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The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has submitted its response to the Financial Policy Committee (FPC)’s review of UK bank capital...
This week's edition of Banking and Finance weekly highlights includes: (1) Our cases round-up from March 2026; (2) Our Sustainable finance and ESG...
This edition of the Sustainable finance and ESG round-up from the Finance Group includes: (1) HM Treasury publishes Good Practice Guide —TCFD...
Banking & Finance analysis: This News Analysis provides a summary of the cases we have alerted in Banking & Finance for March 2026....
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...
Borrowing base facilitiesWhat is a borrowing base facility?Borrowing base facilities ('BB Facilities') are a type of trade finance. They are working capital credit facilities designed to provide short term liquidity by way of advances or the issue of trade instruments ('Instruments') such as letters
Bills of exchange—structure and partiesBills of exchange (or as they are often referred to, ‘drafts’) are negotiable instruments that represent an unconditional promise by one party (the drawer) to pay money to another party (the drawee), in accordance with the terms of that instrument. They are
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
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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