ISDA responds to the IFRIC on IFRS 9 Financial Instruments

ISDA has responded to the International Financial Reporting Standards Interpretations Committee’s tentative agenda decision made at its March 2017 meeting. This was as a result of a request submitted by a stakeholder to clarify whether an entity should recognize an adjustment to amortised cost in profit or loss when a financial liability is modified or exchanged, and that modification or exchange does not result in the derecognition of the financial liability.

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...

Refreshing the FX Definitions

A lot has changed in the FX derivatives market since 1998, when the last set of standard definitions for FX transactions were published. Trading volumes have grown substantially, and average daily turnover has risen by six times. Market practices have...

ISDA & EMTA Publish New FX Definitions

ISDA and EMTA, Inc., the trade association for emerging markets, have jointly published a revised set of standard definitions for foreign exchange (FX) derivatives transactions, which update key market practices and consolidate various FX and FX-related product templates and provisions...