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                      Securities and Exchange Commission
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   Form 10-K

                 Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                    of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                  For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000
                        Commission file number 1-12489

                          TVA Security-Backed Trust,
                                 Series 1998-1

               (Southpoint Structured Assets, Inc. -- Depositor)
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            (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

                 Delaware                           51-6503749
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       (State or other jurisdiction of            I.R.S. Employer
        incorporation or organization)            (Identification Number)

                             50 North Front Street
                           Memphis, Tennessee  38103
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (901) 524-4100

          Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


                                                  Name of each exchange
       Title of each series and class             on which registered
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       TVA Security-Backed Certificates, Series   New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
       1998-1 due 12/15/17


       Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.

     Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.

                         Yes     [X]      No     [_]
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     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item
405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of Registrant's
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knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by
reference in Part III of the Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [X].

Aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant
as of December 31, 2000:  Not Applicable.

Number of shares of common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2000:  Not
Applicable.

     This Annual Report on Form 10-K is filed by Southpoint Structured Assets,
Inc. (the "Depositor") on behalf of the TVA Security-Backed Trust, Series 1998-1
(the "TVA Series 1998-1 Trust" or the "Trust") pursuant to Section 13 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

                      Documents Incorporated by Reference

     Documents in Part IV incorporated herein by reference are as follows:

     Report to TVA Series 1998-1 Certificateholders as to distributions made on
June 15, 2000, hereby incorporated herein by reference as exhibits to
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

     Report to TVA Series 1998-1 Certificateholders as to distributions made on
December 15, 2000, hereby incorporated herein by reference as exhibits to
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

                                     Part I

Item 1.  Business.

     Not Applicable.

Item 2.  Properties.

     Not Applicable.

Item 3.  Legal Proceedings.

     Nothing to report.

Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

     No matters were submitted to a vote of Certificateholders during the fiscal
year covered by this report.

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                                    Part II

Item 5.  Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters.

     (a)  Market Information.  The TVA Series 1998-1 Certificates are listed on
the New York Stock Exchange.

     (b)  Holders. The number of holders of record of the Certificates on
December 31, 2000 was as follows:

               TVA Series 1998-1 Certificates:  24

     (c)  Dividends.  Not Applicable.

Item 6.  Selected Financial Data.

     Not Applicable.

Item 7.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
         of Operations.

     Not Applicable.

Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

     Not Applicable.

Item 9.  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
         Financial Disclosure.

     Nothing to report with regard to this Item.

                                   Part III

Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of Registrant.

     Not Applicable.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

     Not Applicable.

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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.

     (a)  Security ownership of certain beneficial owners.

     As of December 31, 2000, Cede & Co., the nominee of The Depository Trust
Company ("DTC") was the registered holder of all of the TVA Series 1998-1
Certificates.  As of such date, the following were the direct participants in
DTC's system which are the holders of record of more than 5% of either series of
Certificates:


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                                                                   Amount and Nature of
  Title of Series    Name and Address of Beneficial Owners         Beneficial Ownership          Percent of Series

<S>                  <C>                                           <C>                           <C>
     TVA               J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, Inc.                 $880,000                      17.60%
Series 1998-1               c/o ADP Proxy Services

     TVA                  First Clearing Corporation                     $670,000                      13.40%
Series 1998-1               10700 Wheat First Drive
                             Glen Allen, VA 23060

     TVA                  Dain Rauscher Incorporated                     $638,000                      12.76%
Series 1998-1                312 South 3rd Street
                          Minneapolis, MN  55415-1099

     TVA                 Bank One Trust Company, N.A.                    $500,000                      10.00%
Series 1998-1                1900 Polaris Parkway
                              Columbus, OH  43240

     TVA                 Janney Montgomery Scott Inc.                    $480,000                       9.60%
Series 1998-1               c/o ADP Proxy Services

     TVA                Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette                   $440,000                       8.80%
Series 1998-1               Securities Corporation
                               1 Pershing Plaza
                                Jersey City, NJ

     TVA                  Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.                     $335,000                       6.70%
Series 1998-1              c/o ADP Proxy Services
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     (b)  Security ownership of management.  Not Applicable.

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     (c)  Changes in control.  Not Applicable.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

     (a)  Transactions with management and others.  Not Applicable.

     (b)  Certain business relationships.  Not Applicable.

     (c)  Indebtedness of management.  Not Applicable.

     (d)  Transactions with promoters.  Not Applicable.

                                    Part IV

Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K.

     (a)  The following is a list of documents filed as part of this Report:

          -    Annual Compliance Certificate

          -    Report to TVA Series 1998-1 Certificateholders as to
          distributions made on June 15, 2000.

          -    Report to TVA Series 1998-1 Certificateholders as to
          distributions made on December 15, 2000.


     (b)  The following is a list of Reports on Form 8-K that were filed on
behalf of the Trust during the period beginning January 1, 2000, and ending
December 31, 2000:

          -    Report on Form 8-K dated June 29, 2000.

          -    Report on Form 8-K dated December 29, 2000.

     (c)  The following exhibits are required to be filed by Registrant
pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K:

          Exhibit No./Description

          99.1  Annual Compliance Certificate

          99.2  Report to TVA Series 1998-1 Certificateholders as to
          distributions made on June 15, 2000 (hereby incorporated by reference
          as exhibit 99.1 to

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          Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
          Exchange Commission)

          99.3  Report to TVA Series 1998-1 Certificateholders as to
          distributions made on December 15, 2000 (hereby incorporated by
          reference as exhibit 99.1 to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K
          filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission)

     (d)  Not Applicable.

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                                   Signature

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                   TVA Security-Backed Trust,
                                       Series 1998-1

                                   By:  Southpoint Structured Assets, Inc.


                                   By:  /s/ C. David Ramsey
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                                        C. David Ramsey
                                        President

Date:  March 1, 2001

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