Prime brokerage transactions

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Prime Brokerage Anatomy™
The classic margin loan, yesterday
The classic stock loan, yesterday
The classic long swap, yesterday
The classic short swap, yesterday
There is no industry standard prime brokerage agreement, so this is not so much an anatomy as a collection of resources about an amorphous subject.
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The classic prime brokerage transactions, illustrated in the panel:

  • Physical long: A physical long position financed with a margin loan.
  • Physical short: A physical short position created by selling a stock borrowed under a stock loan.
  • Synthetic long: A “synthetic” economic equivalent of a physical long position created by entering an equity derivative as a Floating Amount Payer.
  • Synthetic short: A “synthetic” economic equivalent of a physical short position created by entering an equity derivative as a Equity Amount Payer.

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