On July 17, ISDA, the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA) and the Institute of International Finance (IIF) submitted to the Trading Book Group (TBG) of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) a detailed response letter to the firm-wide quantitative impact study (QIS) instructions on the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB). This letter followed a preliminary industry response submitted on July 8.
Documents (2) for ISDA/GFMA/IIF response letters to the BCBS’s TBG on the firm-wide FRTB QIS instructions
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