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This week's essentials for Banking & Finance—27 February 2014

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Published on: 27 February 2014

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Table of contents

Contents
Lending
An on demand loan really is repayable 'on demand'
Security
City of London Law Society (CLLS) publishes discussion paper on secured transactions reform
Secondary trading
LMA Secondary Debt Trading Documentation—going live on 3 March 2014
Debt capital markets
Clearstream announces extension to its ICSD real-time processing day by two hours
Derivatives

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Article summary

Updates and analysis on banking and finance law and practice. This week’s essentials include (1) a case on the proper construction of the repayment provisions in a loan agreement, (2) City of London Law Society publishes a discussion paper on secured transactions reform, (3) the LMA reminds its members that its revised Standard Terms & Conditions for Par and Distressed Trade Transactions go live on 3 March 2014, (4) ISDA publishes its 2014 Credit Derivatives Definitions and (5) useful information for banking and finance lawyers from the Lexis®PSL Financial Services, Restructuring & Insolvency, Tax and Property teams

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