Local Business Day - VM CSA Provision

2016 ISDA Credit Support Annex (VM) (English law)
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Resources Full wikitext \| Nutshell wikitext Navigation 1 (Interpretation) \| 2 (Credit Support Obligations) \| 3 (Transfers, Calculations and Exchanges) \| 4 (Dispute Resolution) \| 5 (Title Transfer etc) \| 6 (Default) \| 7 (Representation) \| 8 (Expenses) \| 9 (Miscellaneous) \| 10 (Definitions) \| 11 (Elections and Variables) Index: Click ᐅ to expand: 2016 VM CSA 2018 CSD 1995 CSA

Paragraph Local Business Day in a Nutshell™

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“Local Business Day” means: (i) Dematerialised securities: for securities transfers inside a clearance system, a day on which that clearance system executes settlement instructions; (ii) Cash and other property: for cash and other transfers, a day on which commercial banks are open where the relevant account is located and in the principal financial centre for any relevant currency; (iii) Resolution Time: for a Resolution Time, a day on which commercial banks are open in at least one Valuation Date Location for each Party; and (iv) Notices: for any communication, a day on which commercial banks are open in the place specified for the recipient in the notices section. view template

Full text of Paragraph Local Business Day

“Local Business Day”, unless otherwise specified in Paragraph 11(k), means: (i) in relation to a transfer of cash or other property (other than securities) under this Annex, a day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in the place where the relevant account is located and, if different, in the principal financial centre, if any, of the currency of such payment; (ii) in relation to a transfer of securities under this Annex, a day on which the clearance system agreed between the parties for delivery of the securities is open for the acceptance and execution of settlement instructions or, if delivery of the securities is contemplated by other means, a day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in the place(s) agreed between the parties for this purpose; (iii) in relation to the Resolution Time, a day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in at least one Valuation Date Location for Party A and at least one Valuation Date Location for Party B; and (iv) in relation to any notice or other communication under this Annex, a day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in the place specified in the address for notice most recently provided by the recipient. view template

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Content and comparisons

The keen will have noticed that “Local Business Day” under an English law CSA is defined quite separately from “Local Business Day” as it is defined under the ISDA Master Agreement itself, whereas a Local Business Day under a New York law CSA, while separately defining the term, only goes on to defer to the original definition of LBD in the ISDA Master Agreement, pausing only to clarify that references to “payment” in the ISDA Master Agreement definiton are deemed to include Transfers under the CSA.

Why ISDA’s British crack drafting squad™ couldn’t have done this too, we can only wonder.

The many gorgeous, multi-hued variations on the business day can be enjoyed as follows: