To adhere to the Protocol and for FAQs and other information regarding the Protocol, please go to the ISDA 2016 Variation Margin Protocol page.
For a description of the documents below, please see “How is the Protocol structured? What is the purpose of the different Protocol documents?” on the Protocol FAQs page.
New CSA Exhibit – Japanese law CSA
Revised EMIR Supplemental Exhibit (Dec. 16, 2016)
Japanese Notification Time Amendments Supplemental Exhibit (Jan. 13, 2017)
Swiss (FMIA) rules Supplemental Rules Supplemental Exhibit (May 9, 2017)
Documents (4) for New CSA Exhibit – Japanese law CSA
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