JAC response to the ESMA CP on MiFID II/MiFIR

On July 31, the Joint Associations Committee on Retail Structured Products (JAC) responded to the ESMA consultation paper on MiFID II/MiFIR. This response addresses questions from the consultation that are specific to retail structured products; it was submitted alongside the ISDA response to the ESMA CP & DP addressing other questions from the ESMA consultation.

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Maintaining Focus on Basel III Endgame Recalibration

In its original form, the US Basel III endgame proposal would have resulted in disproportionate increases in capital for trading book activities, forcing banks to make difficult choices about their participation in certain businesses. After two-and-a-half years, a revised proposal...

IRRBB Management in EMDEs

Interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB) has become a growing priority for banks and regulators in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). As many of these countries face monetary tightening cycles and ongoing macroeconomic volatility, bank balance sheets...

Response to CPMI-IOSCO on Consultation

On February 5, ISDA and FIA responded to the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation on the management of general business risks and general business losses by financial market infrastructures (FMIs)....