ISDA-FIA Supplemental Comment Letter to G-SIB Surcharge

ISDA and the Futures Industry Association (FIA) supplemental comment letter on the proposed changes by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to the mandatory Banking Organization Systemic Risk Report form (FR Y-15) to add to the Complexity and Interconnectedness indicators of the G-SIB Surcharge any over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives transaction in which a US global systemically important banking organization (G-SIB), acting as agent for its client’s trade with a central counterparty (CCP), guarantees the client’s performance to the CCP.

 

Documents (1) for ISDA-FIA Supplemental Comment Letter to G-SIB Surcharge

Remove Bureaucracy from Cross-margin Approvals

Cross-margining programs play a critical role in financial markets. By ensuring margin requirements more closely reflect the actual risk of a portfolio of products, they reduce liquidity strain and improve market efficiency, both of which will become even more important...

Joint Response on CCP Resolution

On September 7, ISDA and FIA responded to a Bank of England (BOE) discussion paper on central counterparty (CCP) resolution. The associations support greater clarity on valuation capabilities prior to a crisis scenario and the boundary between recovery and resolution,...