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[[Collateral]], as a abstract concept, is securities and cash a counterparty puts up as [[credit risk mitigation]]. | [[Collateral]], as a abstract concept, is securities and cash a counterparty puts up as [[credit risk mitigation]]. <br /> | ||
A [[collateral contract]] — an even more abstract concept — is a binding agreement which supports or gives a person a right to enter into another {{tag|contract}}. (Certain forms of [[option]] — swaptions for example — are [[collateral contract]]s. | |||
Revision as of 17:31, 9 November 2016
Collateral, as a abstract concept, is securities and cash a counterparty puts up as credit risk mitigation.
A collateral contract — an even more abstract concept — is a binding agreement which supports or gives a person a right to enter into another contract. (Certain forms of option — swaptions for example — are collateral contracts.