Transfers - VM CSA Provision

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2016 VM CSA Anatomy™


In a Nutshell Section 3(a):

3(a) Transfers. All transfers of Eligible Credit Support (VM), Equivalent Credit Support (VM), Interest Payment (VM) or Equivalent Distributions will be made following the relevant receipient’s instructions:

3(a)(i) for cash, by transfer into the recipient’s bank account;
3(a)(ii) for physically settled certificated securities, by delivery in appropriate physical form to the recipient with duly executed transfer instruments, stamps and documents needed to effect legally valid transfer of legal and beneficial title to the recipient; and
3(a)(iii) for book-entry securities, by causing the securities intermediary to change its books and records to reflect a legally effective transfer of legal and beneficial title to the recipient.

Subject to Paragraph 4, if a deliveror receives a demand for Eligible Credit Support (VM) or Equivalent Credit Support (VM) by the Notification Time, then it must transfer by the close of business on the Regular Settlement Day for the date of the demand; if later than that, by close of business on the Regular Settlement Day for the following day.
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2016 VM CSA full text of Section 3(a):

3(a) Transfers. All transfers under this Annex of any Eligible Credit Support (VM), Equivalent Credit Support (VM), Interest Payment (VM) or Equivalent Distributions will be made in accordance with the instructions of the Transferee or Transferor, as applicable, and will be made:

3(a)(i) in the case of cash, by transfer into one or more bank accounts specified by the recipient;
3(a)(ii) in the case of certificated securities which cannot or which the parties have agreed will not be delivered by book-entry, by delivery in appropriate physical form to the recipient or its account accompanied by any duly executed instruments of transfer, transfer tax stamps and any other documents necessary to constitute a legally valid transfer of the transferring party’s legal and beneficial title to the recipient; and
3(a)(iii) in the case of securities which the parties have agreed will be delivered by book-entry, by causing the relevant depository institution (s) or other securities intermediaries to make changes to their books and records sufficient to result in a legally effective transfer of the transferring party’s legal and beneficial title to the recipient or its agent.

Subject to Paragraph 4, and unless otherwise specified in Paragraph 11, if a demand for the transfer of Eligible Credit Support (VM) or Equivalent Credit Support (VM) is received by the Notification Time, then the relevant transfer will be made not later than the close of business on the Regular Settlement Day relating to the date such demand is received; if a demand is received after the Notification Time, then the relevant transfer will be made not later than the close of business on the Regular Settlement Day relating to the day after the date such demand is received.
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Related Agreements
Click here for the text of Section 3(a) in the 1995 English Law CSA
Click here for the text of Section 3(a) in the 2016 English Law VM CSA
Click [[{{{3}}} - NY VM CSA Provision|here]] for the text of the equivalent, Section [[{{{3}}} - NY VM CSA Provision|{{{3}}}]] in the 2016 NY Law VM CSA
Comparisons
1995 CSA and 2016 VM CSA: click for comparison
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Relevant for transfers of Delivery Amounts and Return Amounts.

CSA transfer timings

This is how the timing works for CSA transfers.

Terminology check: to make this easy, we refer to both Template:2016s and Template:2016s as “Template:2016s”. 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 Template:2016 we call a “Template:2016”.

To be clear, neither Demand Date nor Template:2016 are “ISDA canon”.

Remember the Template:2016 is simply the person making the demand.

  1. Value Template:2016 and Template:2016: Firstly, value what you are going to call: the Template:2016 under para Template:2016 or Template:2016. This is roughly Template:2016 - Template:2016 (or vice versa).
    1. Under Template:2016, the Template:2016 will transfer Template:2016 having a Template:2016 as of the date of transfer of the Template:2016.
    2. Per the Template:2016 provision, all calculations happen at the Template:2016. Fluctuations in value after that time won’t invalidate the Template:2016, but they may mean a party can immediately call for more Template:2016 (that is, have another Template:2016).
    3. The Template:2016 keys off the Template:2016.[1]
  2. Template:2016: On or promptly following any Template:2016 (it need not be a Template:2016) on which the Template:2016 has moved in its favour, one party may demand a Template:2016 (para 2(a)) or a Template:2016 (para 2(b)).
  3. Template:2016: Under para Template:2016 (Template:2016) if the demand is received before the Template:2016 on a Template:2016 that is a Template:2016 the transfer must be made by close of business on the related Regular Settlement Day.[2] If received after the Template:2016 or on a non-Template:2016, the transfer must be made by close of business on the Regular Settlement Day relating to the day[3] after the Demand Date.
  4. Settlement Day: Here is where things differ materially between the 1995 CSA and the 2016 VM CSA.
    1. 1995 CSA: The Settlement Day for any day (whether or not it is a Template:2016) is:
      1. Cash: for cash, the next Template:2016 and,
      2. Securities: for securities, the Template:2016 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.
    2. 2016 VM CSA: In the new world we have the new concept of the Regular Settlement Day, and this is the same Local Business Day as the Demand Date. The run-off text at the end of Paragraph 3(a) gives you a little more flex: if the demand came after the Notification Time, then you must make the transfer by close on the 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!
  1. Under the 1995 CSA you may specify either close of business on the Valuation Date or the Local Business Day immediately before it. Under the 2016 VM CSA you have flexibility to determine the Valuation Time as at the point you close your book each day.
  2. The “Settlement Day” under the 1995 CSA is slightly different.
  3. Note: ordinary day, not Local Business Day