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In the {{2002ma}} the '''{{isdaprov|Specified Transaction}}'''” concept has been broadened from its 1992 version to include additional transaction types such as [[repo]]s, and to include a catchall clause designed to include any future derivative products that have not been thought of yet.
A {{isda92prov|Specified Transaction}} under the {{1992ma}} is, by the standards of {{icds}}, monosyllabic to the point of being terse. But that is as nothing compared to the {{1987ma}}, which wasn’t even called a Specified Transaction, but was just a Specified ''Swap''.
 
Under the {{2002ma}}, it is expressed with far more of [[the squad]]’s signature sense of derring-do and the Byzantine, expanding the basic definition:
*''Specifically'' to include things we have thunk of since 1992, such as [[futures]], [[credit derivatives]], [[repo]], [[stock lending]], [[weather derivative]]s,<ref>Oh, look! Anyone remember [[Enron]]? Anyone feeling nostalgic for the good old days when men were men, fraud was fraud, financial accountants were profit centres and anything seemed possible? No?</ref> [[NDF]]s, transactions executed under [[terms of business]]; and
*''Generally'' to include similar transactions that are presently or in future become common in the financial markets — a neat a catch-all, designed to include any future pieces of financial wizardry ([[and/or]] [[Financial weapons of mass destruction|mass destruction]]) that have not been thunk of just yet.

Latest revision as of 14:54, 15 August 2024

A Specified Transaction under the 1992 ISDA is, by the standards of ISDA’s crack drafting squad™, monosyllabic to the point of being terse. But that is as nothing compared to the 1987 ISDA, which wasn’t even called a Specified Transaction, but was just a Specified Swap.

Under the 2002 ISDA, it is expressed with far more of the squad’s signature sense of derring-do and the Byzantine, expanding the basic definition:

  1. Oh, look! Anyone remember Enron? Anyone feeling nostalgic for the good old days when men were men, fraud was fraud, financial accountants were profit centres and anything seemed possible? No?