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| ===Timing of transfers under a {{{{{1}}}}}=== | | ====CSA transfer timings==== |
| This is how the timing works for {{{{{1}}}}} transfers: | | This is how the timing works for CSA transfers. |
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| *'''Demand Date''': On any date, be it a {{{{{1}}}prov|Local Business Day}} or not, (call it a “'''Demand Date'''”, but note per {{{{{1}}}prov|2(a)}} or {{{{{1}}}prov|2(b)}} it must be made “on or promptly following a {{{{{1}}}prov|Valuation Date}}”), a party may demand a {{{{{1}}}prov|Transfer}} under para {{{{{1}}}prov|2(a)}} (for a {{{{{1}}}prov|Delivery Amount}}) or {{{{{1}}}prov|2(b)}} (for a {{{{{1}}}prov|Return Amount}}).
| | Terminology check: to make this easy, we refer to both {{{{{1}}}|Delivery Amount}}s ''and'' {{{{{1}}}|Return Amount}}s as “'''{{{{{1}}}|Transfer Amount}}s'''”. This cuts out a lot of “''Delivery Amount [[and/or]] Return Amount [[as the case may be]]''” nonsense. The date on which someone demands a {{{{{1}}}|Transfer Amount}} we call a “'''{{{{{1}}}|Demand Date}}'''”. |
| *'''{{{{{1}}}prov|Valuation Time}} - {{{{{1}}}prov|Exposure}}''': The point at which the valuation is made is the {{{{{1}}}prov|Valuation Time}}. This keys off the {{{{{1}}}prov|Valuation Date}}:
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| :*under the {{csa}} the parties specify either [[close of business]] on the {{csaprov|Valuation Date}} or the {{csaprov|Local Business Day}} immediately ''before'' the {{csaprov|Valuation Date}}), and therefore not necessarily the Demand Date.
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| :*under the {{vmcsa}} the {{vmcsaprov|Valuation Agent}} has a bit of flexibility to determine the {{vmcsaprov|Valuation Time}} as at the point it closes its book each day.
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| *'''{{{{{1}}}prov|Valuation Time}} - {{{{{1}}}prov|Eligible Credit Support}}''': Per para {{{{{1}}}prov|2(a)}} the Transferor will transfer {{{{{1}}}prov|Eligible Credit Support}} having a {{{{{1}}}prov|Value}} equal to the {{{{{1}}}prov|Delivery Amount}} ''as of the date of transfer''. Under the {{{{{1}}}prov|Calculations}} provision all calculations of {{{{{1}}}prov|Value}} happen at the relevant {{{{{1}}}prov|Valuation Time}}. Fluctuations in value in the credit support actually delivered after that time won't invalidate the transfer amount, but they may mean a party can immediately call for more {{{{{1}}}prov|Credit Support}} (that is have another Demand Date).
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| *'''{{{{{1}}}prov|Transfer Date}}''': Under para {{{{{1}}}prov|3(a)}} ({{{{{1}}}prov|Transfers}}) if the demand is received ''before'' the {{{{{1}}}prov|Notification Time}} (by default, 1pm London time ({{csa}}/12:00 noon London Time ({{vmcsa}}) on a {{{{{1}}}prov|Local Business Day}}) on that Demand Date, the transfer will be made not later than close of business on the related {{csaprov|Settlement Day}} (under the {{csa}}) or [[Regular Settlement Day - VM CSA Provision|''Regular'' Settlement Day]] (under the {{vmcsa}}. If received ''after'' the {{{{{1}}}prov|Notification Time}}, or at any time on a Demand Date that isn’t a {{{{{1}}}prov|Local Business Day}}), the transfer must be made by close of business on the {{csaprov|Settlement Day}}/{{vmcsaprov|Regular Settlement Day}} relating to the day (note: ''ordinary'' day, ''not'' {{{{{1}}}prov|Local Business Day}}) after the Demand Date.
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| *'''{{{{{1}}}prov|Settlement Day}}''': The {{{{{1}}}prov|Settlement Day}} for ''any'' day (whether or not it is a {{{{{1}}}prov|Local Business Day}}) is:
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| **'''Cash''': for cash, the next {{{{{1}}}prov|Local Business Day}} and,
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| **'''Securities''': for securities, the {{{{{1}}}prov|Local Business Day}} after the date on which a trade in the relevant security, if effected on the day in question, would have been settled in accordance with customary practice.
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| ===Questions===
| | To be clear, neither Demand Date nor {{{{{1}}}|Transfer Amount}} are “ISDA canon”. |
| *'''Demand Date not a {{csaprov|Local Business Day}}''': What if the Demand Date is not a {{{{{1}}}prov|Local Business Day}}? E.g., what if it is received after the {{{{{1}}}prov|Notification Time}} on a Friday, meaning the {{csaprov|Settlement Day}} takes place on the date on which a trade, effected on a Saturday, would have been settled in accordance with customary practice?
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| **'''Securities''': For securities this is ok: a trade effected on a non-business day would be deemed to be effected on the next following Local Business Day anyway, so it would pick this up.
| | Remember the {{{{{1}}}|Valuation Agent}} is simply the person making the demand. |
| **'''Cash''': For cash, not so clear.
