Collateral manager

The parties should consider putting in place a confidentiality agreement between the parties involved in a transaction until the time the transaction is made public. Also, in relation to collateral managers, the parties should consider whether or not the collateral manager should be prevented from acting as collateral manager for similar transactions while the Collateral for the relevant transaction is being ramped up. 

A structured transaction can raise a significant number of tax issues for all the involved parties. A detailed analysis of any potential income or wealth tax liability in the place of incorporation of the issuer, which will use funds that otherwise will be paid to the junior investors, potential withholding tax issues, which will make the investors receive their return net unless gross-up is provided for, and VAT issues for services received by the SPV should be made. Also, a complete analysis of the tax risks raised as a consequence of the relationship of the issuer with the collateral manager or collateral advisor is advisable. ... 

Both the obligations of the Collateral Manager and Collateral Adviser will be set out in Collateral Management and Advice Agreement (CMAA). 

The Collateral Manager and the Collateral Advisor are entitled to an annual fee to be paid on the Final Closing Date and on each anniversary thereafter. For US consolidation reasons, it is usually advisable to make sure that the payment of fees to the Collateral Manager and Collateral Advisor are not linked to the performance of the portfolio and rank senior to the Junior Noteholders. 

If the collateral manager of the transaction is a UK-incorporated entity, then care should be taken so that such collateral manager is not seen as actually taking the decisions and managing the SPV If the SPV is deemed to be managed by a UK entity, there is a risk of the SPV being considered res-... 

An exception could be available to the Collateral Manager if it were an investment management business. 

Regulatory Issues Related to the Collateral Manager and Collateral Advisor... 

As the collateral manager and the collateral advisors are financial institutions domiciled in a jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction of incorporation of the SPV, they should make sure they are passported to render investment advice in the country where the SPV is set up. 

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The picture is much more complex, involving once-inflated farmland values used as collateral to finance equipment and fertilizer purchases by farmers, encouraged by lenders and often by county agriculture representatives, themselves influenced by the heavy pesticide promotion of manufacturers representatives. The result has been consolidation of former family-size farms into much larger units, managed in absentia by owner- corporations, and the rapid growth of agribusiness in the U.S. 

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Over the last decade, the challenges faced by asset managers have become significantly more complex. The array of investment choices has expanded tremendously in response to globalization and financial engineering. New products are now available such as collateralized debt, insurance-linked securities, and exotic structured products. At the same time, the need for investment planning has shifted more to individuals as companies and public entities relinquish responsibility for retirement programs. 

In practice, the file needn t be a physical paper folder or filing cabinet but more usually an electronic repository or document management tool. Maintaining this collateral in a single (virtual) place greatly facilitates audit and supports an organised approach. Also note that in many cases much of the content of the file will be material which is not specific to CRM but pertains to the project more generally. It is common practice to refer and reference out to this material rather than provide duplicated copies within the file itself (and risk the loss of version control). 

A stock loan transaction in which the collateral is in the form of cash is similar in some ways to a classic repo trade. Here we compare the two transactions. Consider the following situation ABC is an entity, perhaps a bank or fund manager, that owns government bond G. Bank XYZ is a bank that requires bond G in order to deliver into a short sale that it has transacted in G. To temporarily acquire bond G to cover the short sale Bank XYZ may enter into either a stock loan or a classic repo. Exhibit 10.13 looks at the similarities between the two and the differences. 

The European credit card securitisation market has grown substantially, both in terms of absolute size and in number of issues. Although the market has traditionally been dominated by sterling-denominated collateral, the securitisation environment in various European countries bodes well for credit card securitisations which should attract banks and specialty lenders looking for alternative sources of funding and effective ways to manage their balance sheets. 

RCI Banque, the parent company of DIAC, is a 100%-owned subsidiary of Compagnie Financiere Renault, the 100%-owned Renault subsidiary in charge of finance and cash management. The company has completed one EAABS transaction. Cars Alliance Funding—Series 2002-1. Notes and collateral are euro-denominated. 

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