Hurricane Sandy Guidance

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) announces the following guidance for parties to over-the-counter derivative transactions that are affected by the closing of U.S. exchanges on Monday October 29 and Tuesday October 30 due to Hurricane Sandy.

October 30-Guidance update. Paragraph 2 (Options, Rate Resets and Swaptions) and Paragraph 3 (Commodity Derivative Transactions) have been updated.

Response to ESMA Guarantees

On April 30, ISDA responded to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) consultation paper on guarantees as central counterparty (CCP) collateral and certain aspects of CCP investment policy. ISDA broadly supports ESMA’s proposed draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) to...

ISDA AGM Studio: Jenny Cosco and Jason Granet

Jenny Cosco, global head of government relations and regulatory strategy at LSEG, and Jason Granet, chief investment officer at BNY, speak with Tara Kruse, ISDA’s global head of derivative products and infrastructure, about how firms can manage liquidity pressures during...