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Press Releases 2003:

DATE
SUBJECT
December 10, 2003 ISDA Outlines Strategic Vision for Transforming Operational Processing of OTC Derivatives Marketplace (Press Release, Strategy Paper)
December 02, 2003

ISDA, EMTA and FXC Announce Amended Korean Won Definitions

November 05, 2003

ISDA Applauds Senate Decision on Energy Market Amendment

October 28, 2003 ISDA Publishes New Weather Index Confirmations (Press Release, OTC Weather Index Swap, OTC Weather Index Put Option/Floor, OTC Weather Index Call Option/Cap, Form of CPD Weather Index Appendix, Form of CDD Weather Index Appendix and Form of HDD Weather Appendix)
October 07, 2003 Financial Market Trade Associations Issue Guidance for Handling Material Nonpublic Information in the Credit Derivatives and Debt Securities Markets
October 02, 2003 ISDA Opens Washington Office; Appoints New Staff
September 23, 2003 ISDA Announces 2003 Mid-Year Market Survey Results
Vanilla Swaps Pass $120 Trillion; Strong Credit Derivatives Growth Continues
September 16, 2003

ISDA North American Regional Member Conference and Press Briefings

September 12, 2003

ISDA Announces Work with ISO and Fix; New FpML Cross-Product Working Group

September 08, 2003

ISDA European Regional Member Conference and Press Briefings

August 07, 2003 ISDA publishes North American Power Annex (Press Release, Power Annex)
August 05, 2003

New Draft of FpML 4.0 Includes Credit Derivatives Supplement and Master Confirm

August 01, 2003 Global Coalition of Industry Organisations Comments on Securitization Issues in The New Basel Capital Accord (Press Release, Comment Letter)
August 01, 2003 ISDA 2003 Operations Benchmarking Survey: Industry Achieves Confirmation Processing Goals for Core Products, Maintains Focus on Improvements (Press Release, Survey Results)
July 31, 2003 ISDA and TBMA Comment on Third Consultative Paper (CP3) on the New Basel Capital Accord (Press Release, Comment Letter)
July 21, 2003 ISDA Releases FpML Editor/Viewer Tool; Version 3.0 in Trial Recommendation
July 15, 2003

ISDA Publishes 2002 Master Agreement Protocol

June 25, 2003 ISDA, LIBA and TBMA issue recommendations to the Basel Committee on the counterparty risk treatment of OTC derivatives and securities financing transactions on 25 June 2003 (Press Release, Counterparty Risk Recommendations, Counterparty Risk Annex)
June 18, 2003

ISDA Publishes Standardized Collateral Asset Definitions; Increases Operational and Legal Certainty in Collateral Arrangements

June 05, 2003 ISDA, RMA, BBA to Present Results of Internal Risk-Based Validation Study
May 22, 2003 ISDA, IACPM, LSTA, TBMA Unveil Principles and Recommendations Addressing the Handling of Material Nonpublic Information in the Credit Derivatives and Debt Securities Markets (Request for Comment, Press Release, Exposure Draft)
May 14, 2003 ISDA adds 4pm setting to HK$ ISDAFIX
May 12, 2003 ISDA Publishes Provisions for Monoline Insurers (Press Release, Monoline)
May 07, 2003 ISDA White Paper Highlights Efforts to Restore Confidence in Energy Trading Market (Press Release, Energy White Paper)
April 28, 2003 ISDA Publishes Weather Index Swap Transaction Confirmation (Press Release, Confirmation, Definitions Appendix and Weather Index Appendix - HDD)
April 10, 2003

ISDA Releases FpML Version 4.0 Working Draft;
Announces FpML Editor/Viewer Tool

April 09, 2003

ISDA 2003 Margin Survey Reports $719 Billion of Collateral in use; 70% Increase Over 2002 Levels

April 09, 2003 ISDA Delegates Elect Eleven Board Members;
New Directors from Japan, Energy Firm
April 09, 2003

ISDA Announces Master Agreement Protocol,
Mandarin and Japanese Language Master Agreements

April 09, 2003 Over 90% of the World's 500 Largest Companies Use Derivatives to Help Manage Their Risks, According to New ISDA Survey
March 25, 2003 ISDA Issues Best Practices Statement for Certain Energy Products
March 19, 2003 ISDA 2002 Year-End Market Survey
Credit Default Swaps Pass $2 Trillion; Plain Vanilla Swaps Close to $100 Trillion
March 17, 2003 ISDA Publishes European Gas Annex (Press Release, Gas Annex - 2002, Gas Annex - 1992)
March 11, 2003

Media Advisory: ISDA's 18TH Annual General Meeting

March 03, 2003

ISDA, EMTA AND FXC Announce Amended Taiwanese Dollar Definition

February 26, 2003

ISDA Releases FpML Version 2.0 Recommendation

February 19, 2003

ISDA to Host Documentation Conference and Press Briefing

February 11, 2003 ISDA Publishes 2003 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions
February 06, 2003

ISDA to Host Documentation Conference and Press Briefing

January 08, 2003 ISDA Publishes 2002 ISDA Master Agreement
2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions Also Released (Press Release, Key Changes)