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Amwelladmin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Unlike most finance contracts, the ISDA has no fixed roles — swaps were formulated as contracts between equals — the labels Party A and Party B reflect that either party can be long or short or be in- or out-of-the-money — this can create documentation glitches through clerical oversight — beyond interdealer relationships, swaps aren’t contracts between equals, but no different from other forms of financed brokerage — belief in bi...") |
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Unlike most finance | [[The bilaterality, or not, of the ISDA|Unlike]] most [[finance contract]]<nowiki/>s, swaps were conceived as contracts between equals — hence the labels “Party A” and “Party B” — either side can be [[long]] or [[short]], or [[In-the-money|in-]] or [[out-of-the-money]] — clerical oversight can be a bitch — most swaps aren’t really contracts of equals — mistaken belief in bilaterality arguably concentrates, rather than dissipates, systemic risk. | ||
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Unlike most finance contracts, swaps were conceived as contracts between equals — hence the labels “Party A” and “Party B” — either side can be long or short, or in- or out-of-the-money — clerical oversight can be a bitch — most swaps aren’t really contracts of equals — mistaken belief in bilaterality arguably concentrates, rather than dissipates, systemic risk.