Haitou U.S. Private Credit focuses on the U.S. market and invests in fix-and-flip loans, auto inventory loans, and equipment leasing companies, through full collateral, guarantee and subordination.
Fully Backed by Underlying Assets
Subordination Clause
Principal and Interest Guarantee
Stably Growing U.S. Economy
Highly Regulated Mature Market
Arbitrage Opportunity in Niche Market
Maturity ranging from 1-36 months
Average duration less than 6 months
Diversified assets with small loan size
Transparency of underlying assets
Rigorous due diligence
Post-disbursement monitoring
Investing in short-term inventory loans from US used car dealers is beneficial from the steady growth of the US auto market.
Since 2005, around 35 to 45 million used cars have been sold in the U.S. market, three times the number of new cars sold. Since 2010, the volume of used cars transactions in the United States has continued to grow.
The U.S. used car financial market is relatively mature. The penetration of auto financial services in the US used car market has been steadily increasing. In Q4 2018, the US used car penetration rate of financial utilization reached 53.6%.
Used car market in the U.S. is regulated well and vehicle price information is transparent and safe. Car background information service companies, such as CarFax, create "vehicle history reports" for each vehicle. Valuation agencies such as Kelley Blue Book analyze reasonable valuation ranges through vehicle information.
Average gross profit of used cars is 12%, increasing along with the age of vehicles, reaching up to about 20%.
Invest in selected US fix-and-flip loans and achieve superior returns through both rental income and capital appreciation
Fix-and-flip loan proceeds are used by the developers to purchase existing properties, renovate, and then rent out or sell at higher prices to achieve superior returns.
43.6% of home flipping in 2019 were financed by loans, equivalent to an amount of $32.5 billion, up 21% from 2018, a record high in 12 years.
Traditional lending institutions such as banks are subject to strict regulatory restrictions after financial crisis, and loans provided are generally only for long-term housing. Therefore, short-term real estate lending markets has a large gap, which creates a huge demand for non-traditional loans.
U.S. has many large-scale infrastructure construction projects and high-tech companies, which have a constant demand for large-scale equipment and precision instruments. Total public and private investment in equipments and softwares grew to $1.8 trillion in 2018. Currently, 78% of U.S. companies use financial instruments such as loans, leases or credit cards when acquiring equipments.
With $2 trillion in financeable payables globally, supply chain financing is well developed in the U.S. The Government and banks have many preferential policies for SMEs along the supply chain. Supply Chain Financing projects exported from the U.S. can be guaranteed and endorsed by full insurance and EXIM bank.
Haitou team conducts comprehensive due diligence on each Local Platform; items checked include references, inventory, credible local licenses, financial conditions, etc.
Haitou team works closely with reputable third-party service providers to ensure efficient and compliant operational process.
Haitou tracks investment portfolio and has real time access to the Local Platform’s collateral or inventory warehouse through API, and monitors loan performance on a on-going basis.
Local Platform i.e. Borrower, uses vehicles, properties, and securities as collateral. Haitou has the senior priority interest in it. Once default, Haitou can dispose of assets and repay the loans.
Repayment of each loan is fully guaranteed by parent company of Local Platform.
Loans are securitized, with 90% senior tranche held by the Note, 10% junior tranche held by the Local Platforms.
Each Local Platform is regulated by the local financial institutions and must have credible licenses in each industry it operate.
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