Public Comment on Suitability Requirements with respect to the Distribution of Complex – Joint Associations Response

JAC/IIF/IBFed, together ‘the Associations’, comment on the consultation report “Suitability Requirements with respect to the Distribution of Complex Financial Products” prepared by the Technical Committee of IOSCO. Please note that the annexes referred to on pg. 5 of the response are available on the ISDA website (originally submitted on March 11 and May 23, 2011).

Documents (1) for Public Comment on Suitability Requirements with respect to the Distribution of Complex – Joint Associations Response

Remove Bureaucracy from Cross-margin Approvals

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Joint Response on CCP Resolution

On September 7, ISDA and FIA responded to a Bank of England (BOE) discussion paper on central counterparty (CCP) resolution. The associations support greater clarity on valuation capabilities prior to a crisis scenario and the boundary between recovery and resolution,...