Amendment to the ISDA Master Agreement for use in relation to Section 2(a)(iii) and explanatory memorandum

Amendment to the ISDA Master Agreement for use in relation to Section 2(a)(iii) and explanatory memorandum

ISDA has today published the Amendment to the ISDA Master Agreement for use in relation to Section 2(a)(iii) for market participants who wish to amend their ISDA Master Agreements to insert a time limit on the operation of that provision in circumstances where an event of default has occurred in relation to one of the parties. Alongside this Amendment, ISDA has published an explanatory memorandum. Both documents are available for free download in the ISDA Bookstore.

Remove Bureaucracy from Cross-margin Approvals

Cross-margining programs play a critical role in financial markets. By ensuring margin requirements more closely reflect the actual risk of a portfolio of products, they reduce liquidity strain and improve market efficiency, both of which will become even more important...

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,...