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ISDA announces July 2025 launch of new derivatives notices platform

ISDA announces July 2025 launch of new derivatives notices platform
LSE publishes first round of ISM Rulebook amendments for 2025

LSE publishes first round of ISM Rulebook amendments for 2025
ICMA Principles Committee publishes nature bonds guide and updates sustainable finance guidance

ICMA Principles Committee publishes nature bonds guide and updates sustainable finance guidance
Banking and Finance weekly highlights—26 June 2025

Banking and Finance weekly highlights—26 June 2025

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Receivables purchase transactions: invoice discounting and factoring

Receivables purchase transactions: invoice discounting and factoring

Invoice discounting and factoringThe popularity of financing business through the invoice discounting and factoring of receivables has grown...

Foreign exchange (FX) derivatives

Foreign exchange (FX) derivatives

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 securities

Types of debt securities

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)

An introduction to repo and the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA)

An introduction to repo and the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA)Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains information on subjects...

Practice notes

Offtake contracts—key issues for project finance lenders

Offtake contracts—key issues for project finance lendersMost projects are underpinned by a complex web of contractual relationships between all the...
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30th May
Q&As

What is the banker’s right of set-off?

What is the banker’s right of set-off?The banker’s right of set-off refers to the right of a bank to combine two or more of a customer’s accounts held...
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Produced in partnership with Richard Hanke of 3 Verulam Buildings (3VB)
2nd Jun
Practice notes

Pledges

PledgesA pledge is one of the four types of security recognised under English law—the types of security are described in Practice Note: Types of...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Key features of debentures

Key features of debenturesDebentures are used in many types of financing where it is desirable to take security over all of the assets of a particular...
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30th May
Practice notes

Overdrafts, term loans and revolving credit facilities

Overdrafts, term loans and revolving credit facilitiesThis Practice Note explains the features of three common types of loan facility:•overdrafts•term...
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2nd Jun
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Bilateral, syndicated and club arrangements

Bilateral, syndicated and club arrangementsOne of the features used to categorise loans is the number of lenders involved. A loan involving one lender...
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30th May
Practice notes

Negative pledges

Negative pledgesThis Practice Note examines:•why negative pledge clauses are used in commercial transactions •the consequences of breaching negative...
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2nd Jun
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The security agent

The security agent and security trust provisionsThe security agentIn a syndicated loan transaction, the security agent (sometimes also known as the...
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30th May
Practice notes

Introductory guide to financial covenants

Common financial covenantsThis Practice Note explains certain common financial covenants used in commercial finance transactions including:•minimum...
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30th May
Practice notes

Term Loan B facilities

Term Loan B facilitiesThis Practice Note discusses Term Loan B (TLB) facilities which frequently appear as a tranche of senior facilities in...
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Produced in partnership with Carlo de Vito Piscicelli of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Joe Zeidner of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
30th May
Practice notes

What is OTC derivative contract clearing?

What is OTC derivative contract clearing?What is clearing?When an over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transaction between two counterparties is...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Introductory guide to asset finance

Introduction to asset financeWhat is asset finance?Asset finance is a method of providing financing for the purchase of particular tangible movable...
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30th May
Practice notes

Incremental debt flexibility or accordion features

Incremental debt flexibility or accordion featuresWhat are incremental facilities?An incremental facility is feature included in a credit agreement...
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Produced in partnership with Max Millington of Pinsent Masons
30th May
Practice notes

Selling a loan by sub-participation

Selling a loan by sub-participationSub-participation is a means by which a lender can transfer its risk in a loan to another entity. It is used in the...
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Produced in partnership with Jacqui Allen of Mandel, Katz & Brosnan LLP
2nd Jun
Practice notes

How to negotiate engagement, release and reliance letters

Tips and traps—key issues in negotiating engagement letters, release and reliance lettersIt is very common for engagement letters, release letters and...
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30th May
Practice notes

Transferring a loan by novation

Transferring a loan by novationNovation is a means by which a lender can transfer its interest in a loan to another lender.This Practice Note looks at...
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2nd Jun
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Credit linked notes

Credit linked notesWhat is a credit linked note?A credit linked note (CLN) is a funded credit derivative (see Practice Note: What are credit derivatives?). Unlike a credit default swap (which is in essence its unfunded equivalent), a CLN will be reflected on the balance sheet of the issuer of the

What is credit support and how is it used in the ISDA credit support documentation?

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 diagram

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

Foreign exchange (FX) derivatives

Foreign exchange (FX) derivativesWhat is a FX derivative?A foreign exchange (FX) derivative is a type of derivative whose payoff depends on the FX rates of two or more currencies. The market for FX is measured in trillions of dollars, and includes a substantial amount of FX derivative contracts.