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'''[[Anatomy|Anatomies]]''': Clause-by-clause [[Anatomy]] and [[nutshell]] guides (hit the bar on the left) to [[ISDA Master Agreement|ISDA]] and other [[master trading agreement]]s. These may be incomplete, out of date, out of touch, flippant — well, they ''are'' flippant —  but will still be better value and more entertaining than that awful [[FT book about derivatives]]; <br>
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'''[[:category:book review|Book reviews]]''' culled from twenty indolent years sounding off on Amazon; <br>
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'''Much flippancy''' about [[plain English]], [[buzzword]]s, [[technology]], [[negotiation]], [[flannel]], [[Latin]], [[Greeks|Greek]], [[metaphor]] and [[:category:Egg|egg]]s. <br>
|{{isdaprov|Cross Default}} under an ISDA: that fabulously pointless {{isdaprov|Event of Default}}. <br>
{{pbprov|Synthetic prime brokerage}}: What is it? How is it different from natural prime brokerage? Can I iron it? <br>
{{csaprov|Independent Amount}}: What’s that again? <br>
[[Assignment by way of security]]: Is it the same as a [[charge]]? <br>
{{isdaprov|Automatic Early Termination}} {{icds}}’s “clever” end-run for silly insolvency regimes. What’s that all about?<br>
{{isdaprov|Netting of Payments}}: The ISDA clause that shouldn’t be! <br>
{{isdaprov|Set-off}}: Is it the same as [[close-out netting]]?<br>
{{isdaprov|Credit Support Document}}: Is it the same as a [[Credit Support Annex]]? Spoiler: In America, ''Yes''... in England, ''No!''<br>
[[ISDA Comparison]] What are the differences bvetween a {{1992ma}} and a {{2002ma}}? Should I care?<br>
Lastly, {{casenote|Tai Hing Cotton Mill|Liu Chong Hing Bank}}: A great case, fallen on hard times.
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“[[Africa|does kilimanjaro rise above the serengeti]]?”: (spoiler: ''No''.)<br>
“[[Fardell v Potts|fardell v potts]]”: The famous case of the [[reasonable woman]]<br>
“[[Miller v Jackson - Case Note|miller v jackson]]”: Is cricket a nuisance? (spoiler: According to [[Lord Denning]]: ''No''. According to everyone else: ''Yes''.)<br>
“[[I'm not going to die in a ditch about it|i'm not going to die in a ditch]]”: That great dignified [[negotiation]] climb-down tactic.<br>
“[[Teldar Paper|teldar paper]]” Greed is, for lack of a better word ...? <br>
“[[notwithstanding anything to the contrary]]”: But, why did you ''say'' something to the contrary? <br>
“[[Africa|kilimanjaro rises like olympus above the serengeti]]” More [[Toto]] interest.
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Latest revision as of 15:40, 2 February 2024

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