BREXIT: As of 31 January 2020, the UK is no longer an EU Member State, but has entered an implementation period during which it continues to be treated by the EU as a...
This Practice Note looks at the regulated activity of accepting deposits (often referred to as deposit taking). Accepting deposits is a key hallmark of banks, credit...
This Practice Note provides guidance on the approach that trustee’s counsel would typically take when reviewing bond documentation and the specific points that trustee’s...
What are high yield bonds? Bonds are capital markets instruments representing a form of debt security. For more information on capital markets and bond issues, see...
Short selling, or 'going short', is a technique whereby traders sell shares or debt instruments ('securities') which they do not own at the time of entering into the...
BREXIT: As of 31 January 2020, the UK is no longer an EU Member State, but has entered an implementation period during which it continues to be treated by the EU as a...
The Islamic finance industry has seen rapid growth in recent years as financial institutions and their clients look towards exploring alternative methods of financing....
BREXIT: As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has entered an...
BREXIT: As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has entered an...
BREXIT: As of 31 January 2020, the UK is no longer an EU Member State, but has entered an implementation period during which it continues to be treated by the EU as a...
Over recent years, there has been an increase in the types of organisations which have sought to enter the capital markets. Capital markets transactions used to be the...
Regulating Central Securities Depositories Central securities depositories (CSDs) hold securities in a dematerialised form and provide a clearing and settlement service...
BREXIT: As of 31 January 2020, the UK is no longer an EU Member State, but has entered an implementation period during which it continues to be treated by the EU as a...
BREXIT: As of 31 January 2020, the UK is no longer an EU Member State, but has entered an implementation period during which it continues to be treated by the EU as a...
Produced in partnership with Ranajoy Basu of Reed Smith This is a template closing memorandum for use in a high-yield bond transaction. It sets out steps to be taken...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): ICMA has made generally available to non-ICMA members the ECP materials from its Primary Market Handbook, which were previously available only to...
What is a condition precedent? In many financing transactions, the document containing the commitment to provide finance is signed some time in advance of the date when...
Bradley Berman is Of Counsel in the New York office of Morrison & Foerster LLP. Lloyd Harmetz is a partner in the New York office of Morrison & Foerster LLP. Anna Pinedo...
What are convertible and exchangeable securities? Convertible and exchangeable securities are types of equity-linked debt securities. They confer a right on the investor...
What is a covenant? Covenants, or undertakings as they are sometimes called, are promises to perform or not perform certain actions. A promise to do something is known as...
BREXIT: As of 31 January 2020, the UK is no longer an EU Member State, but has entered an implementation period during which it continues to be treated by the EU as a...
IOSCO standards For general information on the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), see Practice Note: International Organization of Securities...
Role The role of credit rating agents (CRAs) is to provide an objective and analytical opinion on the risk of payment defaults by looking at various factors that help...
BREXIT: As of 31 January 2020, the UK is no longer an EU Member State, but has entered an implementation period during which it continues to be treated by the EU as a...
BREXIT: As of 31 January 2020, the UK is no longer an EU Member State, but has entered an implementation period during which it continues to be treated by the EU as a...
BREXIT: As of 31 January 2020, the UK is no longer an EU Member State, but has entered an implementation period during which it continues to be treated by the EU as a...
