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Abbreviation used by the [[European Securities and Markets Authority]] (ESMA) to refer to the ESMA Central Repository for publishing credit rating activity and performance statistics.
A reduction in the effective ranking of the claim of a lender or other creditor resulting from a combination of:
 
#The ownership structure of the borrower, for example in a group of companies; and  
#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 ==
* [[Subordination]]
 
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Revision as of 19:31, 6 April 2015

Risk management.

A reduction in the effective 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