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AGM Attracts Record Crowd
ISDA’s 22nd Annual General Meeting in Boston, April
17-19, attracted record attendance of over 850 delegates.
Members enjoyed keynote addresses from business leaders
and the worlds of industry supervision and academia, as
well as a range of engaging panel discussions.
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ISDA Publishes Year-End 2006 Market Survey
At its Annual General Meeting, ISDA announced the results of its Year-End 2006 Market Survey of privately negotiated derivatives. The notional principal outstanding volume of credit default swaps (CDS) grew 33 percent in the second half of 2006, rising from $26.0 trillion at June 30, 2006 to $34.5 trillion at December 31, 2006. This compares with 52 percent growth during the first half of 2006. CDS notional growth for the whole of 2006 was 102 percent, compared with 103 percent during 2005. The survey monitors credit default swaps on single-names, baskets and portfolios of credits and index trades.
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Derivatives Post-Trade Processing Continues to Improve
Post-trade processing of privately negotiated derivatives transactions continues to significantly improve, with credit derivatives showing the most progress, according to a survey by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA). The preliminary results of the ISDA’s Operations Benchmarking Survey are scheduled to be discussed at ISDA´s Annual General Meeting in Boston, which starts today.
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