Credit Derivatives Determinations Committees

As of October 9, 2018, ISDA has appointed DC Administration Services, Inc. (DCAS) as the DC Secretary. The new website for the Determinations Committees can be found at the following URL: https://www.cdsdeterminationscommittees.org/. This is the new Website, as defined within the 2018 ISDA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committees Rules (published September 28, 2018).

Pursuing Efficiencies of Tokenization

As we mark the 10-year anniversary of the ISDA Standard Initial Margin Model (ISDA SIMM), which was launched in September 2016 to coincide with the first phase of initial margin (IM) requirements for non-cleared derivatives, we’ve been reflecting on its...

Transition to Mandatory Central Clearing

US Treasury securities sit at the heart of global financial markets and serve as one of the primary forms of high-quality collateral across derivatives and securities financing markets. The transition to mandatory central clearing of US Treasuries therefore has implications...

ISDA Publishes Updated ISDA SIMM Governance

ISDA has published an updated version of the ISDA SIMM® Governance Framework, which sets out the principles under which the ISDA Standard Initial Margin Model® operates and the process through which it will be reviewed and amended on a consistent...