Series:

The Mastering

3 total works

Cover of Mastering Securities Lending Documentation

Securities lending master agreements are vital for covering securities loans between contracting parties. They also offer legal and credit protection and a close-out netting procedure if a party defaults or goes bankrupt. These agreements are widely used by banks, securities houses, pension funds, hedge funds and insurance companies.

Mastering Securities Lending Documentation is a practical guide to understanding the negotiation of these master agreements used in the United Kingdom, United States and Europe. It is an essential handbook for anyone involved in negotiating these agreements and includes:

An introduction to the history and operations of the market A clear, user-friendly explanation of all paragraphs of the master agreements An easy-to use split page format with the original text and commentary Examples of commonly negotiated additions and amendments and their implications Answers to legal, risk and operational questions

Cover of Mastering ISDA Collateral Documents

A timely updating of the only accessible single volume guide to the ISDA Credit Support Annexes, sanctioned under English and US law. The Annexes collateralise or secure over the counter derivatives risk exposure.  This is the companion book to Mastering the ISDA Master Agreements, now in its third edition.

First published in 2002, the book is a guide to negotiation of the two main ISDA Credit Support Annexes which are used to support the ISDA Master Agreements.  The ISDA Credit Support Annexes are the main support documents which relate to collateralised or secure over the counter derivatives risk exposure.

This book covers collateral management from an operational perspective and focuses on the two main ISDA Credit Support Documents. It provides a clear concise narrative on their provisions and amendments

Cover of Mastering the ISDA Master Agreements

Published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, the 1992 and 2002 ISDA® Master Agreements are the main contracts used in the over the counter global derivatives market. Mastering the ISDA Master Agreements provides a practical, clear and useful guide to help understand and negotiate these Master Agreements.

This revised and updated edition is an essential handbook for anyone involved in negotiating agreements, from financial institutions through to fund managers, law firms, credit officers, regulators and business students. The new edition includes:

  • Increased focus on the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement Schedule
  • Expanded sections on hedge fund and loan-linked Schedules
  • The introduction of covered bonds
  • The effect of the credit crunch, the role of derivatives and how this has affected the market

The ISDA Mater Agreements are complex documents and it can take up to two years to become proficient in negotiating and understanding their key elements. Mastering the ISDA Master Agreements provides a detailed overview of the legal, credit and operational issues inherent in the ISDA Master Agreements.

The book includes:

  • The evolution of ISDA documentation including general and product definitions and confirmations
  • A clear and detailed commentary on the individual sections and provisions of the 1992 and 2002 ISDA Master Agreements
  • The main legal issues surrounding the Agreement and OTC derivatives from UK and US legal perspectives
  • Special Schedule terms including those for building societies, insurance companies, hedge funds and sovereign entities
  • Provisions seen in US Schedules which often face non-US negotiators
  • The background to the credit crunch, the effect on the OTC derivatives market and some suggestions about possible changes to the market
  • Annexes including reproductions of the ISDA Master Agreements and useful information
  • Simplified glossaries of terms used in the Agreements