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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, certain forms of [[option]] — swaptions for example — are [[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: 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.