Letters to the BCBS’ Risk Measurement Group (“RMG”)

Letters to the BCBS’ Risk Measurement Group (“RMG”) on “Prudential treatment of the impact of own credit spreads on the valuation of OTC derivatives” and “Removal of CVA gains arising from own credit spread deterioration by reference to an Industry Index” following a RMG-ISDA meeting on May 29 2012.

Documents (2) for Letters to the BCBS’ Risk Measurement Group (“RMG”)

10 Years of the ISDA SIMM

As the derivatives industry prepared for the September 2016 implementation of initial margin requirements for non-cleared derivatives, one challenge stood out: counterparties needed to agree on the amount of initial margin to be exchanged. But if each firm developed its...

Expanding the Universe of Eligible VM

ISDA conducted a series of interviews with buy- and sell-side firms to understand the drivers of a growing use of non-cash assets as variation margin (VM) for non-cleared over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives and the barriers that remain to expanding the use...

ISDA Response on Hedge Accounting Guidance

On August 14, ISDA responded to an exposure draft from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). ISDA broadly supports the FASB’s proposed targeted improvements to hedge accounting, including allowing interest rate hedging of held-to-maturity (HTM) debt securities, recognizing all Secured...