Definition of counterparty
: a party to a financial transaction
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On many smaller exchanges, that isn’t happening, and retail investors are exposing their money to a kind of counterparty risk from the exchanges themselves, said Jonathan Levin, chief executive of research firm Coinanlysis.
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Gecamines was a key counterparty in many of Gertler’s most lucrative copper deals.
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In 2015, a counterparty paid $250,000 into her account.
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With Citi’s deal, only one holdout counterparty, Credit Suisse , hasn’t settled with the bankruptcy estate.
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In fact, counterparty perception is even more measurable than the other factors because it is based on quantifiable results.
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Between October and November 2015, Mingzheng was a counterparty to 20 illicit wire transfers in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, according to prosecutors.
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Testimony from some of Citigroup’s top bankers, including Carey Lathrop and Brian Archer, will shed the first light on the unwinding of Lehman trades and the management of such counterparty risk.
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As the shares have hit historical lows, and with continued uncertainty over whether the German government has plans to step in, some investors are having second thoughts about using Deutsche Bank as a counterparty.
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First Known Use of counterparty
1980
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