ISDA Conferences

International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA®)

Understanding the ISDA Master Agreements Conference
With Comprehensive Sessions on:
Key differences between the 2002 and the 1992 ISDA Master Agreements
Negotiating the Schedule to the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement and
The 2006 ISDA Definitions

September 11, 2008
The Westin Beijing, Financial Street
BEIJING

PROGRAM AGENDA

8:00 AM	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 AM	Welcoming Remarks
9:00 AM	The 2002 ISDA Master Agreement • Section-by-section analysis of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement • Discussion of key differences between the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement and the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement • New measure of damages, Close-out Amount • Amendments to the Events of Default and Termination Events • New Set-Off provision • New consolidated interest rate provisions • 2001 ISDA Cross-Agreement Bridge • Netting opinions
10:30 AM	Morning Break
11:00 AM	The 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (continued)
12:30 PM	Luncheon
1:45 PM	Negotiating the Schedule to the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement This session will focus on key issues that firms typically negotiate in their Schedule to the 2002 Agreement. Frequently negotiated Schedule provisions will be discussed: • Automatic Early Termination • Specified Entities • Specified Transactions • Cross Default • Threshold Amounts • Additional Termination Events • Additional Representations
3:00 PM	Afternoon Break
3:30 PM	2006 ISDA Definitions: Documenting Interest Rate and Currency Swaps • The basic terms of a fixed-floating interest rate swap: - Fixed Rates, Designated Maturity, Compounding, Flat Compounding. - Payment Dates, Termination Dates, Business Days, Business Day Conventions, Period End Dates (with and without Adjustment) and Negative Interest Rate Method - Reset Dates, Delayed Payment provisions and Rate Cut-off Dates. - Floating Rate Options, Spreads and Day Count Fractions • Caps, Floors and FRAs • Swaptions and Swaption Straddles • Optional and Mandatory Early Termination Provisions • Cash Settlement Methods including Cash Price and Par Yield Curve • Cross-currency provisions • Matrices, including the Mark-to-Market and Settlement Matrix
5:00 PM	Conference Concludes

Agenda is subject to change

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CONFERENCE VENUE: The Westin Beijing, Financial Street, 9b Financial Street, XiCheng District, Beijing 100032 China Telephone: (86) 10-6606-8866

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