Best Practice: Reporting Unwinds and Novations as New Trades

Best practice to remedy Swap Dealer (SD) trade bookings and reporting by the relevant Reporting Counterparty under the CFTC’s P43 and P45 rules for edge cases, where a client executes a new trade either on or off-facility, and then advises the SD that the trade is actually an unwind or novation of a pre-existing bilateral trade and requests that the SD remedy in accordance with their intention.

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SwapsInfo H1 2025 and Q2 2025

Interest rate derivatives (IRD) trading activity increased in the first half of 2025, driven by continued interest rate volatility, evolving central bank policy expectations and persistent macroeconomic uncertainty. Trading in index credit derivatives also rose, as market participants responded to...

ISDA Response to IFSCA Consultation

On August 5, ISDA responded to the International Financial Services Centres Authority’s (IFSCA) consultation on reporting and clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives contracts booked in International Financial Services Centres (IFSC). In the response, ISDA provided the following recommendations: Not mandating...