Base Currency and Eligible Currency - NY VM CSA Provision

2016 ISDA Credit Support Annex (VM) (New York law) A Jolly Contrarian owner’s manual™ Go premium Overview — Summary — Premium — See also — Wikitext Crosscheck: →NY OG →Eng OG →NY VM →Eng VM →Eng IM 13(a) in a Nutshell™ The JC’s Nutshell™ summary of this term has moved uptown to the subscription-only ninja tier. For the cost of ½ a weekly 🍺 you can get it here. Sign up at Substack. You can even ask questions! Ask about it here. Original text 13(a) Base Currency and Eligible Currency. 13(a)(i) “Base Currency” means United States Dollars, unless otherwise specified here: [...] 13(a)(ii) “Eligible Currency” means the Base Currency and each other currency specified here:[...] The varieties of ISDA CSA Subject 1994 NY 1995 Eng 2016 VM NY 2016 VM Eng 2018 IM Eng Preamble Pre Pre Pre Pre Pre Interpretation 1 1 1 1 1 Security Interest 2 - 2 - 2 Credit Support Obligations 3 2 3 2 3 Transfers, Calculations and Exchanges - 3 - 3 - Conditions Precedent, Transfer Timing, Calculations and Substitutions 4 - 4 - 4 Dispute Resolution 5 4 5 4 5 Holding and Using Posted Collateral 6 - 6 - 6 Transfer of Title, No Security Interest - 5 - 5 - Events of Default 7 6 7 6 7 Rights and Remedies 8 - 8 - 8 Representations 9 7 9 7 9 Expenses 10 8 10 8 10 Miscellaneous 11 9 11 9 11 Definitions 12 10 12 10 12 Elections and Variables 13 11 13 11 13 Resources and Navigation Index: Click ᐅ to expand: CSA

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The 1994 NY CSA contemplates only US dollars, so the 2016 NY Law VM CSA is something of an olive branch to the remainder of the planet or sign that the American Empire is truly in a state of unstoppable decline, depending on how you look at it. The English law credit support annexes have always been more inclusive, allowing any number of foreign currencies to be the Base Currency, or Eligible Currencies. Laudable.

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