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• 15:06, 29 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page File:Language bitrate.jpg
• 15:06, 29 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs uploaded File:Language bitrate.jpg
• 14:54, 29 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Shannon entropy (Created page with "{{freeessay|tech|shannon entropy|{{image|language bitrate|}}}}")
• 14:53, 29 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:Shannon entropy capsule (Created page with "Shannon entropy, named after rockabilly maths brainbox Claude “Dell” Shannon, is a measure of the average amount of information contained in a message. It quantifies the uncertainty or randomness in a set of possible messages. Shannon introduced the concept in his seminal 1948 paper “''A Run-run-run-run Runaway Mathematical Theory of Communication''.” The formula for Shannon entropy is: {{quote| ''H <nowiki>=</nowiki> -Σ p(x) * log₂(p(x))'' <br> ''Where'...")
• 18:51, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Confoundo pactotum (Redirected page to Repudiation) Tag: New redirect
• 18:02, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Default Rate - 1987 ISDA Provision (Created page with "{{nman|isda|2002|Default Rate}}")
• 17:16, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:Isda Default Rate summ (Created page with "{{drop|D|efault interest is}} one of those perennial things in finance and is generally a rate higher than the implied funding rate for the period and person in question. You might well ask — though one might, as the JC does, struggle heroically to not go there — whether an arbitrary loading on what ought to be a fair estimate of one’s actual carrying cost is not an unenforceable penalty, but hey, everyone does it. Since for a default period...")
• 17:09, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs deleted page Template:M summ 2002 ISDA Default Rate (content was: "Default interest is one of those perennial things in finance and is generally a rate higher than the implied funding rate for the period and person in question. You might well ask — though one might, as the JC does, struggle heroically to not go there — whether an arbitrary loading on what ought to be a fair estimate of one...", and the only contributor was "Amwelladmin" (talk))
• 17:08, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:Isda Default Rate comp (Created page with "{{same as other isda}}")
• 17:08, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs deleted page Template:M comp disc 2002 ISDA Default Rate (content before blanking was: "{{same as other isda}}")
• 17:07, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:Isda Default Rate premium (Created page with "*More on penalties *The difference between “loss of profit” and “direct loss” (and how, oftentimes, there isn’t much of one)")
• 17:07, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:Isda Default Rate sa (Created page with "*{{{{{1}}}|Applicable Close-out Rate}} *{{{{{1}}}|Prior to Early Termination}} *{{gmslaprov|Default Interest}} - {{gmsla}} *{{gmraprov|Default interest}} - {{gmra}} *Penalty clause")
• 17:06, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs deleted page Template:M sa 2002 ISDA Default Rate (content before blanking was: "*{{isdaprov|Applicable Close-out Rate}} *{{isdaprov|Prior to Early Termination}} *{{gmslaprov|Default Interest}} - {{gmsla}} *{{gmraprov|Default interest}} - {{gmra}} *Penalty clause")
• 14:00, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:M sa isda on termination (Created page with "{{gb|Adam Smith and Thomas Hobbes<li>{{isdaprov|Events of Default}}<li>Lending versus financing}}")
• 13:58, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs moved page Termination of a finance contract to Terminating a finance contract
• 13:58, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Thomas Hobbes (Created page with "{{a|philosophy|}}{{Quote| “No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”}} {{drop|A|philsopher to}} stand in contradiction to Adam Smith. Whereas Smith recognises human society’s ability to productively self-organise, Hobbes stands for the principle that the only thing that stops us from murdering each other is a powerful, coercive state: A...")
• 11:16, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:M intro isda on termination (Created page with "{{drop|T|here is no}} more sacred time in the life of a commercial arrangement than our departure from its earthly clutch. We wish our relationships well, pray for their long life and a peaceful ultimate transition from them into the hereafter, but we know this is not always possible. Commerce gives the lie to the idea that life is a zero-sum game. We will only strike a bargain if, on our own terms, each of us will be better off afterwards. That being the case, there n...")
• 11:06, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:Eqd 1.41 summ (Created page with "This section simplypulls in the {{isdama}}’s definitions of “{{isdaprov|Event of Default}}”, “{{isdaprov|Affiliate}}” and “{{isdaprov|Early Termination Date}}”.")
• 11:02, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:Eqd 1.41 sa (Created page with "*{{isdaprov|Event of Default}} in the {{isdama}} *{{isdaprov|Affiliate}} in the {{isdama}} *{{isdaprov|Early Termination Date}} in the {{isdama}}")
• 11:02, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:Eqd 1.41 comp (Created page with "Ain’t you glad you’re alive? But, we wonder, do you feel quite so well-disposed to the person who drafted this little nugget? In fairness, it could be worse: {{icds}} might have decided to define Affiliate ''differently'' for {{eqderiv}} than under the main ISDA. They have done that sort of thing before.")
