Canadian Transaction Reporting Party Requirements

These Reporting Party Requirements establish the hierarchy and tie-breaker logic to determine a single reporting counterparty for Canadian provincial reporting. By leveraging the existing reporting party standard established for reporting to the CFTC, in most cases these rules facilitate submission of a single multiple jurisdictional report to meet the reporting requirements of both the CFTC and provincial regulators.  Originally published on April 4, 2014, the document was amended on March 20, 2015 to reflect changes in the provincial reporting requirements issued since its original publication date, and on July 8, 2025 for the Canadian OTC derivatives rule amendments going live July 25, 2025.

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,...