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+====Transfer timing under a CSA====
+This is how the timing works for CSA transfers. Remember the {{{{{1}}}|Valuation Agent}} is simply the person making the demand. Terminology check: to make this easy we refer to both {{{{{1}}}|Delivery Amount}}s ''and'' {{{{{1}}}|Return Amount}}s as “'''{{{{{1}}}|Transfer Amount}}s'''”. The date on which someone actually demands a Transfer Amount we call a “'''{{{{{1}}}|Demand Date}}'''”.
+'''Valuation of {{{{{1}}}|Exposure}} and {{{{{1}}}|Credit Support Balance}}''': Firstly, you must value what you are going to call, which will be the Transfer Amount under para {{{{{1}}}|2(a)}} or {{{{{1}}}|2(b)}}. This is roughly {{{{{1}}}|Credit Support Balance}} - {{{{{1}}}|Exposure}} (or ''vice versa'').
+Per para {{{{{1}}}|2(a)}} the {{{{{1}}}|Transferor}} will transfer {{{{{1}}}|Eligible Credit Support}} having a {{{{{1}}}|Value}} equal to the {{{{{1}}}|Transfer Amount}} ''as of the date of transfer''.  Under the {{{{{1}}}|Calculations}} provision all calculations happen at the relevant {{{{{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}}). The {{{{{1}}}|Valuation Time}} in turn 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 your book each day.</ref>
+'''{{{{{1}}}|Demand Date}}''':  On any date that is (or promptly follows) a {{{{{1}}}|Valuation Date}}<ref>It need not be a Local Business Day.</ref> in which the {{{{{1}}}|Exposure}} has moved in its favour, one party may demand a {{{{{1}}}|Delivery Amount}}<ref>Under para 2(a).</ref> or a {{{{{1}}}|Return Amount}}.<ref>Under para 2(b).</ref>
+'''{{{{{1}}}|Transfer Date}}''': Under para {{{{{1}}}|3(a)}} ({{{{{1}}}|Transfers}}) if the {{{{{1}}}|Demand Date}} is a {{{{{1}}}|Local Business Day}} and demand is received ''before'' the {{{{{1}}}|Notification Time}}, the transfer must be made not later than [[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 at any time 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. <br>
+'''{{csaprov|Settlement Day}}''': Here is where things differ materially between the {{csa}} and the {{vmcsa}}.<br>
+'''{{csa}}''': The {{csaprov|Settlement Day}} for ''any'' day (whether or not it is a {{{{{1}}}|Local Business Day}}) is:
+*'''Cash''': for cash, the next {{{{{1}}}|Local Business Day}} and,
+*'''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.
+'''{{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.<ref>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!</ref>
+====Questions====
+'''{{{{{1}}}|Demand Date}} not a {{{{{1}}}|Local Business Day}}''': What if the Demand Date is not a {{{{{1}}}|Local Business Day}}? E.g., what if it is received after the {{{{{1}}}|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?
+*'''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.
+*'''Cash''': For cash, not so clear.
+'''What happens if the transferred credit support changes in value on the {{{{{1}}}|Settlement Day}}'''?<br>
+'''What happens to {{{{{1}}}|Exposure}}s if the {{{{{1}}}|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}}}|Exposure}} stay outstanding until the collateral actually comes in? The answer (counterintuitive, given that the {{{{{1}}}|Transferee}} remains subject to the [[credit exposure]] during this time) is YES, thanks to the definitions of {{{{{1}}}|Delivery Amount}} and {{{{{1}}}|Return Amount}}, both of which include the words:
+{{quote|“...the {{{{{1}}}|Value}} as of that {{{{{1}}}|Valuation Date}} of the {{{{{1}}}|Transferor}}’s {{{{{1}}}|Credit Support Balance}} (adjusted to include any prior {{{{{1}}}|Delivery Amount}} and to exclude any prior {{{{{1}}}|Return Amount}}, the transfer of which, in either case, has not yet been completed and for which the relevant {{{{{1}}}|Settlement Day}} falls on or after such {{{{{1}}}|Valuation Date}}).”}}
+'''What if I have to pay out a {{isdaprov|Transaction}} termination amount which the counterparty is already holding all or some of by way of [[variation margin]]?''' Since it will owe me that back, we can just off set those and call it quits, right? ''Wrong''. See our [[Transaction terminations and VM|separate article]] on that issue.