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[[File:Triparty Diagram.png|600px|thumb|A triparty agent structure yesterday]]
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}}“Tri-party.” It sounds such ''fun'', doesn’t it?
“Tri-party.” It sounds such ''fun'', doesn’t it?


One who manages a [[tri-party collateral arrangement]]. A useful fellow if you want to grant [[Security interest|security]] over a revolving pool of collateral securities and retain a right of substitution. Some useful discussion there at  [[Financial Collateral Regulations]].
One who manages a [[tri-party collateral arrangement]]. A useful fellow if you want to grant [[Security interest|security]] over a revolving pool of collateral securities and retain a right of substitution. Some useful discussion there at  [[Financial Collateral Regulations]].


Often [[triparty agent]]s are behemoth banks like JPMorgan, Bank of New York Mellon, or clearing systems like Euroclear.
Often [[triparty agent]]s are behemoth banks like JPMorgan, Bank of New York Mellon, or clearing systems like Euroclear.
Negotiating in a triparty arrangement can be quite the three-legged race. It can be like dealing with an architect and a builder who blame each other every time the ceiling collapses.
===How it works===
===How it works===
See handy diagram over yonder ==>.  
See handy diagram over yonder ==>.  
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Note - after the [[Basel III]] reforms, it has become expensive for [[broker]]s to post (haircutted) {{tag|collateral}} by [[title transfer]] because they pick up [[LRD]] exposure to the Lender for the return of excess {{tag|collateral}} - becuase they are an unsecured creditor, see? Many are moving to a [[pledge GMSLA]] for agent lending arrangements (ithe pledge GMSLA only makes commercial sense for a {{gmslaprov|Lender}} (like an [[agent lender]] who has no need to [[reuse]] the collateral)
Note - after the [[Basel III]] reforms, it has become expensive for [[broker]]s to post (haircutted) {{tag|collateral}} by [[title transfer]] because they pick up [[LRD]] exposure to the Lender for the return of excess {{tag|collateral}} - becuase they are an unsecured creditor, see? Many are moving to a [[pledge GMSLA]] for agent lending arrangements (ithe pledge GMSLA only makes commercial sense for a {{gmslaprov|Lender}} (like an [[agent lender]] who has no need to [[reuse]] the collateral)


{{Seealso}}
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*[[Account control agreement]]
*[[Agent lending]]
*[[Agent lending]]
*[[Pledge GMSLA]]
*[[Pledge GMSLA]]