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What is an ISIN?

What is an ISIN?

What is an ISIN? How the 12-character International Securities Identification Number works, who issues it, ISIN vs CUSIP and SEDOL, and how issuers get one.
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Ben Rockell

Director, Sales & Business Development

What is Securitised Credit?

What is Securitised Credit?

What is securitised credit? How loans become asset-backed securities, the main types from ABS to CLOs, and how it differs from corporate credit.
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Ben Rockell

Director, Sales & Business Development

What is a Vienna Stock Exchange Listing?

What is a Vienna Stock Exchange Listing?

What is a Vienna Stock Exchange listing? How the Wiener Börse Official Market and Vienna MTF work for bonds and notes, and why issuers list debt there.
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Ben Rockell

Director, Sales & Business Development

What is Clearstream?

What is Clearstream?

What is Clearstream? What it does, who owns it, whether it is a clearing house, how it compares with Euroclear and what it means for issuers.
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Ben Rockell

Director, Sales & Business Development

What is Euroclear?

What is Euroclear?

What is Euroclear? How it works, who owns it, whether it is a bank or a clearing house, how it compares with Clearstream, and what it means for issuers.
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Ben Rockell

Director, Sales & Business Development

What is a Clearing System?

What is a Clearing System?

What is a clearing system? How Euroclear and Clearstream clear and settle bonds, structured products and private placements for issuers and investors.
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Ben Rockell

Director, Sales & Business Development

How Securitisation Works: The Mechanics for Issuers

How Securitisation Works: The Mechanics for Issuers

The mechanics of securitisation for issuers: how it works step by step, true sale vs synthetic structures, tranching, credit enhancement and the waterfall.
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John Hubball

Director, Securitisation & Capital Markets

What is Shariah-compliant investing?

What is Shariah-compliant investing?

What is Shariah-compliant investing? Shariah principles, screening, sukuk and halal investment structures, and how issuers raise compliant capital.
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John Hubball

Director, Securitisation & Capital Markets

Why Issue Credit Linked Notes in Luxembourg?

Why Issue Credit Linked Notes in Luxembourg?

Why Luxembourg is the jurisdiction of choice for credit linked notes: a purpose-built securitisation law, compartments and legal certainty.
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John Hubball

Director, Securitisation & Capital Markets

How Non-Bank Lenders Fund with Credit Linked Notes

How Non-Bank Lenders Fund with Credit Linked Notes

How non-bank lenders use credit linked notes for funding that scales with loan volume and ties capital to defined pools of assets.
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Ben Rockell

Director, Sales & Business Development

Credit Linked Notes vs Bilateral Loans

Credit Linked Notes vs Bilateral Loans

Credit linked notes vs bilateral loan agreements: why one-to-one funding strains as a lending strategy scales, and how CLNs standardise terms and reporting.
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Ben Rockell

Director, Sales & Business Development

How Long Does a Luxembourg Securitisation Take?

How Long Does a Luxembourg Securitisation Take?

Speed of execution in Luxembourg securitisation: how compartments, a streamlined set-up and digital tools move issuers from mandate to closing in weeks.
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John Hubball

Director, Securitisation & Capital Markets