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The dirty, low-profile, undignified business of actually complying with all the fantastical confabulations that [[sales]], [[trading]] and [[Mediocre lawyer|the legal profession]] but the bank into.
{{g}}The dirty, low-profile, undignified business of actually complying with all the fantastical confabulations that [[sales]], [[trading]] and [[Mediocre lawyer|the legal profession]] put the bank into.


It is astounding how little resemblance these manicured legal contracts bear to the actual ebbs and flows of operational systems in a bank. Since lawyers never see the latter, this is of no moment to them, but they will spend weeks arguing amongst themselves to shut down the paranoid contingencies that populate the Cartesian theatre of a lawyer’s imagination, notwithstanding that they've never manifested themselves in anyone's actual experience. See, for example: [[close-out netting]]; [[cross default]]
It is astounding how little resemblance these manicured legal {{t|contract}}s bear to the actual ebbs and flows of operational systems in a bank. Since lawyers never see the latter, this is of no moment to them, but they will spend weeks arguing amongst themselves to shut down the paranoid contingencies that populate the [[René Descartes|Cartesian]] theatre of a lawyer’s imagination, notwithstanding that they've never manifested themselves [[Chicken Licken|in anyone’s actual experience]]. See, for example: [[close-out netting]]; [[cross default]]; [[NAV Trigger]].


Operations folk see themselves as misshapen bell ringers of the financial services world<ref>Curiously, this is how [[Sales]] see them too.</ref>, doing the grubby but necessary work to ensure the congregation is on time, well dressed and properly presented for evensong.
Operations folk see themselves as misshapen bell ringers of the financial services world<ref>Curiously, this is how [[Sales]] see them too.</ref>, doing the grubby but necessary work to ensure the congregation is on time, well dressed and properly presented for evensong.


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The dirty, low-profile, undignified business of actually complying with all the fantastical confabulations that sales, trading and the legal profession put the bank into.

It is astounding how little resemblance these manicured legal contracts bear to the actual ebbs and flows of operational systems in a bank. Since lawyers never see the latter, this is of no moment to them, but they will spend weeks arguing amongst themselves to shut down the paranoid contingencies that populate the Cartesian theatre of a lawyer’s imagination, notwithstanding that they've never manifested themselves in anyone’s actual experience. See, for example: close-out netting; cross default; NAV Trigger.

Operations folk see themselves as misshapen bell ringers of the financial services world[1], doing the grubby but necessary work to ensure the congregation is on time, well dressed and properly presented for evensong.

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  1. Curiously, this is how Sales see them too.