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A market participant which undertakes proprietary trading, as well as acting as an intermediary.
''Loan documentation.''


A contingent covenant is a covenant in borrowings documentation which is contingent on a particular event or measure.


In the UK, the term 'broker-dealer' is often used interchangeably with a 'designated investment firm' as recognised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).
A common example is a contingent covenant linked with the borrower's credit rating.


 
The existence of such covenants is a very significant source of risk for borrowers which are close to the boundary where the covenant might be triggered, for example following any further deterioration in the borrower's credit rating.
As at December 2019, the PRA recognised eight designated investment firms:
 
*Barclays Capital Securities Limited
*Citigroup Global Markets Limited
*Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd
*Goldman Sachs International
*Merrill Lynch International
*MUFG Securities EMEA plc
*Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc
*Nomura International Plc




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Big Bang]]
* [[Credit rating]]
* [[Broker]]
* [[Covenant]]
* [[Dealer]]
* [[Maintenance covenant]]
* [[Designated investment firm]]
* [[Ratings trigger]]
* [[Interdealer broker]]
* [[Springing covenant]]
* [[Investment bank]]
* [[Price discovery]]
* [[Proprietary trading]]
* [[Prudential Regulation Authority]]
* [[SMF participant]]

Revision as of 21:41, 13 November 2017

Loan documentation.

A contingent covenant is a covenant in borrowings documentation which is contingent on a particular event or measure.

A common example is a contingent covenant linked with the borrower's credit rating.

The existence of such covenants is a very significant source of risk for borrowers which are close to the boundary where the covenant might be triggered, for example following any further deterioration in the borrower's credit rating.


See also