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Banking & Finance analysis: This News Analysis provides a summary of the cases we have alerted in Banking & Finance for October 2026....
The UK Supreme Court has published a speech by Lord Hamblen examining the international importance of English commercial law. He identifies freedom of...
This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) UKEF and British Business Bank outline Budget measures to expand business...
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has launched a request for proposal for a trade reporting eligibility tool to accompany its...
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...
What is a true sale in a securitisation context?What is a securitisation?A securitisation is a financing technique used to finance the ownership or sale of types of assets that would otherwise be difficult to finance or sell (ie 'illiquid' assets such as bilateral loans and mortgages and other loans
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some point
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
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
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