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)
- (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
Declension of Sicherungsnehmer [masculine, strong]
Synonyms
- Absicherer (hedger)
- Optionskäufer (option buyer/holder)
Antonyms
- Sicherungsgeber (protection seller)
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)
Related terms
- nehmen (to take)
- Sicherungsbedürfnis (need for security/protection)
References
- “Sicherungsnehmer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Sicherungsnehmer” in Duden online