ISDA submits joint response on ESMA’s paper on benchmarks

On March 31, ISDA, the FIA and Global Financial Markets Association submitted a response to a discussion paper by the European Securities and Markets Authority aimed at clarifying Europe’s financial benchmarks regulation. The regulation organises how financial benchmarks are produced, what obligations are applicable to their administrators and contributors, and how end users may refer to EU and non-EU benchmarks. Formal consultations on draft technical advice and technical standards are expected in the course of 2016.

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ISDA Publishes FpML Version 5.14

ISDA has published a new version of its Financial products Markup Language (FpML), a widely used open-source standard for the electronic dealing and processing of derivatives transactions. The latest iteration – version 5.14 – incorporates several key modifications and updates...

Accounting for Tokenized Assets as Collateral

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