Template:M summ 1992 ISDA Force Majeure Event: Difference between revisions

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There is no equivalent to the 2002 ISDA’s Force Majeure Event in the 1992 ISDA. You could, and many old-timers do, write an Impossibility clause into the Schedule, which endeavoured to do the same thing. Or you could incorporate the 2002 ISDA’s Force Majeure Event into the 1992 ISDA — as long as you carry the concept through to its logical conclusion i.e.:

Include a “Hierarchy of Events” to be clear what happens where the same event is both a Event of Default and a Force Majeure Event;
Consider the impact of a deferral on the Early Termination Amount etc.

The concept also impacts the basis of close-out because the 2002 ISDA requires true mids for valuation i.e, not simply the average of each party’s view of the bid/offer where a Force Majeure Event (or Illegality) occurs, which is effectively what you get under the 1992 ISDA with a “Two Affected Parties” option.

The easiest way of achieving this is to sign up to the ISDA protocol on Illegality and Force Majeure.

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 *Consider the impact of a deferral on the {{isda92prov|Early Termination Amount}} etc.
 The concept also impacts the basis of [[close-out]] because the {{2002ma}} requires true [[mid]]s for valuation i.e, not simply the average of each party’s view of the [[Bid-offer spread|bid/offer]] where a {{isda92prov|Force Majeure Event}} (or {{isda92prov|Illegality}}) occurs, which is effectively what you get under the {{1992ma}} with a “Two {{isda92prov|Affected Parties}}” option.
+The easiest way of achieving this is to sign up to the ISDA protocol on [http://www.isda.org/2012illegalityprot/docs/ISDA_Protocol_-_Adoption_of_2002_Illegality_FM_provisions_Final.pdf Illegality and Force Majeure].