On September 27, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (‘ISDA’), the Institute of International Finance (‘IIF’) and the Global Financial Markets Association (‘GFMA’) (together ‘the Associations’) responded to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (‘BCBS’) Consultative Document ‘Capital treatment of bank exposures to CCPs’ (issued for comment on 28 June 2013).
The response is focused on elements of the consultative document that stand to motivate and influence the expansion of central clearing.
Documents (1) for ISDA/IIF/GFMA response to the BCBS 253 CD: Capital Treatment of Bank Exposures to CCPs
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Expanding Legal Agreement Coverage in the CDM
This paper examines the recent extension of the Common Domain Model (CDM)1 to represent two of the most significant, and previously undeveloped, areas of its legal agreement model: umbrella agreements and contract amendments. Umbrella agreements are widely used to document...
ISDA Omnibus Canadian Representation Letter
On September 2, ISDA published the Omnibus Canadian Representation Letter, which combines previously published representation letters drafted to assist firms in compliance with Canadian trade reporting, business conduct, regulatory margin and clearing classification rules. The Omnibus Canadian Letter is designed...
Joint Response on Cross-margining
On August 31, ISDA and FIA submitted a letter to the US Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the agencies’ joint request for comment on the implementation of portfolio margining and cross-margining...
Accounting for Carbon Credits: Latest Developments
This paper updates and extends the analysis set out in ISDA’s October 2023 paper on accounting for carbon credits. While preserving the original focus on the accounting treatment of voluntary carbon credits (VCCs) and compliance carbon credits (CCCs), it expands...