• 11:01, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:M comp eqd (Created blank page)
• 11:01, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:Res eqd (Created page with "{{M nav 2002 DEQ}}")
• 10:59, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:Code eqd 2002 (Created page with "{{Code DE 2002}}")
• 10:58, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:Wikitext eqd 2002 (Created page with "2002 Equity Derivatives Definitions")
• 10:14, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs moved page Finance contract to Financial contract
• 08:51, 28 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Termination of a finance contract (Created page with "{{freeessay|isda|on termination|{{wmc|SV Mattersburg vs. FC Wacker Innsbruck 20130421 (51).jpg|You’re off, sunshine}}}}")
• 11:14, 27 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:Isda Cross acceleration sa (Created page with "{{gb|{{{{{1}}}|Cross Default}}}}")
• 11:13, 27 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:Isda Cross acceleration premium (Created page with "{{pjchotlink|How to downgrade to Cross Acceleration}}<li>{{pjchotlink|Is downgrading wise?}}")
• 11:12, 27 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Cross Acceleration - 1992 ISDA Provision (Redirected page to Cross acceleration - 1992 ISDA Provision) Tag: New redirect
• 11:02, 27 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs deleted page Template:Cross acceleration capsule (content was: "Cross acceleration is like cross default, but it only arises when the non-defaulting party has actually accelerated the contract. Therefore it is a higher threshold and a less sensitive trigger, and avoids that weird scenario when the actual creditor has ''not'' itself triggered its default rights, but an opportunistic third party holder...", and the only contributor was "Amwelladmin" (talk))
• 15:20, 26 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:M sa crr liquidity buffer (Created page with "{{gb|{{isdaprov|Cross Default}}}}")
• 15:20, 26 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Category:Regulatory Capital - Essay (Created page with "{{c|Essays}}")
• 15:20, 26 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:Crr Essay (Created page with "Regulatory Capital - Essay")
• 15:17, 26 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page High-quality liquid asset (Redirected page to Liquidity buffer) Tag: New redirect
• 15:17, 26 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:M intro crr liquidity buffer (Created page with "{{capital disclaimer}}{{drop|P|rudentially regulated financial}} institutions — banks, dealers and brokers — must follow certain guidelines to make sure they are adequately “capitalised”. These are designed to ensure that the banks remain solvent and stable, having enough cash on hand to meet their obligations even in situations of significant market dislocation or credit stress. Being “holders of customer money”, during times of significant market stress,...")
• 14:54, 26 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:Capital disclaimer (Created page with "{{small|80}}''Just in case it isn’t obvious from its content and tone, bear in mind this resource is meant to help contract negotiators, legal eagles, and other non-specialists get a basic handle on the drivers and rationale for regulatory capital. It is no technical manual. Think of it more like a bluffer’s guide.''</div>")
• 14:30, 26 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Liquidity buffer (Created page with "{{essay|crr|liquidity buffer|}}")
• 16:48, 25 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Talk:Cross default (Created page with "{{drop|C|ross Default is}} designed to cover the unique risks that come from ''lending money to people who have also borrowed heavily from other people, likely on better terms than you''. The basic vibe is: if any of this other borrowing becomes theoretically payable then I want the right to terminate my ISDA as well. Sounds simple, doesn’t it. Well: ride with me a while. ====Cross default’s origins in the loan market==== {{drop|C|ross default is}} an ancient conc...")
• 11:03, 25 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Financing versus lending (Redirected page to Lending versus financing) Tag: New redirect
• 08:30, 25 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:M sa pb lending and financing (Created page with "{{gb|Financing<li>A swap as a loan<li>Bilaterality<Credit risk<li>Market risk}}{{nld}}")
• 08:29, 25 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs moved page Template:M intro pb to Template:M intro pb lending and financing without leaving a redirect
• 08:29, 25 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:M intro pb (Created page with "A fundamental distinction in the capital markets between lending and financing: Lending involves the outright assumption of credit risk against a borrower; financing involves the outright assumption of market risk against an asset. In a financing there is always a second loss risk exposure to the borrower — so ''residual'' credit risk — but this remains fully contingent on asset failure, and that in turn is a failure of ''market'' risk management rather...")
• 08:26, 25 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Lending versus financing (Created page with "A fundamental distinction in the capital markets between lending and financing: Lending involves the outright assumption of credit risk against a borrower; financing involves the outright assumption of market risk against an asset. In a financing there is always a second loss risk exposure to the borrower — so ''residual'' credit risk — but this remains fully contingent on asset failure, and that in turn is a failure of ''market'' risk management rather...") Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• 17:02, 24 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Talk:Cross Default - 1992 ISDA Provision (Created page with "==Cross Default generally== ===As a standard term in master trading agreements=== For specific provisions see: *{{isdaprov|Cross Default}} (ISDA) *{{fbfprof|Cross Default}} (FBF) *'''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 Pro...")
• 13:55, 22 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs moved page The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind to The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
• 15:38, 21 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs deleted page Innovation demonstration (content was: "Jolly contrarian [http://www.google.com google] '''test''' ===Editing tricks=== *to link to another page on the wiki: '''<nowiki>double square brackets</nowiki>''' (case sensitive). *To link to another internet site: single square brackets: '''<nowiki>[http://www.google.com]</nowiki>''' *To redirect pages: '''<nowiki>#redirectpage</nowiki>''' *To r...", and the only contributor was "Amwelladmin" (talk))
• 13:26, 21 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs deleted page File:Bitcoin is venice.jpg (content was: "", and the only contributor was "Amwelladmin" (talk))
• 09:52, 21 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs moved page Why is bank capital expensive? to Bank capital
• 09:52, 21 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs moved page Template:M intro banking Why is bank capital expensive? to Template:M intro banking bank capital
• 09:51, 21 October 2024 Amwelladmin talk contribs created page Template:M intro banking Why is bank capital expensive? (Created page with "{{drop|Y|ou will often}} hear people sagely intone that “bank capital is expensive”. Everyone else in earshot will sagely nod as if this wisdom is ingrained in every graduate from their first moment behind the counter — who knows? Maybe it is — but it took JC a couple of decades to clock on to it, so it is worth rehashing. Some basic concepts to bear in mind: Firstly, “bank capital” is the difference between a bank’s assets — the investments it make...")