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Just who was the affected party and how an affected transaction was valued and terminated used to be much more of a source of controversy in the heyday of is negotiation than it is today.
In the heyday of ISDA negotiation<ref>For the record, I put the [[golden age of ISDA negotiation]] as late 90s, early noughties. We were young, carefree, crazy kids.</ref> just who was the {{isdaprov|Affected Party}} and how one should value and terminate an {{isdaprov|Affected Transaction}} used to be much more of a source of controversy than it is today.


This might be a function of the markets general move to the {{2002ma}} closeout methodology, which is generally far less fraught and bamboozling, refraining as it does from absurdities like the {{isda92prov|First Method}} and alternative {{isda92prov|Market}} and {{isda92prov|Loss}} methods of valuing replacement transactions. Even those who insist on staying with the {{1992ma}} are often persuaded to upgrade the closeout methodology.
This might be a function of the market’s general move to the {{2002ma}} closeout methodology, being far less fraught and bamboozling then the one in the {{1992ma}}, refraining as it does from absurdities like the {{isda92prov|First Method}} and alternative {{isda92prov|Market}} and {{isda92prov|Loss}} methods of valuing replacement transactions. Even those who insist on staying with the {{1992ma}} — Hello, Cleveland! — are often persuaded to upgrade the closeout methodology.


It might also be that the specific expertise as to what happens in a close out as dissipated in the market as banks have outsourced and down skilled the negotiation functions.
It might also be that the specific expertise as to what happens in a close out has dissipated over the years as banks have [[outsourced]] and [[downskilled]] their negotiation functions.


But the JC likes to think that in this mature market, the [[commercial imperative]] plays a part here. {{isdaprov|Termination Events}} come in two types: catastrophic ones, which signal the end of the relationship — and usually the ongoing viability of one of the counterparties — altogether; and and {{isdaprov|Transaction}}-specific ones, which no-one intended or wanted, everyone regrets, but which will soon be water under the bridge, for parties who will continue to trade new derivatives into glorious, golden perpetuity.
But the JC likes to think that in this mature market, the [[commercial imperative]] plays a part here. {{isdaprov|Termination Events}} come in two types: catastrophic ones, which signal the end of the relationship — and usually the ongoing viability of one of the counterparties — altogether; and and {{isdaprov|Transaction}}-specific ones, which no-one intended or wanted, everyone regrets, but which will soon be water under the bridge, for parties who will continue to trade new derivatives into glorious, golden perpetuity.