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Now it is true that you can provide the {{isdaprov|Specified Indebtedness}} represented by a [[master trading agreement]] can be calculated by reference to its net close-out amount, but this only really points up the imbalance between buy-side and sell-side. Sure, buy-side managers may have fifty or even a hundred {{isdama}}s but they will be split across dozens of different funds. [[Broker dealer|Broker-dealer]]s, on the other hand, will have ''hundreds of thousands of [[master agreement]]s, all facing the same legal entity''. Credit dudes: ''you are the wrong side of this risk, fellas''.  
Now it is true that you can provide the {{isdaprov|Specified Indebtedness}} represented by a [[master trading agreement]] can be calculated by reference to its net close-out amount, but this only really points up the imbalance between buy-side and sell-side. Sure, buy-side managers may have fifty or even a hundred {{isdama}}s but they will be split across dozens of different funds. [[Broker dealer|Broker-dealer]]s, on the other hand, will have ''hundreds of thousands of [[master agreement]]s, all facing the same legal entity''. Credit dudes: ''you are the wrong side of this risk, fellas''.  


Now seeing as most trading agreements are fully collateralised, and so don’t represent material indebtedness on a netted basis, it may be that even with hundreds of thousands of the blighters, no-one’s {{isdaprov|Threshold}} is ever seriously threatened. But if no threshold is ever at risk, then ''why are you including the {{isdama}} in {{isdaprov|Specified Indebtedness}} in the first place?''  
Now seeing as most trading agreements are fully collateralised, and so don’t represent material indebtedness on a netted basis, it may be that even with hundreds of thousands of the blighters, no-one’s {{isdaprov|Threshold Amount}} will ever be seriously threatened. But if no {{isdaprov|Threshold Amount}} is ever at risk from an {{isdama}}, then ''why are you including the {{isdama}} in {{isdaprov|Specified Indebtedness}} in the first place?''  


O tempora. O [[paradox]]. <br>
O tempora. O [[paradox]]. <br>