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''European Union - United Kingdom (UK) - Brexit''.
A potentially strong form of protection for lenders/investors in securities, designed to mitigate the adverse effects of call risk for investors.


'''Soft Brexit''' described a potential future situation of relatively less disconnection of the UK from European institutions including the single market.
Under a Spens clause the borrower/issuer has to value the cash flows beyond the date of the call/redemption at the government bond yield, or some other low rate.


For example, a possible situation in which the UK might have been a member of the European Economic Area.
This potentially makes it prohibitively expensive for the issuer to take an early redemption.


For example the Bank of England's purchase scheme for corporate bonds favours bonds having a Spens clause.


Contrasted with a relatively 'harder' Brexit.
The consequence of a Spens clause for the investor is that they can re-invest the redemption monies in government stock, thus preserving their originally expected cash inflows at lower risk.
 
 
On 24 December 2020 the UK and European Commission agreed the terms of a post-Brexit free trade agreement agreement that came into provisional application - subject to parliamentary ratification by the UK and the EU - from 1 January 2021.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Brexit]]
* [[Call protection]]
* [[Brexit transition period]]
* [[Call risk]]
* [[European Commission]]
* [[Loan agreement]]
* [[European Economic Area]]
* [[Make whole clause]]
* [[European Free Trade Association]]
* [[MCT]]
* [[European Union]]
* [[Redemption]]
* [[Free trade agreement]]
* [[Hard Brexit]]
* [[Single Market]]
* [[United Kingdom]]
 
 
=== Other links===
* [https://www.treasurers.org/hub/technical/brexit Brexit - ACT Resources]
 
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Revision as of 19:58, 10 March 2015

A potentially strong form of protection for lenders/investors in securities, designed to mitigate the adverse effects of call risk for investors.

Under a Spens clause the borrower/issuer has to value the cash flows beyond the date of the call/redemption at the government bond yield, or some other low rate.

This potentially makes it prohibitively expensive for the issuer to take an early redemption.

For example the Bank of England's purchase scheme for corporate bonds favours bonds having a Spens clause.

The consequence of a Spens clause for the investor is that they can re-invest the redemption monies in government stock, thus preserving their originally expected cash inflows at lower risk.


See also