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Revision as of 16:06, 10 January 2019

The length of time for which one is committed to any transaction or lending arrangement. The longer the term, the more risky the investment, because the time value of the option you have written on the counterparty's credit exposure increases.

One way of reducing this term exposure is to make an instrument transferable, so you can sell it to another investor and close out your own exposure.

Compare with cash products, which have no term (or at least a very short term).

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