Sicherungsnehmer

German

Etymology

Sicherung (security/protection) +‎ -s- +‎ Nehmer (taker/receiver)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzɪçəʁʊŋsˌneːmɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Si‧che‧rungs‧neh‧mer

Noun

Sicherungsnehmer m (strong, genitive Sicherungsnehmers, plural Sicherungsnehmer)

  1. (finance) protection buyer (the party in a credit derivative transaction that buys credit protection to transfer credit risk to another party)
    Im Falle eines Zahlungsausfalls erhält der Sicherungsnehmer den vertraglich vereinbarten Barausgleich vom Sicherungsgeber.
    In the event of a default, the protection buyer receives the contractually agreed cash settlement from the protection seller.

Declension

Synonyms

  • Absicherer (hedger)
  • Optionskäufer (option buyer/holder)

Antonyms

Hypernyms

  • Vertragspartner (contractual partner)
  • Leistungsempfänger (beneficiary/recipient of a service)

Coordinate terms

  • Ausfallereignis (the event triggering the payout to the protection buyer)
  • Gegenparteirisiko (the risk that the protection buyer's counterparty fails to pay)
  • Hedging (the strategy of reducing risk by taking an offsetting position)
  • Kreditausfallswap (the vehicle used by the protection buyer)
  • Prämie (the cost paid by the protection buyer for the insurance)
  • Spekulation (the act of trading in high-risk assets for profit, common for 'naked' protection buyers)
  • nehmen (to take)
  • Sicherungsbedürfnis (need for security/protection)

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