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The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) welcomed the publication by the EU T+1 Industry Committee of guidance setting out frequently asked...
This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) Companies House updates ACSP identity verification standard guidance; (2)...
Arbitration analysis: In a successful appeal under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996), the Commercial Court overturned a London Maritime...
HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) and the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) have...
Invoice discounting and factoringThe popularity of financing business through the invoice discounting and factoring of receivables has grown...
Foreign exchange (FX) derivativesWhat is a FX derivative?A foreign exchange (FX) derivative is a type of derivative whose payoff depends on the FX...
Types of debt securitiesWhat are debt securities?In the context of the debt capital markets, the term 'debt security' means a financial instrument,...
An introduction to repo and the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA)Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains information on subjects...
A negotiation guide for the 2002 ISDA ScheduleWhat is the ISDA Schedule?The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) documentation framework involves layers of documentation (often referred to as the ISDA documentation architecture). The key layers of the documentation for a trade
What is credit support and how is it used in the ISDA credit support documentation?What is credit support?Credit support is a means of a party reducing its credit risk on its counterparty. Credit support arrangements are also known as 'financial collateral arrangements', 'margin arrangements',
Total return swap (TRS) structure diagramHow does a total return swap work?•The TRS payer (protection seller) is, for example, a bank, A, and the TRS receiver (protection buyer) is, for example, a hedge fund, insurance company, pension scheme, UCITS or other investment fund, B.•A holds the reference
ISDA and FIA Cleared Derivatives Execution Agreement and AddendumClearing requirements have brought about significant changes to derivatives documentation. While uncleared derivatives continue to be governed by an International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement and a Credit
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