ISDA, the Global Financial Markets Association, including its Global FX Division, the Investment Association, Financial Services Roundtable, the ABA Securities Association and the American Council of Life Insurers have sent a letter to global regulators asking for a six-month transition from March 1 to give market participants time to complete the necessary steps for compliance with new variation margin requirements.
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Letter to EC and ESMA on Derivatives Framework
On March 27, ISDA sent a letter to the European Commission (EC) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to highlight several technical issues arising from the interaction between the delegated regulation (EU) 2025/1003 on identifying reference data to...
Response on Proposed Changes to Transaction Rules
On May 22, ISDA and the Global Foreign Exchange Division (GFXD) of the Global Financial Markets Association submitted a joint response to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) consultation on proposed changes to the ASIC Derivative Transaction Rules (Reporting)...
EBA FRTB-ASA Benchmarking Support for Newly In-scope Banks
A new regulatory requirement is expected to bring additional EU banks into scope for submitting Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) Alternative Standardized Approach (ASA) capital as part of the European Banking Authority’s (EBA) benchmarking exercise. ISDA Capital Models...
Joint Letter on Sunset of Swaps TR Rules
On May 20, ISDA, FIA and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) submitted a joint letter to US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to request the CFTC to sunset large trader reporting rules (LTR) rules for physical commodity...