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  1. SEC
    Short for the "Securities and Exchange Commission.
  2. Second Tier
    A term of art used to refer to subsidiaries that are indirectly owned by a parent company, with the ...
  3. Security Interest
    A defined term in the Uniform Commercial Code that includes a limited interest in property to secure...
  4. Securitization
    A type of financing transaction in which assets of an issuer are isolated in an SPV and those assets...
  5. Sobe
    South Beach, the coolest part of Miami Beach, in turn one of the cool spots in the world and home of...
  6. SPC
    Short for "special purpose corporation.
  7. Spread
    A term used to refer to the amount added or subtracted from an interest rate index to compute the in...
  8. Springing lien
    A term used to refer to a lien that is to be granted in the future upon certain conditions. The cre...
  9. SPV
    Short for "special purpose vehicle.
  10. Standard Form
    A form of agreement or document which has been approved for use by an institution such as a bank or ...
  11. Structuring fee
    A fee charged by a lead arranging bank for setting up a syndicated financing. Unlike a commitment f...
  12. Subordination
    A type of clause or agreement pursuant to which one creditor (the subordiante or junior creditor) ag...
  13. Subrogation
    The assumption by a third party (such as a guarantor)of another party's legal right to collect a deb...
  14. Substantive consolidation
    A term that refers to an equitable doctrine that permits a court to combine two legal entities into ...
  15. Swap
    A slang term used to refer to a derivative contract providing for the exchange of currency or the ex...

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