AN INTRODUCTION TO REPO DOCUMENTATION
1. The nature of and types of repo
- What is a repo?
- How do they work?
- Types of repo.
2. Typical Repo Uses
- From the Seller's viewpoint
- From the Buyer's viewpoint
- Use by Central Banks.
3. Buy/sellbacks
- Difference between repos and buy/sellbacks.
4. Legal issues affecting repos
- Nature of the transaction
- Ownership of the securities
- Drawbacks of recharacterisation as a secured loan
- English law legal opinion by Richard Sykes QC
- ICMA legal opinions.
5. Repo Documentation
- History of the TBMA/ISMA Global Master Repurchase Agreement (2000) (the "GMRA 2000")
- Contents of the GMRA 2000
- Paragraph by paragraph analysis of the GMRA 2000
- The GMRA 2000 Annexes
- Study of relevant Annexes of the client's choice.
- A review of the client's own Annex I to the GMRA 2000.
6. Practical negotiation exercise.
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