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{{a| | {{a|banking|{{image|Crossing Threshold Hope|jpg|An equally forlorn attempt to influence matters beyond one's control}}}}This is a page about the general, generally stupid, concept of {{t|cross default}}. | ||
This is a page about the general, generally stupid, concept of {{t|cross default}}. | |||
===As a standard term in [[master trading agreement|master trading agreements]]=== | ===As a standard term in [[master trading agreement|master trading agreements]]=== | ||
For specific provisions see: | For specific provisions see: | ||
*{{isdaprov|Cross Default}} ({{tag|ISDA}}) | *{{isdaprov|Cross Default}} ({{tag|ISDA}}) | ||
*{{fbfprof|Cross Default}} ([[FBF]]) | *{{fbfprof|Cross Default}} ([[FBF]]) | ||
*'''[[Cross Default - GMSLA Provision|Stock lending and repo have no cross default]]''': Neither the {{gmsla}} nor the {{gmra}} have, as standard, either a [[cross default]] or a [[default under specified transaction]] provision. ''[[Cross Default - GMSLA Provision|Unless some bright spark thinks it is a good idea to negotiate one in]].'' | *'''[[Cross Default - GMSLA Provision|Stock lending and repo have no cross default]]''': Neither the {{gmsla}} nor the {{gmra}} have, as standard, either a [[cross default]] or a [[default under specified transaction]] provision. ''[[Cross Default - GMSLA Provision|Unless some bright spark thinks it is a good idea to negotiate one in]].'' | ||
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==={{isdaprov|Cross default}} in the {{isdama}}=== | ==={{isdaprov|Cross default}} in the {{isdama}}=== | ||
In their infinite wisdom (or jest), the framers of the [[1987 ISDA Interest Rate and Currency Exchange Agreement]] ([[cro-magnon man]] to the {{2002ma}}’s | In their infinite wisdom (or jest), the framers of the [[1987 ISDA Interest Rate and Currency Exchange Agreement]] ([[cro-magnon man]] to the {{2002ma}}’s metropolitan hipster) thought it wise to include a [[cross default]], perhaps because, in those pioneering days, [[Credit Support Annex|credit support annexes]] weren’t run-of-the-mill, and may not even have been invented. | ||
Subsequent generations of [[Mediocre lawyer|derivative lawyers]], being the creatures of habit they are, especially when sequestered into an [[ISDA working group]], never thought to take it out, and even our artisanal coffee-swilling {{2002ma}} boasts a tedious {{isdaprov|Cross Default}} provision, an embarrassing relic of its bogan parentage. It’s like that tattoo you got when you were a drunk, but physically attractive, 19 year-old. | Subsequent generations of [[Mediocre lawyer|derivative lawyers]], being the creatures of habit they are, especially when sequestered into an [[ISDA working group]], never thought to take it out, and even our artisanal coffee-swilling {{2002ma}} boasts a tedious {{isdaprov|Cross Default}} provision, an embarrassing relic of its bogan parentage. It’s like that tattoo you got when you were a drunk, but physically attractive, 19 year-old. | ||
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*Note that [[repo]] is not considered {{isdaprov|Specified Indebtedness}}: see [[borrowed money]]. But don’t let your inner anal retentive amending the definition in your {{isdaprov|Schedule}} so that it is (even though [[repo]] is more properly dealt with by {{isdaprov|DUST}}). | *Note that [[repo]] is not considered {{isdaprov|Specified Indebtedness}}: see [[borrowed money]]. But don’t let your inner anal retentive amending the definition in your {{isdaprov|Schedule}} so that it is (even though [[repo]] is more properly dealt with by {{isdaprov|DUST}}). | ||
{{derivatives as specified indebtedness}} | {{derivatives as specified indebtedness|isdaprov}} | ||
===Credit Mitigation=== | ===Credit Mitigation=== | ||