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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...
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
Taking a guarantee or third party security from an individual—undue influenceGuarantees (see Practice Note: Guarantees) and third party security (see Practice Note: Third party security) from individuals are relatively common forms of credit support in financing transactions.For example, 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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