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engagementerhöhende Derivate

English translation: exposure-increasing derivatives

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German term or phrase:engagementerhöhende Derivate
English translation:exposure-increasing derivatives
Entered by: Heather Starastin

08:54 Apr 29, 2011
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German term or phrase: engagementerhöhende Derivate
In a text from a Swiss investment consultancy describing the commitment approach:

"Es ist nur der Einsatz von Derivat-Grundformen zulässig. Bei engagementerhöhenden Derivaten muss das Basiswertäquivalent durch geldnahe Mittel gedeckt sein. Wenn das engagementreduzierende Derivat auf ein Index lautet, müssen die als Deckung dienenden Anlagen repräsentativ sein."
Heather Starastin
Canada
Local time: 10:07
exposure-increasing derivatives
Explanation:
"Engagement" appears to be used in the sense of "exposure" here. For example, selling an uncovered call option would increase exposure.

See Zahn as a reference.
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Bruce Campbell
Local time: 10:07
Grading comment
Yes, I did wonder whether "exposure" was the right term here, thank you for confirmation!
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4 +1exposure-increasing derivatives
Bruce Campbell
2commitment enhancing derivatives
Jaime Hyland


  

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commitment enhancing derivatives


Explanation:
My instinctive reaction would be to turn the whole sentence around so that it starts with something like:

"For a derivative to enhance commitment, it must ..."

Can't emphasise enough that this is little more than a guess.

Jaime Hyland
Local time: 16:07
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
exposure-increasing derivatives


Explanation:
"Engagement" appears to be used in the sense of "exposure" here. For example, selling an uncovered call option would increase exposure.

See Zahn as a reference.

Bruce Campbell
Local time: 10:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 18
Grading comment
Yes, I did wonder whether "exposure" was the right term here, thank you for confirmation!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RobinB: Both the German term and your English translation appear to be predominantly Swiss terms (though Engagement is also used in standard German risk terminology to mean "exposure"), and are used by e.g. UBS.
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