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This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) HM Land Registry updates Practice Guide 67; (2) ICC calls for Basel reforms...
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has published an updated paper on accounting for carbon credits, examining the treatment of...
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1119 of 26 May 2026 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3005 of the European Parliament and of the Council...
HM Land Registry has updated its guidance on evidence of identity in PG 67. Section 4.1.B has been amended to clarify that evidence of identity is...
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...
Direct agreements in project finance transactionsWhat is a direct agreement?Direct agreements are very common in project finance transactions.A direct agreement is an agreement which gives the lenders to the project direct rights in respect of a key project document (for the meaning of ‘project
Offtake contracts—key issues for project finance lendersMost projects are underpinned by a complex web of contractual relationships between all the parties involved in the project (eg the project company, equity investors, contractors, sub-contractors, offtakers and suppliers). These documents are
Equity support in project financeIn a typical project finance transaction, the project company (ie the borrower) is a special purpose vehicle (SPV) set up specifically for the purposes of the project. This means that it does not have its own experienced employees and its only assets are the project
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
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