84,207
edits
Amwelladmin (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Amwelladmin (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
Under a cash [[equity give-up]], the [[hedge fund]] seeks a ''firm price'' indication for a [[cash equity]] from an {{tag|executing broker}}, but ''does not act on it'': rather, the [[hedge fund]] says, “all right, sir: hold that thought”, and runs off to its favourite [[prime broker]], whom it instructs to enter into a {{tag|swap}} at the exact price quoted by the {{tag|executing broker}}, directing the [[PB]]’s attention to the winsome [[executing broker]] who is sitting by the phone, dutifully holding its thought, all dressed up and with nowhere yet to go. | Under a cash [[equity give-up]], the [[hedge fund]] seeks a ''firm price'' indication for a [[cash equity]] from an {{tag|executing broker}}, but ''does not act on it'': rather, the [[hedge fund]] says, “all right, sir: hold that thought”, and runs off to its favourite [[prime broker]], whom it instructs to enter into a {{tag|swap}} at the exact price quoted by the {{tag|executing broker}}, directing the [[PB]]’s attention to the winsome [[executing broker]] who is sitting by the phone, dutifully holding its thought, all dressed up and with nowhere yet to go. | ||
In practice, the [[executing broker]] is not quite that demure. It will pre-emptively “allege” the cash trade to the [[hedge fund]]’s [[prime broker]]<ref>Whose identity the [[hedge fund]] may have “inadvertently” let on during the post-coital conversation. WAIT: THERE WAS NO COITUS, REMEMBER?</ref> | In practice, the [[executing broker]] is not quite that demure. It will pre-emptively “allege” the cash trade to the [[hedge fund]]’s [[prime broker]],<ref>Whose identity the [[hedge fund]] may have “inadvertently” let on during the post-coital conversation. WAIT: THERE WAS NO COITUS, REMEMBER?</ref> which is rather like buzzing in on University Challenge before Bamber Gascoigne has finished asking the question: “a little birdie tells me you are going to instruct me to trade on an equity to [[hedge]] an [[equity swap]] you’re about to put on with your client hedge fund X. Well — here it is!”). | ||
Once the [[PB]] has accepted the [[EB]]’s “[[allegation]]”, the [[PB]] “prints” the trade with the [[hedge fund]], usually in the form of a [[synthetic equity swap]]<ref>A.k.a a “[[contract for differences]]” or “[[CFD]]”.</ref> transacted under an {{isdama}}. | Once the [[PB]] has accepted the [[EB]]’s “[[allegation]]”, the [[PB]] “prints” the trade with the [[hedge fund]], usually in the form of a [[synthetic equity swap]]<ref>A.k.a a “[[contract for differences]]” or “[[CFD]]”.</ref> transacted under an {{isdama}}. |