Talk:Rehypothecation

Merger with Hypothecation?

Nope, it should be kept separate. Rehypothecation is an important concept in collateral management - arguably more important than "hypothecation" which is a term you don't often see (and which as far as I know simply means to pledge assets by way of security for a debt). Rehypothecation achieves the chimaerical effect of allowing a recipient of pledged collateral - ie collateral the recipient doesn't actually own, but simply possesses with a security interest - to sell that collateral outright in the market to a third party, provided it remains liable to return an indentical ("fungible") asset at the conclusion of the pledge. Challenging, you would think, because "nemo dat quod non habet" - you can't give title to something you don't yourself own. But somehow, under US law, one manages it. (nb the equivalent concept doesn't exist under common law). Granted, this is described poorly in the article at present, but that doesn't mean the concept - and therefore the article - isn't important. ElectricRay (talk) 10:00, 10 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support, on the grounds that the topic is already better covered at the existing section Hypothecation#Rehypothecation. Both topics, while distinct, are best covered on the same page, because the comparison is helpful. Klbrain (talk) 23:07, 2 March 2017 (UTC).[reply]

Given the silence for the last month, and the length of time this merge has been on the books, I've completed it. Klbrain (talk) 06:54, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Technical Jargon

Someone please work on this a bit. I don't have an equity trading licence. PhoenixofMT (talk) 22:42, 26 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]