ISDA Best Practice Principles on Swaps Straight-Through-Processing

Principles to facilitate compliance with the CFTC staff’s STP guidance that comes into force on August 1, 2016. Please note that these principles have been prepared and published for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal, accounting, or other professional advice.

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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,...