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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Building Markets, Creating Opportunity

Deep and liquid derivatives markets are fundamental to the development of well-functioning financial markets and healthy economies. They support lending, investment and financial stability, creating the certainty needed for economic growth. But strong derivatives markets do not emerge by chance....

Key Trends in OTC Derivatives Market H2 2025

The latest data from the Bank for International Settlements over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives statistics shows an increase in notional outstanding of OTC derivatives during the second half of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. Notional outstanding rose across all...