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===[[Credit support]]=== | ===[[Credit support]]=== | ||
[[Collateral]], as a abstract concept, is securities and cash a counterparty puts up as [[credit risk mitigation]] under a [[title transfer collateral arrangement]] or a [[pledged collateral arrangement]]. <br /> | [[Collateral]], as a abstract concept, is securities and cash a counterparty puts up as [[credit risk mitigation]] under a [[title transfer collateral arrangement]] or a [[pledged collateral arrangement]]. <br /> | ||
For example: a credit support annex. That’s a [[collateral]] arrangement. | |||
===[[Collateral contract]]s=== | ===[[Collateral contract]]s=== | ||
A [[collateral contract]] — an even more abstract concept — is a binding agreement which is collateral to — in other words it supports or gives a person a right to enter into a {{tag|contract}}. For example | A [[collateral contract]] — an even more abstract concept — is a binding agreement which is collateral to — in other words it supports or gives a person a right to enter into a {{tag|contract}}. | ||
For example: certain forms of [[option]] — swaptions for example — are [[collateral contract]]s. | |||
Revision as of 17:35, 9 November 2016
Credit support
Collateral, as a abstract concept, is securities and cash a counterparty puts up as credit risk mitigation under a title transfer collateral arrangement or a pledged collateral arrangement.
For example: a credit support annex. That’s a collateral arrangement.
Collateral contracts
A collateral contract — an even more abstract concept — is a binding agreement which is collateral to — in other words it supports or gives a person a right to enter into a contract.
For example: certain forms of option — swaptions for example — are collateral contracts.