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DATE
ISDA Letter on EITF Issue No. 02-3, “Issues Involved in Accounting for Derivative Contracts Held for Trading Purposes and Contracts Involved in Energy Trading and Risk Management Activities.
December 31, 2002
ISDA News - December 2002 Newsletter (available to Members Only) December 23, 2002
ISDA, EMTA and Foreign Exchange Committee Announce New and Amended Argentine Peso Rate Source Definitions
December 20, 2002
ISDA, RMA, BBA Launch Internal Ratings Validation Survey December 19, 2002
ISDA Comment Letter on the Temporary Tax Shelter Regulations Issued on October 22, 2002 December 02, 2002
ISDA, Key Financial Trade Associations Press U.S. Congress For Passage Of Netting Provisions (Press Release, Industry Letter) November 12, 2002
ISDA 2002 Margin Survey Reports $437 Billion of Collateral in Use; 75% Increase Over 2001 Levels (Press Release, Survey) November 12, 2002
ISDA Publishes 2002 Energy Agreement Bridge (Press Release, Bridge, Commentary) October 28, 2002
ISDA Comment Letter on Withholding Taxes on Credit Default Swaps October 24, 2002
ISDA News - September/October 2002 Newsletter (available to Members Only)
October 23, 2002
IACPM, ISDA, RMA Announce Results of 2002 Survey of Credit Portfolio Management Practices October 18, 2002
Comment letter submitted to Commission des valeurs mobilières du Québec on Proposed Amendments to National Instrument 81-102 October 17, 2002
ISDA comments on the June 2002 Preliminary Draft of the Hague convention on indirectly held securities October 14, 2002
ISDA's Comment Letter to International Accounting Standards Board on Proposed Amendments to IAS 32 and IAS 39 Financial Instruments October 14, 2002
ISDA Issues Call for Participation for FpML Energy and Validation Working Groups, Schedules Fall FpML Conferences October 10, 2002
ISDA Co-sponsors Report on Fragmentation, Transparency and Internalisation by Ruben Lee of the Oxford Finance Group September 30, 2002
ISDA 2002 Mid-Year Market Survey
Debuts Equity Derivatives Volumes at $2.3 Trillion
Identifies Significant Increase for Credit Derivatives

September 25, 2002
ISDA Concurs with Financial Regulators Concerns about Expansion of Regulation of OTC Derivatives (Press Release; Treasury, Federal Reserve, SEC, CFTC Letter) September 20, 2002
ISDA Comment Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee on S. 2798 (Employee Abuse Prevention Act of 2002) September 12, 2002
ISDA comments on the Unidroit project Harmonised Modernisation of the Law Governing Secured Transactions September 06, 2002
Mexican Peso Floating Rate Option Definition: "MXN-TIIE-Banxico"
(MXN-TIIE-Banxico Definition, Side Letter, Press Release)
August 14, 2002
Determination of Cash Settlement Reference Banks under ISDA-documented transactions August 08, 2002
ISDA News - July/August 2002 Newsletter (available to Members Only)
August 02, 2002
ISDA Comment Letter on FASB Proposed Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Financial Guarantee Definition)
July 17, 2002
ISDA Comments on Brazilian Netting Regulations (Comment Letter, Press Release) July 15, 2002
Ernest T. Patrikis, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, American International Group, Inc. testifies on behalf of ISDA before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (ISDA's Written Testimony, Press Release) July 10, 2002
ISDA 2002 Operations Benchmarking Survey Shows Higher Automation And Lower Outstanding Confirmations For Core Products (Press Release, Survey Results)
July 09, 2002
ISDA, BMA, SIA (Joint Industry Working Group - JIWG) Comment Letter on FASB's Proposed Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (D2 Model - Beneficial Interests) July 01, 2002
ISDA Issues Call For Participation For
FpML Messaging Working Group
June 26, 2002
ISDA Launches ISDAFIX Publication Of Hong Kong Dollar June 25, 2002
Investment Services Directive Requires Further Modification According To ISDA: (Press Release, Response) June 17, 2002
ISDA Risk Management Seminar Presentation: Operational Risk on Everyone's Desk - The RADAR System June 12, 2002
ISDA Issues Call For Participation for
FpML Credit Derivatives Work Group
June 07, 2002
ISDA News - May 2002 Newsletter (available to Members Only)
May 31, 2002
ISDA Publishes Novation Agreement and User's Guide (Press Release, Agreement, User's Guide) May 30, 2002
Joint ISDA-TBMA-LIBA letter to FSA on the Large Exposures Regulation of securities financing transactions May 29, 2002
ISDA letter to the BIS Accord Implementation Group May 24, 2002
Position Paper on Internalization (Published by ISDA and European Trade Associations) May 21, 2002
ISDA-LIBA-TBMA Letter regarding treatment of collateralised transactions under New Basel Accord. May 17, 2002
ISDA comments on the April 2002 draft Hague Convention on Indirectly Held Securities May 14, 2002
ISDA Risk Management Seminar Presentation by Emanuel Derman, Goldman Sachs & Co. May 06, 2002
ISDA Issues Call For Participation
FpML Working Group To Extend Equity Derivatives Coverage
May 03, 2002
ISDA Statement on FSA Discussion Paper Cross-Sector Risk Transfers May 03, 2002
ISDA Launches Netalytics, An Online Tool That Standardizes Netting Analysis And Decision-Making April 19, 2002
ISDA Expands FpML To Include Equity Derivatives
Vendors Actively Developing FpML Tools
April 19, 2002
ISDA Delegates Elect 12 Board Members April 17, 2002
ISDA Market Survey Reveals Dramatic Increase in Credit Derivatives;
ISDA 2002 Mid-year Survey to Include Equity Derivatives
April 17, 2002
ISDA ISSUES ENRON REPORT
Corporate Governance Failures, Not Derivatives, Led to Enron Collapse
(Report Enron:Corporate Failure, Market Success & Press Release)
April 17, 2002
A Retrospective of ISDA's Activities 2001 April 12, 2002
ISDA Opposition to Feinstein Energy Derivatives Amendment (Industry Letter, Legal Analysis) April 08, 2002
ISDA Newsletter March 2002 (for members only) April 08, 2002
Media Advisory: ISDA's 17th Annual General Meeting March 21, 2002
ISDA's response to CESR on Proposed Standards for ATSs March 15, 2002
ISDA Opposes Senate Energy Derivatives Amendment March 06, 2002
ISDA, Financial Industry Letter opposing Feinstein Energy Derivatives Amendment March 05, 2002
Amicus Brief - Commodity Futures Modernization Act (Cary Oil Co. v. MG Refining and Marketing) February 22, 2002
ISDA Releases Working Draft of FpML Version 3.0 February 08, 2002
Letters to the Editor submitted to Wall Street Journal "As Enron's Derivatives Trading Comes Into Focus, Gap in Oversight is Spotlighted" January 29, 2002
ISDA and FpML.org Integration Finalized January 25, 2002
ISDA and FpML.org Announce Trial Recommendation for FpML Version 2.0 - Request Comments by April 30, 2002 January 22, 2002
Research paper by Prof. Edward Altman et al. 'Analyzing and Explaining Default Recovery Rates' January 11, 2002
Letter to the Editor (Not Published) Financial Times Letter to the Editor "OTC regulation flaws exposed by Enron" January 10, 2002
Letter to the Editor (Not Published) Wall Street Journal "Enron Lobbied Hard to Limit Oversight of Trading Operations" January 06, 2002
ISDA Welcomes Implementation of Hungarian Netting Legislation
January 04, 2002