What is the ISDA CDM?

With new technologies, such as distributed ledger and smart contracts, the derivatives market is on the cusp of a technology revolution. This video explains how the ISDA Common Domain Model (CDM) will help realise that potential. When fully developed, the ISDA CDM will provide an industry standard blueprint for how derivatives are traded and managed across the lifecycle, and how each step in the process should be represented.

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US Treasury Repo Clearing Indicators May 2026

The ISDA-Actrix US Treasury Repo Market Clearing Indicators illustrate central clearing adoption in the US Treasury repo market. Sponsored cleared repo volumes are used as a proxy to monitor client participation in central clearing, the key objective of the Securities...

Eyeing the Basel III Finish Line

An effective regulatory capital framework relies on multiple ingredients, from appropriate drafting to rigorous testing and consultation. Even minor calibration distortions can inflate capital requirements, which could negatively affect the capacity of banks to support deep and liquid markets, with...