MIFID II and MIFIR Model Provisions

A clearing member that is subject to Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU (MIFID II) and Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 15, 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (MIFIR) may wish to include these model provisions to form part of its ISDA/FIA Client Cleared OTC Derivatives Addendum or any other relevant agreement or terms between the clearing member and the client for the purposes of complying (or establishing the need to comply) with certain requirements of MIFID II and MIFIR.

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A Path to Greater CFTC-SEC Alignment

Earlier this week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) held a roundtable on regulatory harmonization – an initiative we wholeheartedly support. The US regulatory framework has evolved over time to facilitate financial markets...

Working Towards Tokenized Collateral

One of the lessons learned from recent market shocks – including the 2020 dash for cash and the UK gilt market crisis in 2022 – is that when volatility strikes and market participants must suddenly generate large amounts of cash...

IQ Interview Yazeed Alnafjan

ISDA published new legal opinions in June that recognise the enforceability of close-out netting in Saudi Arabia under regulations published by the Saudi Central Bank earlier this year. In this interview with IQ, Yazeed Alnafjan, the central bank’s deputy governor...