funding Trade Transaction – Structured / Synthetic LCs

We fund one or more of your trades by increasing your LC drawn amount with the help of a derivative product. 

This is called "structured funding". This is a tool that allows you to take advantage of the current shape in the market for a particular commodity or currency.

You can also use a derivative product to reduce your exposure to a particular market, by closing a long trade and opening a new one at different rates from those obtained previously. This is called "synthetic funding".

 Equinorth Captial's  Funding Trade Transactions product is an innovative way of using our capital to help you gain exposure to commodity markets via trade finance.

About Us

Equinorth Capital Limited (ECL) is a proprietary entity that focuses on building positive and socially conscious ecosystems by aggregating potentially viable business with the objective of creating innovative products and solutions that are accessible to an average Nigerian citizen and enterprises. Read more about us HERE

OUR VISION

To provide topmost trade financial services in sub saharan Africa

OUR MISSION

To provide worthy services to the delight of our clients through the use of best innovative ideas, top notched inputs, best people and technology to produce high-end outputs.

OUR VALUES

Our corporate identity rests on three core pillars –Integrity, Professionalism and Empathy

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