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.

Pursuing Efficiencies of Tokenization

As we mark the 10-year anniversary of the ISDA Standard Initial Margin Model (ISDA SIMM), which was launched in September 2016 to coincide with the first phase of initial margin (IM) requirements for non-cleared derivatives, we’ve been reflecting on its...

Transition to Mandatory Central Clearing

US Treasury securities sit at the heart of global financial markets and serve as one of the primary forms of high-quality collateral across derivatives and securities financing markets. The transition to mandatory central clearing of US Treasuries therefore has implications...

ISDA Publishes Updated ISDA SIMM Governance

ISDA has published an updated version of the ISDA SIMM® Governance Framework, which sets out the principles under which the ISDA Standard Initial Margin Model® operates and the process through which it will be reviewed and amended on a consistent...