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1. ''Financial reporting''.  
''Risk management''.
An effective reduction in the ranking of the claim of a lender or other creditor resulting from a combination of:
(1) The ownership structure of the borrower, for example in a group of companies; and
(2) Holding a claim against the 'wrong' legal entity.


A reassessment of the value of an asset or liability already recorded in an entity's financial records.
For example, the claims of the creditors of a holding company may become structurally subordinated to the claims of creditors of the subsidiary companies in the same group. This is because the claim of the holding company itself - as a shareholder of the subsidiary - is generally subordinated to the claims of the other creditors of the subsidiary.
 
 
2. ''Foreign currency accounting''.
 
The retranslation of foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities to a reporting entitity's functional currency at a financial reporting period end date.


This can be particularly problematic where the subsidiary is in a different country from the holding company, where local legal and other claims may effectively erode the position of the holding company's creditors.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Currency]]
* [[Subordination]]
* [[Financial reporting]]
* [[Foreign exchange]]
* [[Other comprehensive income]]
* [[Revaluation]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Investment]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]

Revision as of 14:20, 23 October 2012

Risk management. An effective reduction in the ranking of the claim of a lender or other creditor resulting from a combination of: (1) The ownership structure of the borrower, for example in a group of companies; and (2) Holding a claim against the 'wrong' legal entity.

For example, the claims of the creditors of a holding company may become structurally subordinated to the claims of creditors of the subsidiary companies in the same group. This is because the claim of the holding company itself - as a shareholder of the subsidiary - is generally subordinated to the claims of the other creditors of the subsidiary.

This can be particularly problematic where the subsidiary is in a different country from the holding company, where local legal and other claims may effectively erode the position of the holding company's creditors.

See also