ISDA EMEA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee:
Norske Skogsindustrier ASA Failure to Pay Credit Event
LONDON, August 2, 2017 – The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced that its EMEA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee resolved that a failure to pay credit event occurred in respect of trades entered into using the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions and with Norske Skogsindustrier ASA as a Reference Entity.
The Committee also resolved to hold an auction in respect of those outstanding CDS transactions entered into using the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions. ISDA will publish further information regarding the auction on its website, www.isda.org/credit, in due course.
ISDA will publish further information regarding trades entered into using the 2003 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions, as supplemented, in due course.
For Press Queries, Please Contact:
Nick Sawyer, ISDA London, +44 203 808 9740, nsawyer@isda.org
Lauren Dobbs, ISDA New York, +1 212 901 6019, ldobbs@isda.org
Michael Milner-Watt, ISDA London, +44 203 808 9727, mmilner-watt@isda.org
Amanda Leung, ISDA Hong Kong, +852 2200 5911, aleung@isda.org
About the Determinations Committees
The ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committees (DCs) each comprise 10 sell-side and five buy-side voting firms, alongside up to three consultative firms and central counterparty observer members. Their role is to apply the terms of market-standard credit derivatives contracts to specific cases, and make factual determinations on Credit Events, Successor Reference Entities and other issues, based on information provided to the DCs by credit default swap (CDS) market participants. The DCs are also responsible for determining whether a CDS Auction should be held following a Credit Event. The determinations are governed by the Determinations Committee Rules. ISDA acts as a non-voting secretary to each DC, and endeavors to co-ordinate this process in a transparent and operationally efficient manner.
About ISDA
Since 1985, ISDA has worked to make the global derivatives markets safer and more efficient. Today, ISDA has more than 875 member institutions from 68 countries. These members comprise a broad range of derivatives market participants, including corporations, investment managers, government and supranational entities, insurance companies, energy and commodities firms, and international and regional banks. In addition to market participants, members also include key components of the derivatives market infrastructure, such as exchanges, clearing houses and repositories, as well as law firms, accounting firms and other service providers. Information about ISDA and its activities is available on the Association’s web site: www.isda.org.
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