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'''The {{isdama}}''' is the basic framework which applies to anyone who touches down on planet [[ISDA]]. . There are three existing versions:  
===The {{isdama}}===
The {{isdama}} is the basic framework which applies to anyone who touches down on planet [[ISDA]]. There are three existing versions:  
*the state-of-the-art '''{{2002ma}}''';<ref>There is no such thing as a '''{{2008ma}}'''. That was a joke on our part.</ref>  
*the state-of-the-art '''{{2002ma}}''';<ref>There is no such thing as a '''{{2008ma}}'''. That was a joke on our part.</ref>  
*the still-popular-with-traditionalists '''{{1992ma}}''', and  
*the still-popular-with-traditionalists-and-Americans '''{{1992ma}}''', and  
*the all-but-retired-but-don’t-forget-there-are-still-soldiers-in-the-Burmese-jungle '''{{1987ma}}'''<ref>Seriously: proceed with cuation with one of these. {{1987ma}}s don’t have a lot of safety features a modern derivatives counterparty relies on, so only for real specialists and weirdos. Think of it like flying a spitfire rather than a 737 Max. Um, okay, bad {{t|metaphor}}.</ref>
*the all-but-retired-but-don’t-forget-there-are-still-soldiers-in-the-Burmese-jungle '''{{1987ma}}'''<ref>Seriously: proceed with caution with one of these. {{1987ma}}s don’t have a lot of safety features a modern derivatives counterparty relies on, so only for real specialists and weirdos. Think of it like flying a spitfire rather than a 737 Max. Um, okay, bad {{t|metaphor}}.</ref>
 
*the interesting-only-for-its-place-in-the-fossil-record-and-witty-acrostic {{1985ma}}; and
The {{isdama}} is a pre-printed pdf. You don’t, despite the [[Substance and form|darkest fears]] of your [[internal audit]] department, ever ''edit'' this document. ''Ever''. It’s generally a .pdf, so you can’t<ref>I know you ''can'', but you are forgetting about the general technical aptitude of your average ISDA [[negotiator]] who can’t figure out how to get goddamn tab stops to work.</ref> but, in any weather, you ''don’t''.<ref>“But what if we ''did''?” wails [[internal audit]]. How would you know? This is your chance to pull the [[exasperated Kermit face]]. It won’t help, of course, but you may feel better.</ref> You just don’t. You sign it as it is and then execute an ...
*there ''isn’t'' a '''{{2008ma}}'''. That’s a little running [[JC]] in-joke.<ref>Talking to yourself might not be the first sign of madness, but having ''in-jokes'' with yourself might be.</ref>  
 
All three versions have a tri-partite form: '''Pre-printed Master''', '''{{{{{1}}}|Schedule}}''' and — well, ''this'' is controversial: for is it, or is it not, part of the {{isdama}}? — '''[[Credit Support Annex]]'''.
... '''ISDA {{isdaprov|Schedule}}'''. This overlays the pre-printed master agreement. Here you specify {{isdaprov|Additional Termination Event}}s, add economic variables, names, addresses, add {{isdaprov|Tax Representations}} and ''then'', in Part 5, you are free to make any technical amendments your [[credit]] and [[legal]] [[Chicken licken|chicken lickens]] want [[for the avoidance of doubt]], and that you couldn't make because technical ineptitude and unerring market convention prevented you editing the preprinted master. That comprises your overarching {{isdama}}, though you may also have a ...
 
...'''[[Credit support arrangement]]''' which is usually an annex to the {{isdama}}. In order to document a specific Transaction you will need a...
 
... '''{{isdaprov|Confirmation}}''' is the thing that actually documents a specific swap {{isdaprov|Transaction}}, though there is sometimes an intermediate [[Master Confirmation Agreement]] which documents the generic terms for all, say [[equity derivative]] {{isdaprov|Transaction}}s.

Latest revision as of 13:46, 30 May 2023

The ISDA Master Agreement

The ISDA Master Agreement is the basic framework which applies to anyone who touches down on planet ISDA. There are three existing versions:

  • the state-of-the-art 2002 ISDA;[1]
  • the still-popular-with-traditionalists-and-Americans 1992 ISDA, and
  • the all-but-retired-but-don’t-forget-there-are-still-soldiers-in-the-Burmese-jungle 1987 ISDA[2]
  • the interesting-only-for-its-place-in-the-fossil-record-and-witty-acrostic 1985 ISDA Code; and
  • there isn’t a 2008 ISDA. That’s a little running JC in-joke.[3]

All three versions have a tri-partite form: Pre-printed Master, {{{{{1}}}|Schedule}} and — well, this is controversial: for is it, or is it not, part of the ISDA Master Agreement? — Credit Support Annex.

  1. ↑ There is no such thing as a 2008 ISDA. That was a joke on our part.
  2. ↑ Seriously: proceed with caution with one of these. 1987 ISDAs don’t have a lot of safety features a modern derivatives counterparty relies on, so only for real specialists and weirdos. Think of it like flying a spitfire rather than a 737 Max. Um, okay, bad metaphor.
  3. ↑ Talking to yourself might not be the first sign of madness, but having in-jokes with yourself might be.
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