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There are three normal ways of giving up, and ironically none of them involve a contract which is “given up” as such. To make matters worse, the three methods are profoundly different in every respect.
There are three normal ways of giving up, and ironically none of them involve a contract which is “given up” as such. To make matters worse, the three methods are profoundly different in every respect.
===ISDA Give Up===
===[[ISDA give-up]]s===
Under the [[2005 ISDA Master Give-Up Agreement]], a fund may “give up” [[derivatives]] it has traded with a [[broker]] to its {{tag|Prime broker}}. It will usually do this because it does not have an {{isdama}} with the [[broker]]. Under this arrangement the [[hedge fund]] acts at all times as the [[Prime broker|prime broker’s]] [[agent]] (it may not be a client of the {{tag|executing broker}} at all) and never creates its own principal contract with the executing broker, but simply arranges the contract between the {{tag|executing broker}} and the prime broker. The [[PB]] then puts on a back-to-back trade with the [[HF]] under the {{isdama}} between them. Net result: the PB intermediates between [[EB]] and [[HF]]. Calling this arrangement a “give-up” is something of a misnomer.
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===[[Equity give-up]]===  
 
===[[Equity give-up]]s===  
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