EXECUTIVE FOCUS
Conrad Voldstad joins ISDA as CEO; Robert Pickel appointed Executive Vice Chairman
The ISDA Board of Directors appointed Conrad “Connie” Voldstad as Chief Executive Officer, effective November 30. Robert Pickel, ISDA Executive Director and CEO since January 2001, assumed the newly created position of Executive Vice Chairman on the same date. Mr Voldstad and Mr Pickel will both serve on the Association’s Board of Directors.... more

TRADING INFRASTRUCTURE
ISDA creates new industry governance structure
On December 1, ISDA announced a governance structure for the privately negotiated derivatives industry’s market practice and post-trade activities. The industry’s governance structure determines its relationships with other stakeholders, including regulators and vendors, as well as other infrastructure providers. Two underlying and fundamental principles of the governance structure relate to where responsibility and ownership lie for the strategic direction of market practice and post-trade activities, and which groups are responsible for liaising with regulators, and at what levels.... more

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:

• Small Bang Protocol Re-Opening
• Standardized Coupons for Japan

• France’s Barnier appointed EC Commissioner for Financial Services
• EC Communication sketches picture of 2010 legislative activity

• NCOIL adopts model legislation
• House expected to consider OTC legislation

• EU delays adoption of IFRS 9

• Tahawwut (Hedging) Master Agreement

• Thomson, Hellas II, CIT, Cemex

• Asia-Pacific, Japan, Central & Eastern Europe,
  FpML, New Members

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