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A backstop facility is a short-term interim borrowing facility supporting a transaction, financial instrument, or other credit facility.
A set of procedures whereby financial institutions present and exchange data and/or documents relating to funds or securities transfers to other financial institutions.  


 
The procedures often also include a mechanism for the calculation of participants’ bilateral and/or multilateral net positions with a view to facilitating the settlement of their obligations on a net or net net basis.
:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Informa highly commended'''''</span>
 
:"Highly commended in this category was Informa's complex acquisition financing deal...
 
:The deal, which was intended to support the company's transformation acquisition of UBM, included... an £855m backstop facility for Informa's RCF, and a £400m and $720m backstop facility for the RCF, US private placement and bond at UBM."
 
:''The Treasurer magazine, Deals Edition 2019, p24.''
 
 
Also known as a ''backstop credit facility.''




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Bond]]
* [[Cheque truncation]]
* [[Bridge facility]]
* [[Clearing]]
* [[Bridge to bond]]
* [[Clearing house]]
* [[Bridging loan]]
* [[Settlement]]
* [[Facility]]
* [[Private placement]]
* [[RCF]]


[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
[[Category:Cash_management]]
[[Category:Cash_management]]
[[Category:Liquidity_management]]

Revision as of 10:03, 9 October 2013

A set of procedures whereby financial institutions present and exchange data and/or documents relating to funds or securities transfers to other financial institutions.

The procedures often also include a mechanism for the calculation of participants’ bilateral and/or multilateral net positions with a view to facilitating the settlement of their obligations on a net or net net basis.


See also