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A loan relationship exists where a party holds or owes a debt as a result of lending or borrowing money.
Merchant banks traditionally specialised in trade related finance (hence their former description as 'accepting houses'), underwriting of new issues and provision of corporate advice.
 
For UK tax purposes, loan relationships are categorised into Non trading loans and Trading loans.


The term 'investment banks' - which orginated in relation to similar banks in the US - is now more generally used for these banks.  These banks provide a wide range of services in the money, capital and securities markets.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Accruals basis]]
* [[Investment bank]]
* [[Back-to-back loan]]
* [[Debt]]
* [[Non-trading loan]]
* [[Trading loan]]


[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]

Revision as of 14:20, 23 October 2012

Merchant banks traditionally specialised in trade related finance (hence their former description as 'accepting houses'), underwriting of new issues and provision of corporate advice.

The term 'investment banks' - which orginated in relation to similar banks in the US - is now more generally used for these banks. These banks provide a wide range of services in the money, capital and securities markets.

See also