Types of quasi-security

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Quasi-security is the term used to cover a broad range of arrangements which are not strictly speaking security but have a similar economic effect.

Quasi-security provides protection for the party receiving it and can increase the likelihood of a lender being repaid. However, quasi-security is different from security in that security creates rights against the assets of the security provider whereas quasi-security creates rights against a person (ie against the quasi-security provider itself rather than its assets).

For more information about how quasi-security is different from security, see Practice Note: Difference between security and quasi-security.

For information about the different types of security available under English law, see Practice Note: Types of security.

Key types of quasi-security

The key types of quasi-security are:

  1. •

    guarantees

  2. •

    comfort letters

  3. •

    set-off

  4. •

    netting, and

  5. •

    standby credits and on demand guarantees/bonds

How negative pledges fit in

A negative pledge is a contractual undertaking which prohibits or restricts an entity from creating encumbrances

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