“Call protection” (which is referred to as a “prepayment fee”, “prepayment premium”, “call premium”, “prepayment penalty”, “non call”, “hard call”, “soft call” or “make whole”) is a core economic term in leveraged financings....more
[co-authors: Amelie Hopkins, and Collin Grier] The year 2021 started with the hope of COVID-19 vaccines and a return to (relative) normalcy, only to conclude with new variants that presented new challenges and extended...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released last week a proposed rule that would impose an array of new requirements on prepaid accounts. ...more