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*'''Been and gone''': Those that are already paid: settled, gone, checked into the hereafter; on permanent location in that foreign country we call the past — we care less about these; they are but a fossil record: they pose no risk, attract no capital and excite no prospects of revenue or compensation.
*'''Been and gone''': Those that are already paid: settled, gone, checked into the hereafter; on permanent location in that foreign country we call the past — we care less about these; they are but a fossil record: they pose no risk, attract no capital and excite no prospects of revenue or compensation.
*'''Yet to come''': Due to be paid, or delivered, at a specified date in the future. Perhaps fixed; perhaps yet to be determined, but conceptually still out there. It is, conventionally, by off setting the provisional present value of these future cashflows, that we value “the {{isdaprov|Transaction}}” — this is what we call its “[[Replacement Transaction - ISDA Provision|replacement cost]]”.
*'''Yet to come''': Due to be paid, or delivered, at a specified date in the future. Perhaps fixed; perhaps yet to be determined, but conceptually still out there. It is, conventionally, by off setting the provisional present value of these future cashflows, that we value “the {{isdaprov|Transaction}}” — this is what we call its “[[Replacement Transaction - ISDA Provision|replacement cost]]”.
*That weird inter-regnum of payments whose due date has passed, and which ''should have'' have been paid, and thus emigrated permanently to that foreign country but, for whatever reason — inattention, inability, defiance, or the affordances of Section {{isdaprov|2(a)(iii)}} — they have not yet been made, so they need to be worried about, accounted for and factored into things, over and above the “replacement” value of the trade.
*'''The twilight zone''': That weird inter-regnum of payments whose due date has passed, and which ''should have'' have been paid, and thus emigrated permanently to that foreign country but, for whatever reason — inattention, inability, defiance, or the affordances of Section {{isdaprov|2(a)(iii)}} — they have not yet been made, so they need to be worried about, accounted for and factored into things, over and above the “replacement” value of the trade.
 
{{isdaprov|Unpaid Amounts}} are of interest in two cases:
* ''Default'' — obviously, they a significant possibility where a party is not meetings it obligations as they fall due; and
* ''When taking credit support'' — because they must be remembered when calculating ones {{vmcsaprov|Exposure}}.
 
You may want to know where {{isdaprov|Unpaid Amounts}} feature in the {{isdama}}. The answer: In {{isdaprov|Payments on Early Termination}}: Section {{isdaprov|6(e)(i)}} (for {{isdaprov|Events of Default}}) and {{isdaprov|6(e)(ii)}} (for {{isdaprov|Termination Events}}) and {{isdaprov|6(e)(iv)}} ({{isdaprov|Adjustment for Illegality or Force Majeure Event}}).

Latest revision as of 11:06, 23 June 2023

If you think of an ISDA Transaction as comprising offsetting payment streams, these payments fall into one of three ontological categories:

  • Been and gone: Those that are already paid: settled, gone, checked into the hereafter; on permanent location in that foreign country we call the past — we care less about these; they are but a fossil record: they pose no risk, attract no capital and excite no prospects of revenue or compensation.
  • Yet to come: Due to be paid, or delivered, at a specified date in the future. Perhaps fixed; perhaps yet to be determined, but conceptually still out there. It is, conventionally, by off setting the provisional present value of these future cashflows, that we value “the Transaction” — this is what we call its “replacement cost”.
  • The twilight zone: That weird inter-regnum of payments whose due date has passed, and which should have have been paid, and thus emigrated permanently to that foreign country but, for whatever reason — inattention, inability, defiance, or the affordances of Section 2(a)(iii) — they have not yet been made, so they need to be worried about, accounted for and factored into things, over and above the “replacement” value of the trade.