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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