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| *'''What happens if the transferred credit support changes in value on the {{csaprov|Settlement Day}}'''?
| | '''Value {{{{{1}}}|Exposure}} and {{{{{1}}}|Credit Support Balance}}''': Firstly, value what you are going to call: the {{{{{1}}}|Transfer Amount}} under para {{{{{1}}}|2(a)}} or {{{{{1}}}|2(b)}}. This is roughly ''{{{{{1}}}|Credit Support Balance}} - {{{{{1}}}|Exposure}}'' (or ''vice versa''). |
| *'''What happens to {{csaprov|Exposure}}s if the {{csaprov|Settlement Day}} is a long time after the Demand Date?''':<ref>As it may well be, under a {{csa}}, if the collateral is corporate [[bond]]s held in a [[clearing system]]</ref> Is the demand, if answered with irrevocable instructions to deliver, treated as having been met, or does the {{{{{1}}}prov|Exposure}} stay outstanding until the collateral actually comes in? The answer (counterintuive, given that the {{{{{1}}}prov|Transferee}} remains subject to the [[credit exposure]] during this time) is YES, thanks to the definitions of {{{{{1}}}prov|Delivery Amount}} and {{{{{1}}}prov|Return Amount}}, both of which include the words:
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| :...the {{{{{1}}}prov|Value}} as of that {{{{{1}}}prov|Valuation Date}} of the {{{{{1}}}prov|Transferor}}’s {{{{{1}}}prov|Credit Support Balance}} (adjusted to include any prior {{{{{1}}}prov|Delivery Amount}} and to exclude any prior {{{{{1}}}prov|Return Amount}}, the transfer of which, in either case, has not yet been completed and for which the relevant {{csaprov|Settlement Day}} falls on or after such {{{{{1}}}prov|Valuation Date}}). | | Under {{{{{1}}}|2(a)}}, the {{{{{1}}}|Transferor}} will transfer {{{{{1}}}|Eligible Credit Support}} having a {{{{{1}}}|Value}} ''as of the date of transfer'' of the {{{{{1}}}|Transfer Amount}}. <li> |
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| | Per the {{{{{1}}}|Calculations}} provision, all calculations happen at the {{{{{1}}}|Valuation Time}}. Fluctuations in value after that time won’t invalidate the {{{{{1}}}|Transfer Amount}}, but they may mean a party can immediately call for more {{{{{1}}}|Credit Support}} (that is, have ''another'' {{{{{1}}}|Demand Date}}). <li> |
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| | The {{{{{1}}}|Valuation Time}} keys off the {{{{{1}}}|Valuation Date}}.<ref>Under the {{csa}} you may specify either [[close of business]] on the {{csaprov|Valuation Date}} or the {{csaprov|Local Business Day}} immediately ''before'' it. Under the {{vmcsa}} you have flexibility to determine the {{vmcsaprov|Valuation Time}} as at the point you close your book each day.</ref></ol><li> |
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| | '''{{{{{1}}}|Demand Date}}''': On or promptly following any {{{{{1}}}|Valuation Date}} (it need not be a {{{{{1}}}|Local Business Day}}) on which the {{{{{1}}}|Exposure}} has moved in its favour, one party may demand a {{{{{1}}}|Delivery Amount}} (para 2(a)) or a {{{{{1}}}|Return Amount}} (para 2(b)). <li> |
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| | '''{{{{{1}}}|Transfer Date}}''': Under para {{{{{1}}}|3(a)}} (''{{{{{1}}}|Transfers}}'') if the demand is received ''before'' the {{{{{1}}}|Notification Time}} on a {{{{{1}}}|Demand Date}} that is a {{{{{1}}}|Local Business Day}} the transfer must be made by [[close of business]] on the related [[Regular Settlement Day - VM CSA Provision|''Regular'' Settlement Day]].<ref>The “{{csaprov|Settlement Day}}” under the {{csa}} is slightly different.</ref> If received ''after'' the {{{{{1}}}|Notification Time}} or on a non-{{{{{1}}}|Local Business Day}}, the transfer must be made by close of business on the {{vmcsaprov|Regular Settlement Day}} relating to the day<ref>Note: ''ordinary'' day, ''not'' Local Business Day</ref> ''after'' the Demand Date. <li> |
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| | '''{{csaprov|Settlement Day}}''': Here is where things differ materially between the {{csa}} and the {{vmcsa}}. |
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| | '''{{csa}}''': The {{csaprov|Settlement Day}} for ''any'' day (whether or not it is a {{{{{1}}}|Local Business Day}}) is: |
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| | '''Cash''': for cash, the next {{{{{1}}}|Local Business Day}} and, <li> |
| | '''Securities''': for securities, the {{{{{1}}}|Local Business Day}} after the date on which a trade in the relevant security, if effected on the day in question, would have been settled in accordance with customary practice. </ol><li> |
| | '''{{vmcsa}}''': In the new world we have the new concept of the [[Regular Settlement Day - VM CSA Provision|''Regular'' Settlement Day]], and this is the same {{vmcsaprov|Local Business Day}} as the Demand Date. The run-off text at the end of Paragraph {{vmcsaprov|3(a)}} gives you a little more flex: if the demand came after the {{vmcsaprov|Notification Time}}, then you must make the transfer by close on the {{vmcsaprov|Regular Settlement Day}} for the next day. Just how the business days interact under the ISDA and CSA is about as complicated as string theory, by the way. For a cheat’s guide, see [[How business days work under the CSA]]. You’re welcome! </ol></ol> |