Securities lending master agreements are vital for covering securities loans between contracting parties. They also offer legal and credit protection and a close-out netting procedure if a party defaults or goes bankrupt. These agreements are widely used by banks, securities houses, pension funds, hedge funds and insurance companies. Mastering Securities Lending Documentation is a practical guide to understanding the negotiation of these master agreements used in the United Kingdom, United States and Europe. It is an essential handbook for anyone involved in negotiating these agreements and includes: <ul>
<li>An introduction to the history and operations of the market </li> <li>A clear, user-friendly explanation of all paragraphs of the master agreements </li> <li>An easy-to use split page format with the original text and commentary </li> <li>Examples of commonly negotiated additions and amendments and their implications </li> <li>Answers to legal, risk and operational questions </li> </ul>

Mastering Securities Lending Documentation: A Practical Guide to the Main European and US Master Securities Lending Agreements (The Mastering Series)

Business & Money

Harding, Paul

Johnson, Christian

Finance

FT Publishing International

Fully revised and updated third edition A Practical Guide to Using Repo Master Agreements is the essential book for all who need to know about the international repo market and its products, the important legal, credit and regulatory issues in this space, and most of all need to understand the contents of repo master agreements so that they can negotiate them safely and confidently. The book is written by two of the world's leading commentators on the subject, Paul C Harding and Christian A Johnson and its coverage is comprehensive. This new third edition principally offers readers a detailed guide to the most widely used European and US repo master agreements through a clause-by-clause text and commentary on each master agreement. This commentary is written in clear English for a good, swift understanding of the implications of each provision. The full texts of each repo master agreement are reproduced in the appendices with the kind permission of the trade associations concerned. Triparty repo is an important part of the US repo market and clause-by-clause commentary and a full text of the Bank of New York Mellon Tri-party Custodial Repo Agreement (2016) is also provided. This third edition has been updated to include: -- The new, updated Bank of New York Mellon Tri-party Custodial Repo Agreement (2016). -- A summary of recent developments in the European and US repo markets since 2012. -- Fresh examples of clauses parties seek to negotiate in these agreements. -- A comprehensive and easy-to-navigate table of contents to find items of greatest interest quickly. This book is principally aimed at lawyers and paralegals who negotiate ICMA and SIFMA repo master agreements. Other professionals in the European and US securities markets will also find this book useful. These could include traders, credit officers and regulators as well as academics specialising in financial securities. Such professionals may work for commercial or investment banks, law firms, treasury units, central banks, pension funds and fund managers. Such is the broad potential appeal of this must-have book which caters for the novice and seasoned negotiator alike.

A Practical Guide to Using Repo Master Agreements: Existing market practice for legal documentation in Europe and the USA

Investing

Harriman House

As programs grow larger and the interdependencies of the program activities get complex, tools are needed to introduce more rigor into program management to reduce schedule risk. The authors of this report describe novel methods delivered to the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program office to reduce the likelihood of rework in program execution and provide insights into schedule risk and how to restructure task dependencies to manage risk.

Graph Theoretic Algorithms for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Program: Prioritization and Scheduling

Science & Math

Snyder, Don

Rockstroh, Parousia

Menthe, Lance

Bennett, Bart E.

Research

RAND Corporation

Disrupting Deterrence: Examining the Effects of Technologies on Strategic Deterrence in the 21st Century

Massicot, Dara

Reach, Clint

Mazarr, Michael J.

Heath, Timothy R.

Geist, Edward

Eaton, Derek

Rhoades, Ashley L.

Pezard, Stephanie

Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Nathan

Léveillé, Jasmin

Blanc, Alexis A.

Feistel, Katie

Langeland, Krista

McBirney, Samantha

Vedula, Padmaja

Yoder, Emily

Reference

The authors of this report developed and tested the potential for new interviewing methods, including the use of machine learning (ML), to detect speech patterns that reflect attempts at deception or truthfulness during simulated background investigation interviews. They found that ML models are promising tools that have the capacity to augment existing security clearance background investigation processes.

Looking for Lies: An Exploratory Analysis for Automated Detection of Deception

Computers & Technology

Ellinger, Emily

Posard, Marek N.

Reininger, Hilary

Melin, Julia L.

Computer Science

Improving the Technical Requirements Development Process for Weapon Systems: A Systems-Based Approach for Managers

Shelton, William

Mayer, Lauren A.

Khan, Raza

Adducchio, Daniel

Roundhouse (Roundhouse series)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Independently published

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