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Binary settlement
A pay-out following a credit event that is a fixed amount rather than par less a recovery rate. Also know as digital settlement.
This approach has the advantage of simplicity, but the disadvantage that the protection buyer does know if it has bought enough protection to cover its losses. For this reason, binary credit derivatives are relatively rare.
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