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UK Export Finance (UKEF) has announced measures at the Farnborough International Airshow to drive growth and decarbonisation across the aerospace...
This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) the Supreme Court holds buyers entitled to recover loss of bargain damages...
The government has announced that responsibility for local economic growth and devolution strategy will transfer from the Ministry of Housing,...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published revised guidance on unfair contract terms, covering the unfair contract terms provisions in...
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...
An introduction to repo and the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA)What is repo?Repo is the market term for a ‘repurchase transaction’, which involves the sale of an asset by one party (the seller) to another party (the buyer) with a simultaneous agreement between the parties that the seller
An introduction to securities lending transactions and the Global Master Securities Lending Agreement (GMSLA)What is securities lending?A securities lending transaction typically involves the outright transfer of a security by one party (the 'lender') to another party (the 'borrower') in exchange
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
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
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