Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
limite d'engagement par contrepartie
English translation:
counterparty exposure limit
Added to glossary by
David Wallace
Oct 16, 2005 02:53
18 yrs ago
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French term
limite d'engagement par contrepartie
French to English
Bus/Financial
Finance (general)
financial derivatives
limit on commitments for one's own account? limits on market-making commitments? limit on counter-party commitments?
Context: a company is setting up a "system of limits" to limit its exposure to various types of risk; in this case, to credit risks associated with various derivatives transactions (interest-rate swaps, currency options).
Context: a company is setting up a "system of limits" to limit its exposure to various types of risk; in this case, to credit risks associated with various derivatives transactions (interest-rate swaps, currency options).
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | counterparty exposure limit |
lenkl
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| 3 | commitment limit per market-maker |
df49f (X)
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| 5 -2 | risk assessment in stock market activities |
QnsTranslator
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| 3 -1 | commitment against compensation |
Odette Grille (X)
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Proposed translations
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lenkl
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counterparty exposure limit
A limit on the amount of (derivative) transactions with single parties.
Measuring and controlling large credit exposures (January 1991)
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most banks already apply counterparty exposure limits of their own, designed to prevent. excessive concentration, they already have experience in detecting ...
www.bis.org/publ/bcbsc121.pdf
Municipal Debt Advisory Commission Sample Interest Rate Swap Policy
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The District will establish and review counterparty exposure limits. (Not to
exceed amounts for a given. counterparty). Swap Documentation ...
www.ost.state.or.us/divisions/dmd/mdac/MDAC Sample Swap Pol...
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Note added at 15 hrs 48 mins (2005-10-16 18:42:07 GMT)
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It may be useful to point out that a counterparty is just the other party in a financial transaction, not something weird and foreign.
A counterparty is a legal and financial term. It means a party to a contract.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterparty
Measuring and controlling large credit exposures (January 1991)
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
most banks already apply counterparty exposure limits of their own, designed to prevent. excessive concentration, they already have experience in detecting ...
www.bis.org/publ/bcbsc121.pdf
Municipal Debt Advisory Commission Sample Interest Rate Swap Policy
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
The District will establish and review counterparty exposure limits. (Not to
exceed amounts for a given. counterparty). Swap Documentation ...
www.ost.state.or.us/divisions/dmd/mdac/MDAC Sample Swap Pol...
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Note added at 15 hrs 48 mins (2005-10-16 18:42:07 GMT)
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It may be useful to point out that a counterparty is just the other party in a financial transaction, not something weird and foreign.
A counterparty is a legal and financial term. It means a party to a contract.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterparty
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Comment: "merci bien!"
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commitment against compensation
commitment for smthg in exchange
You might not want to use counter part in this context
Peer comment(s):
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Buzzy
: "counterparty" here, not "en contrepartie" dans le sens de "in return for"...
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commitment limit per market-maker
limit to market-maker commitment for each respective market-maker
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Note added at 8 hrs 17 mins (2005-10-16 11:11:14 GMT)
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same comment as for your other question about "par", re more context needed
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Note added at 8 hrs 17 mins (2005-10-16 11:11:14 GMT)
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same comment as for your other question about "par", re more context needed
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
lenkl
: what makes you think it has to be a market maker? A counterparty is just the other party in a transaction
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QnsTranslator
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risk assessment in stock market activities
In this context, "limite d'engagement par contrepartie" refers to "risk assessment vis-a-vis stock market activities". Briefly stated, it is the analysis of risks, with a view towards minimizing them, within the realm of the stock market (La Bourse, Fr.)
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Note added at 20 hrs 50 mins (2005-10-16 23:43:36 GMT)
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http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:K_gpE4DkZNAJ:www.riskva...
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Note added at 20 hrs 50 mins (2005-10-16 23:43:36 GMT)
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http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:K_gpE4DkZNAJ:www.riskva...
Peer comment(s):
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lenkl
: none of the terms you suggest are in the French phrase
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Respectfully accept you disagreement. However, translation is not a literal science. It must have an equivalence in English that is used and applied in said language. If not, word translating machines would be the norm.
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df49f (X)
: agree with Lenkl - not only are the terms not there, but neither is the meaning...
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