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{{g}}Those self-appointed keeper of the various flames of the different cottages that make up our industry. Traditionally thought of as bland, sleepy places, they are [[from time to time]] cast into the terrible glare of publicity, which generally doesn’t play out too well for them.
{{g}}Those self-appointed keepers of the flames in the hearths of the different cottages that make up our industry. Traditionally thought of as bland, sleepy places, they are [[from time to time]] cast into the terrible glare of publicity, which generally doesn’t play out too well for them.


*'''[[ISDA]]''': These days, probably the daddy, and copped less flack in the fallout from the [[CDO]] scandal than you might have expected. Executives from the [[BBA]] looked on enviously at the lack of attention ISDA garnered. Publishes the {{isdama}} and loads and loads of tedious [[The ISDA Protocol|protocol]]s
*'''[[ISDA]]''': These days, probably the daddy, and copped less flack in the fallout from the [[CDO]] scandal than you might have expected. Executives from the [[BBA]] looked on enviously at the lack of attention ISDA garnered. Publishes the {{isdama}} and loads and loads of tedious [[The ISDA Protocol|protocol]]s

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Those self-appointed keepers of the flames in the hearths of the different cottages that make up our industry. Traditionally thought of as bland, sleepy places, they are from time to time cast into the terrible glare of publicity, which generally doesn’t play out too well for them.

Fun fact: the collective noun for a group of industry associations — seldom used, because so rare and disconsolate are the circumstances in which they get together[1] — is a “torpidity”.

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  1. Such as drafting a standard disclosure notice that stock lenders could send to each other advising themselves that their title transfer arrangements are arrangements involving the transfer of title