Amendment to the ISDA Master Agreement for use in relation to Section 2(a)(iii) and explanatory memorandum

Amendment to the ISDA Master Agreement for use in relation to Section 2(a)(iii) and explanatory memorandum

ISDA has today published the Amendment to the ISDA Master Agreement for use in relation to Section 2(a)(iii) for market participants who wish to amend their ISDA Master Agreements to insert a time limit on the operation of that provision in circumstances where an event of default has occurred in relation to one of the parties. Alongside this Amendment, ISDA has published an explanatory memorandum. Both documents are available for free download in the ISDA Bookstore.

Addressing Termination Troubles

When Enron announced a shock $618 million loss on October 16, 2001, it took a further 47 days until it filed for bankruptcy. For Bear Stearns, it took 266 days between its bailout of a structured credit fund run by...