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===So, put the NAV trigger in a margin lockup===
===So, put the NAV trigger in a margin lockup===
Presuming you have reserved the right, as any sensible [[prime broker]] will, to increase [[initial margin]] at any time, there is a way out of this. It ought to work perfectly well, though [[credit]] won’t like it: ''put [[NAV trigger]]s in the [[margin lockup]] and not the master agreement.  
Presuming you have reserved the right, as any sensible [[prime broker]] will, to increase [[initial margin]] at any time, there is a way out of this. It ought to work perfectly well, though [[credit]] won’t like it: ''put [[NAV trigger]]s in the [[margin lockup]] and not the master agreement.  
(Why won’t [[credit ]] like it? ''Because it means they won’t have anything to do''.)


This means the [[NAV trigger]] is no longer, of itself, a {{isdaprov|Termination Event}} under the {{isdama}}. All it entitles you to do is raise [[initial margin]]. Calling for more IM will achieve one of two things:
This means the [[NAV trigger]] is no longer, of itself, a {{isdaprov|Termination Event}} under the {{isdama}}. All it entitles you to do is raise [[initial margin]]. Calling for more IM will achieve one of two things: