Joint Trade Association Letter to Commissioner Barnier on Investor Choice

ISDA, AFME and eight other trade associations in a letter on the European Commission’s MiFID consultation to express support for the principle that regulatory intervention in a market should tend to support a widening of choice for investors – whether financial investors or corporate firms seeking to hedge risk – rather than the reverse.http://www.isda.org/whatsnew/pdf/Joint-trade-association-letter.pdf

Safe, Efficient Markets for SFTs

Securities financing transactions (SFTs) – including repurchase agreements (repo), securities lending, buy/sell backs and margin lending – are foundational to the functioning of modern financial markets. They support the day-to-day distribution of liquidity, enable collateral to move efficiently across cash...

ISDA Recommendations to Simplify EU Regulation

On March 9, ISDA submitted a paper to the European Commission setting out focused proposals to improve the functioning of the EU regulatory framework for derivatives. The paper comprises eight targeted recommendations to simplify selected Level 1 provisions in a...