Special purpose vehicle Definition

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What does Special purpose vehicle mean?

A legal structure sometimes also used in contingent asset funding strategies under which both the sponsor and the fund achieve a specific objective, eg the employer places assets into an SPV which are loaned back to the employer on specified terms, the returns being shared between the fund and the sponsor.

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