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marking to market [1 record]

Record 1 1998-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
DEF

The process of recalculating the exposure in a trading position in securities, option contracts or futures contracts.

CONT

Marking-to-market process: In exchange-traded contracts, the exchange clearing house marks members' positions to market each day using closing market prices. Members must maintain a certain minimum level of margin at the exchange clearing house and must post additional margin if the marking-to-market process reduces margin below the minimum.

CONT

Banks should calculate the credit equivalent amount of these contracts using the current exposure method. Under this method, a bank adds - the total replacement cost (obtained by "marking to market") of all its contracts with positive value ... [Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions].

Key term(s)
  • marking-to-market process

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

Les banques doivent calculer le montant d'équivalent-crédit de ces contrats en utilisant la méthode d'évaluation du risque courant, c'est-à-dire en calculant la somme des montants suivants : - le coût de remplacement total (obtenu par l'évaluation au prix du marché) de tous les contrats à valeur positive [...] [Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inversiones
DEF

Proceso de recálculo para clasificar los riesgos y posiciones de valores, contratos de opciones o contratos de futuros.

Key term(s)
  • marcando el mercado
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