CFTC Swap Transaction Reporting Party Requirements

Summary of Reporting Party determination hierarchy under the CFTC’s reporting requirements and the industry agreed best practice approach to parties with the same hierarchical status. Previously published on May 30, 2014, this version reflects the industry agreed approach to reporting party determination for prime brokerage trades and updates the event type matrix to reflect when reporting party is reassessed.

This document was further updated in early 2018 to reflect industry working group agreement that “cancellable swaps” are categorized in Rates as ‘exotic’ for reporting, to help improve consistency of RCP determination for cancellable swaps.

Data Subject Access Request Form

Pursuant to its mission to promote safe and efficient markets within the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives industry, The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) processes personal data of its employees, members and non-members (for example individuals attending ISDA conferences or...

ISDA and GDF publish tokenization report

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SA-CCR Own Goal Must be Corrected

In soccer, own goals do occasionally occur, when a defending player accidentally hits the ball into his or her own net, usually under intense pressure from the opposing team. In fact, the current FIFA World Cup looks set to break...

Joint Response on Future of Tokenization

On July 6, ISDA and Global Digital Finance (GDF) submitted a joint response to a call for input on the future of tokenization by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Bank of England. Tokenization presents a significant opportunity for the...