Notification Time - CSA Provision

ISDA 1995 English Law Credit Support Annex A Jolly Contrarian owner’s manual™ Go premium Crosscheck: For corresponding provisions in other CSAs see the table 👇 Notification Time 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. Original text: edit “Notification Time” has the meaning specified in Paragraph 11(c)(iv). 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 - 7 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: 1994 NY CSA 1995 CSA 2016 VM CSA

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Relevant for the definition of Settlement Day and collateral Transfers: basically, as per the flush wording at the end of Paragraph 3(a) if a demand for a transfer is received after the Notification Time on a given date, the relevant transfer will made on the Settlement Day after the day on which the Transfer demand was made.

How the business days work for demands under a Credit Support Annex

1. Valuation and demand: A Transferee may demand a Delivery Amount (Para 2(a)) or a Return Amount Para 2(b)) “on or promptly following a Valuation Date”.
2. Valuation Date: A “Valuation Date” means a day on which banks are open in at least one Valuation Date Location for each party.
   1. Each party can specify however many Valuation Date Locations it likes.
   2. Tip: the fewer you specifiy, the greater the chance none will be open on a given day, and you will be excused from a margin call, so don’t overdo it. One should be ample.
3. Settlement: Any Delivery Amount or Return Amount must be settled (Para 3(a)) by the close of business on the Regular Settlement Day relating to the date such demand is received (if received before the Notification Time (spoiler: usually 11 am, noon or 1pm)), or the Regular Settlement Day relating to the day after the date such demand is received (if received after the Notification Time).
4. Regular Settlement Day: A “Regular Settlement Day” means the same Local Business Day — careful: as defined in the 1995 CSA, not the ISDA Master Agreement — on which the demand is made.
5. Local Business Day: A “Local Business Day” (under the 1995 CSA) means, in the case of notices, a day on which banks are open in the address for the notice most recently specified by the Recipient. What if demand is made on a day that is not a Local Business Day? Simple: by dint of Section 12 of the ISDA Master Agreement, the notice will be deemed given on the next Local Business Day (as defined in the ISDA Master Agreement, not the 1995 CSA).

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