Mastering ISDA Collateral Documents: A Practical Guide for Negotiators (The Mastering Series) [Paperback]

Mastering the ISDA®Collateral Documents

A practical guide for negotiators  [subtitle]

second edition

Paul C. Harding & Christian Johnson

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• Provides clear, detailed and practical guidance on ISDA®Collateral Support Documents  
• Describes collateral management in concise terms and with screen-based examples

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Mastering the ISDA®Collateral Documents

A practical guide for negotiators  [subtitle]

second edition

As the only accessible single volume guide to the ISDA Credit Support Annexes under English and US law, this revised and updated edition remains an invaluable resource for anyone negotiating these documents. Mastering the ISDA®Collateral Documentsis the essential introduction to collateral documentation.

This thoroughly revised and updated edition provides informative and practical guidance and covers collateral management from an operational perspective. It focuses on the two main ISDA Credit Support Documents and provides a clear, concise explanation of their provisions and amendments commonly seen in the market. 

Mastering the ISDA®Collateral Documentsincludes:

• The implementation of the European Directive on Collateral Financial Arrangements in all EU States
• ISDA’s Best Collateral Practices (2010)
• Latest position on ISDA’s Dispute Resolution Procedures
• Industry initiatives on portfolio reconciliation rules 

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Mastering the ISDA®Collateral Documents

A practical guide for negotiators  [subtitle]

second edition

This book is clear, concise and up-to-date. Mastering the ISDA®Collateral Documentscovers everything you need to know to master these important documents.

Chapters cover:

• Types of collateral, product risk exposure and the evolution of collateral documentation
• Collateral management from a European perspective
• Legal issues relating to collateral from the European and US perspective
• Credit issues relating to collateral
• The English Law ISDA Credit Support Annex
• The New York Law ISDA Credit Support Annex
• The ISDA English Law Credit Support Deed

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Mastering the ISDA®Collateral Documents

A practical guide for negotiators  [subtitle]

second edition

Paul C. Harding is a graduate of London University and has worked in several UK and foreign banks in London in credit, marketing and documentation roles. Since 1990 he has been involved with OTC derivatives documentation and 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 co-founded Derivatives Documentation Limited, a derivatives consultancy and project management company which provides negotiation, recruitment and in-house training services in derivatives and securities documentation. Its clients include many of the world's leading banks. (www.derivsdocu.com)

Paul is the author of Mastering the ISDA® Master Agreements (1992 and 2002), now in its third edition and is co-author with Christian Johnson ofMastering Securities Lending Documentation, both published by Financial Times Prentice Hall. He and Christian Johnson also co-wrote APractical Guide to Repo Master Agreements.

Christian Johnson is a professor at the University of Utah where he teaches courses on corporate finance, banking and taxation. He was previously a professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law for 13 years. He graduated from Columbia Law School and was the Executive Editor of the Columbia Law Review. He practised law with Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy in New York and Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw in Chicago before teaching.

Christian has published extensively on derivative documentation, lending and banking. He is also a frequent speaker and panellist on derivatives, repos and banking issues and has served as an expert witness in these areas. He is also a regular instructor for Euromoney Training on these subjects.  

Paul C. Hardingisa graduate of London University and 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 is the founder of Derivatives Documentation Limited, a derivatives consultancy and project management company providing negotiation, recruitment and in-house training services in derivatives documentation. He is the author of Mastering the ISDA Master Agreements and, Mastering Securities Lending Documentation.