Canadian Clearing Classification Letter

On January 19, 2017, the Canadian Securities Administrators published National Instrument 94-101, Mandatory Central Counterparty Clearing of Derivatives and a related companion policy (the “Canadian Mandatory Clearing Rule”). This classification letter allows market participants to provide their counterparties with status information in order to determine if they are in scope for purposes of the Canadian Mandatory Clearing Rule. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND FRENCH.

Digital Assets and Derivatives: Where Next?

Digital assets are moving into a phase of institutional integration into derivatives markets. Trading venues, custodial infrastructures and tokenization platforms now exist across both traditional financial markets and public blockchain networks. While this diversity has accelerated innovation and liquidity formation,...

Launch of US Treasury Repo Market Indicators

ISDA has launched the ISDA-Actrix US Treasury Repo Market Clearing Indicators in collaboration with Actrix. The indicators illustrate central clearing adoption in the US Treasury repo market. Sponsored cleared repo volumes are used as a proxy to monitor client participation...