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Counterparties

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Counterparties
The parties on either side of an interest rate swap or a currency, equity or commodity swap, or to an options or futures position.
Counterparties
The persons or institutions engaging in a transaction. That is, the buyer and the seller of a good are the counterparties to the sale of that good. While it could apply to any transaction, the term is most common when referring to the counterparties of a swap.
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The high interest rate in the loan weakened AIG further, he said, and the bailout reduced any leverage in negotiating "haircuts" with AIG counterparties -- banks and others that had obtained credit default swaps, a form of insurance for their mortgage securities, through AIG.
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The high interest rate in the loan weakened AIG further, he said, and the bailout reduced any leverage in negotiating "haircuts" with AIG counterparties -- banks and others that had obtained credit default swaps, a form of insurance for their mortgage securities, through AIG.
Rush to bail out AIG led to higher costs: audit by AFP / AFP Global Edition
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