A Practical Guide to the 2003 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions - Softcover

Harding, Paul C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843741474 ISBN 13: 9781843741473

Publisher: Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, 2004

Synopsis

A user-friendly guide to the complex Definitions for market practitioners and those new to credit derivatives documentation. In addition to a comprehensive definitions section, this book ensures that you understand the evolution of the global credit derivatives market, the main credit derivative products and risks associated with them. It also covers the legal issues affecting credit derivatives, some causes celebres and new developments in the credit derivatives market (including master confirmation agreements, credit risk, bilateral contracts, restructuring, securitization, ISDA credit derivatives documentation projects and electronic processing of credit derivatives contracts). The book also includes a glossary of key terms used in the Definitions and reproduction of the Definitions, the May 2003 Supplement to the Definitions and the 60 Business Day cap side letter all reproduced with the kind permission of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.

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About the Author

Paul Harding, a graduate of the University of London, has worked in several UK and foreign banks in London, in credit, marketing and documentation roles. Since 1990 he has been involved with derivatives documentation. He was a well-known negotiator in the City of London with Barclays Capital Securities Limited and Hill Samuel Bank Limited, where he was head of Treasury Documentation. In February 1997 he founded Derivatives Documentation Limited, a derivatives consultancy and project management company, based in the City of London, and providing negotiation, recruitment and in-house training services in derivatives documentation (website: www.derivsdocu.com). Its clients include many of the world s leading banks. In November 2001 Paul s book Mastering the ISDA Master Agreement was published by Financial Times Prentice Hall. This was followed by Mastering Collateral Management and Documentation, written in conjunction with Christian Johnson, which was published by Financial Times Prentice Hall in November 2002. Paul then completed a book covering the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement, which was published on 1 December 2003. He is currently working on a book on repo master agreements, also forthcoming from Euromoney Books, again in conjunction with Christian Johnson.

Edition details

• Publisher: Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843741474
• ISBN 13: 9781843741473
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268