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

ISDA Paper on FRTB Rules in Brazil

On March 24, ISDA submitted a paper to Banco Central do Brazil’s (BCB) on its implementation of the revised market risk framework under the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB), which represents an important step toward strengthening prudential standards...

IQ Interview with Mark Uyeda

Mandatory clearing of US Treasury securities is due to begin at the end of this year under rules finalized by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2023. SEC commissioner Mark Uyeda talks to IQ about the benefits of clearing...

Response to FCA on CFI Codes for Transparency

On March 19, ISDA responded to Chapter 3 of the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Quarterly Consultation CP26/8 on transparency requirements for financial instruments under Market Conduct Sourcebook (MAR) 11. Sections 3.11-3.13 of the consultation paper explain a discrepancy between...