Determinations Committees

Determinations Committees deliberate issues involving Reference Entities traded under Transaction Types including Credit Events, CDS Auctions, Succession Events and other issues.

Determinations made by the DCs are governed by the Determinations Committees Rules. ISDA acts as a non-voting secretary to each DC and endeavors to co-ordinate this process in a transparent and operationally efficient manner.

DCs currently operate in the following regions: the Americas, Asia excluding Japan, Australia-New Zealand, EMEA (Europe), and Japan.

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Market Transformation – IQ May 2026

On the 250th anniversary of American independence, this year’s ISDA Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held in Boston, a city that played a prominent role in the American Revolution. In his opening remarks, ISDA chief executive Scott O’Malia drew a...

Letter to EC and ESMA on Derivatives Framework

On May 27, ISDA sent a letter to the European Commission (EC) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to highlight several technical issues arising from the interaction between the delegated regulation (EU) 2025/1003 on identifying reference data to...