Credit Derivatives / Credit Default Swaps

This section catalogues ISDA’s work across the credit derivatives space:  documentation, public policy, market structure, market practices, research and other areas.

Key links

Definitions, Matrices and Bookstore page

  • 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions
  • ISDA Bookstore Credit Derivatives page
  • 2003 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions, Physical Settlement Matrix and Related Material

Credit Derivatives Initiatives

 

Links to documentation, matrices, best practice statements, guidance notes, FAQs, memorandums and other useful material pertaining to the Credit Derivatives on the Market Infrastructure and Technology page:

As with all market information and guidance that ISDA disseminates, parties are free to choose alternate means of addressing the event. Each market participant remains responsible for considering its own documentation and the specific terms of its own trades and forming its own conclusion on the proper interpretation of events.

ISDA response to ESMA MiFIR Review Consultation

On July 11, ISDA submitted a response to the European Securities and Markets Authority's (ESMA) fourth package of Level 2 consultation under the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation Review (MiFIR), on transparency for derivatives, package orders and input/output data for...