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Gain on assignment

Accounting
Also called: Gain on derecognition of assigned loans

The present value of the excess interest spread on a sold loan pool, recognised in income at the moment a transfer qualifies to come off the balance sheet.

In plain terms

Future interest brought into this quarter. It does not repeat unless another pool is sold, and it rests on disclosed assumptions about prepayment and default that reduce the spread actually collected.

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Indian stock market glossary · Market Vidyalaya