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===Effect on {{tag|Netting}} and {{tag|Set-off}}===
===[[Assignment]] and its effect on {{tag|Netting}} and {{tag|Set-off}}===
Could a right to [[assign by way of security]] upset [[close-out netting]] such that one should, prohibit any [[assignment by way of security]] of any rights under a [[master netting agreement]] (such as an {{isdama}} or a {{gmsla}})?
Could a right to [[assign by way of security]] upset [[close-out netting]] such that one should, prohibit any [[assignment by way of security]] of any rights under a [[master netting agreement]] (such as an {{isdama}} or a {{gmsla}})?


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But why on God’s green earth would anyone do that? A question you might want to ask to the drafters of the {{tag|FIA}}'s [[Professional Client Agreement]], which does ''exactly'' that.
But why on God’s green earth would anyone do that? A question you might want to ask to the drafters of the {{tag|FIA}}'s [[Professional Client Agreement]], which does ''exactly'' that.
===Netting between legal entities established in [[England and Wales]]===
===Netting between legal entities established in [[England and Wales]]===
In November 1993 — not long after the publication of the {{1992isda}}, the Financial Law Panel (these days the [[Financial Markets Law Committee]] published a [http://www.fmlc.org/uploads/2/6/5/8/26584807/191193.pdf Statement of the Law relating to Netting] which, more or less, confirmed that not only is netting permissible between English entities on an insolvency; it’s compulsory, whether or not you have an {{isdama}}. Therefore one doesn’t need a [[netting opinion]] for domestic English swap agreement. Hurrah.
In November 1993 — not long after the publication of the {{1992isda}}, the Financial Law Panel (these days the [[Financial Markets Law Committee]] published a [http://www.fmlc.org/uploads/2/6/5/8/26584807/191193.pdf Statement of the Law relating to Netting] which, more or less, confirmed that not only is netting permissible between English entities on an insolvency; it’s compulsory, whether or not you have an {{isdama}}. Therefore one doesn’t need a [[netting opinion]] for domestic English swap agreement. Hurrah.