ISDA response to the to the FASB’s exposure draft on hybrid financial instruments

On April 30, ISDA’s Accounting Committee responded to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) exposure draft on Disclosures about Hybrid Financial Instruments with Bifurcated Embedded Derivatives (Derivatives and Hedging – Topic 815). The FASB proposed requiring an entity to disclose information that would link an embedded derivative that is bifurcated from a hybrid financial instrument to its host contract.

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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,...