ISDA response to IASB re. Novation of Derivatives under EMIR legislation

On November 28, as a result of the interaction between IAS 39 and the new European legislation concerning EMIR, ISDA wrote to the IASB to express concerns over the ‘novation of derivatives’ to a Clearing House under the EMIR legislation (which is expected to become effective by the middle of 2013) and also its impact on hedge accounting.

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ISDA/IIF Responds to the PRA Consultation

On July 30th, ISDA and IIF responded to the PRA consultation (CP10/25) on enhancing banks’ and insurers’ approaches to managing climate-related risks, which proposes updates to the Supervisory Statement 3/19 on climate-related risk management for banks and insurers. ISDA and...

ISDA Board Appoints New Chair

ISDA has announced that its Board of Directors has elected Amy Hong as its new Chair. Ms. Hong is Head of Strategy, Investments and Partnerships in the Global Banking & Markets division at Goldman Sachs, responsible for leading strategic initiatives...

Response on Scope of BMR

On July 28, ISDA and the Global Foreign Exchange Division of the Global Financial Markets Association responded to the European Commission’s (EC) consultation on the need to exempt spot foreign exchange (FX) benchmarks under Article 18a of the EU Benchmarks...