Ringfencing

In business and finance, ringfencing or ring-fencing occurs when a portion of a company's assets or profits are financially separated without necessarily being operated as a separate entity. This might be for:

regulatory reasons
creating asset protection schemes with respect to financing arrangements
segregating into separate income streams for taxation purposes

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