UCC Revisions Prompt S&P to Streamline Legal Reviews of Structured Finance Deals Standard & Poor’s will no longer review security interest opinions that come with structured finance transactions, in light of changes to the federal Uniform Commercial Code, the rating agency announced this week. Substantial revisions to Article 9 of the Code will become effective on July 1, 2001, in 40 states. Wider in scope than the former law, the revised law covers both security