ISDA’s response to the SEC’s proposed amendments to Security-Based Swap Data Repository Registration Duties and Core Principles (“form and manner”)

ISDA’s response to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Request for comment on proposed amendments to specify the form and manner with which security-based swap data repositories (“SDRs”) will be required to make security-based swap (“SBS”) data available to the Commission under Exchange Act Rule 13n-4(b)(5). The SEC proposed to require SDRs to make these data available according to schemas that will be published on the SEC’s website and that will reference the international industry standards Financial products Markup Language (“FpML”) and Financial Information eXchange Markup Language (“FIXML”).

Documents (2) for ISDA’s response to the SEC’s proposed amendments to Security-Based Swap Data Repository Registration Duties and Core Principles (“form and manner”)

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,...