ISDA hosted an introductory webinar, which provides an overview of an ISDA initiative to facilitate the adoption of emerging technologies, such as distributed ledger and smart contracts. The webinar covers the importance of common data and process standards to aid interoperability, and provides an update on ISDA’s work to identify and define core lifecycle events and actions and consolidate them within a so-called common domain model (CDM).
If you would like to know more or to get involved in this work please contact ISDADerivativeProductsandInfrastructure@isda.org.
Documents (1) for ISDA Webinar: The Foundations of an Efficient Market Infrastructure
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