Interest Rates Derivatives

Market Agreed Coupon (MAC) Contract

  • Press Release – SIFMA AMG and ISDA Announce that CUSIPs Are Now Available for MAC Contracts (December 12, 2013)
  • Press Release – ISDA Publishes Market Agreed Coupon Confirmation for Interest Rate Swaps (April 24, 2013)
  • Current Coupons
    Indicates, by currency and maturity, the coupons currently being traded in the market under the terms of the MAC contract.
  • Confirmation
    Form of confirmation for a Market Agreed Coupon (MAC) contract as an additional choice for market participants who wish to use over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate swaps (IRS) that have common, pre-agreed terms.

Interest Rate and Currency Derivative Matrices

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Interest Rates Derivatives Best Practices

10 Years of the ISDA SIMM

As the derivatives industry prepared for the September 2016 implementation of initial margin requirements for non-cleared derivatives, one challenge stood out: counterparties needed to agree on the amount of initial margin to be exchanged. But if each firm developed its...

Expanding the Universe of Eligible VM

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ISDA Response on Hedge Accounting Guidance

On August 14, ISDA responded to an exposure draft from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). ISDA broadly supports the FASB’s proposed targeted improvements to hedge accounting, including allowing interest rate hedging of held-to-maturity (HTM) debt securities, recognizing all Secured...