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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 | 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 | 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. |