ISDA Letter to the BCBS on SA-CCR

Following the suggestion by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) to ISDA to share industry views and inputs on the standardized approach for measuring counterparty credit risk exposures (SA-CCR), ISDA responded in a letter on March 20 highlighting its SA-CCR quantitative impact study findings and setting out suggestions for improved coherence and calibration of the SA-CCR framework.

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Safe, Efficient Markets for SFTs

Securities financing transactions (SFTs) – including repurchase agreements (repo), securities lending, buy/sell backs and margin lending – are foundational to the functioning of modern financial markets. They support the day-to-day distribution of liquidity, enable collateral to move efficiently across cash...

ISDA Recommendations to Simplify EU Regulation

On March 9, ISDA submitted a paper to the European Commission setting out focused proposals to improve the functioning of the EU regulatory framework for derivatives. The paper comprises eight targeted recommendations to simplify selected Level 1 provisions in a...