On December 21, 2015, the CFTC responded in agreement with ISDA’s proposal to permit derivatives clearing organizations (DCOs) to accept or reject trades for clearing within 10 minutes of execution on a SEF or a DCM and granted until August 1, 2016 for compliance with the requirement. Furthermore, CFTC staff still expect that the industry will continue to reduce the timeframes for transaction processing and will monitor the industry and may take further action as warranted.
Documents (1) for CFTC response to ISDA’s proposed STP plan
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ISDA In Review – August 2026
A compendium of links to new documents, research papers, press releases and comment letters published by ISDA in August 2026.
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,...
Expanding Legal Agreement Coverage in the CDM
This paper examines the recent extension of the Common Domain Model (CDM)1 to represent two of the most significant, and previously undeveloped, areas of its legal agreement model: umbrella agreements and contract amendments. Umbrella agreements are widely used to document...
