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The Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) has published a report on the role of digital money in capital markets, examining current use cases,...
The European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group) has published version 3.0 of its green finance definitions, applicable to operations signed from 1...
The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) published its 2026 updates to the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA) legal opinions. The...
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), Commodity Markets Council Europe, Energy Traders Europe and FIA have submitted a joint...
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...
Does the beneficiary of a guarantee need to be a signatory to the guarantee? What happens if the guarantee is signed as a deed?Section 4 of the Statute of Frauds (1677) requires a guarantee to be in writing and signed by the guarantor (or some other person lawfully authorised to sign on the
If a lender assigns a loan and its supporting guarantee to another lender (assuming there are no restrictions on assignment in the loan or guarantee documentation), is the validity of the guarantee affected in any way?We refer you to Practice Note: Guarantor protections and how to exclude them in
In what circumstances do I really need to worry about commercial (or corporate) benefit?This Q&A explains when it is necessary to analyse whether an obligor in a banking transaction is receiving a commercial benefit (also called a corporate benefit) for participating in the transaction and why
Releasing guarantors by agreement between the partiesThis Practice Note looks at releasing a guarantor by agreement between the parties but it is important to note that there are a number of other circumstances in which the liability of a guarantor which has guaranteed the obligations of one or more
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