27th ISDA Annual General Meeting, Chicago, April 30-May 2, 2012
At this year’s AGM, the final day’s opening session featured a standing-room-only “fireside chat” between ISDA Chairman Stephen O’Connor (left) and CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler (right). The conversation covered a wide range of topics of importance to the OTC derivatives industry and regulators.
Below, find short video clips from the talk labeled by topic in sequential order; the full recording of the conversation is available above.
Video Segments (click to play):
01 Current State of Rule Making (4:48)
02 Clearing Landscape (5:49)
03 Netting and Clearing (6:59)
04 International Harmonization (4:18)
05 Market Structure (7:03)
06 Transparency (4:28)
07 MF Global (2:25)
08 Review of Rules (3:46)
09 Extraterritoriality (ET) (1:48)
10 Implementation Timeline (1:23)
11 Block Trade Reporting (2:53)
12 15 Second Rule (2:57)
13 Regulatory Expertise (3:15)
14 CFTC – SEC Cooperation (1:30)
15 Conclusion (2:36)
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