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Lehman provisions are parts of loan agreements designed to address the risk of default by a lender or an agent bank.
A market for financial assets when those assets are first offered for sale.  


:<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Commentary on the Lehman provisions'''''</span>
For example, on the flotation of a company or the issue of a bond.


:"The risk of finance party default under a loan agreement is a risk factor that the loan market moved swiftly to address following the collapse of Lehman Brothers.


:The LMA’s response was to create a set of optional 'Finance Party Default' clauses, which were first published in 2009.  These are often colloquially referred to as the 'Lehman provisions'...
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In relation to loans, the market in which the borrowers and the original lenders deal with one another.
:Most of the Lehman provisions are a welcome addition to facility documentation for borrowers.
 
:They are widely used and, generally speaking, the main concepts addressed by the LMA drafting will be familiar to those who have negotiated loan documentation since 2009.
 
:This might suggest that the most commonly used aspects should be incorporated into the Investment Grade Agreements..."
 
:''The ACT Borrower’s Guide to the LMA’s Investment Grade Agreements - 6th edition - 2022 - p377.''




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Default]]
* [[Bond]]
* [[Defaulting lender]]
* [[Capital market]]
* [[Documentation]]
* [[Float]]
* [[Event of default]]
* [[Flotation]]
* [[Facility]]
* [[Initial public offering]]
* [[Finance party default]]
* [[Private company]]
* [[Impaired agent]]
* [[Proprietary trading]]
* [[Investment Grade Agreements]]
* [[Public company]]
* [[Lehman ]]
* [[Secondary market]]
* [[Loan agreement]]
* [[Shallow discount bond]]
* [[Loan Market Association]]  (LMA)
* [[Provision]]
 
 
==Other resource==
 
* [https://www.treasurers.org/hub/best-practice/borrowers-guide-LMA-investment-grade-agreements The ACT Borrower’s Guide to the LMA’s Investment Grade Agreements - 2022 - p377]


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Revision as of 23:39, 2 March 2021

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A market for financial assets when those assets are first offered for sale.

For example, on the flotation of a company or the issue of a bond.


2.

In relation to loans, the market in which the borrowers and the original lenders deal with one another.


See also