ISDA Publishes 2018 Arbitration Guide

The 2018 ISDA Arbitration Guide provides updated guidance on the use of an arbitration clause with an ISDA Master Agreement and includes an expanded range of “ISDAfied” model arbitration clauses for a larger number of arbitration institutions and seats around the globe (compared to the 2013 version of the Guide) in Appendices A-L. You can download the 2018 Arbitration Guide here.

Note: This document supersedes the 2013 ISDA Arbitration Guide, which can be found here.

Joint Paper on UK EMIR Reform

On July 1, ISDA and UK Finance published a paper, which recommended a set of reforms for the UK European Market Infrastructure Regulation (UK EMIR), carefully considering each EU EMIR 3.0 reform and asking whether we would wish to adopt...

Response to FCA on UK EMIR Reporting

On June 30, ISDA submitted a response to chapter 5 of the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) quarterly consultation CP25/16 on trade repository reporting requirements under the UK European Market Infrastructure Regulation (UK EMIR). Chapter 5 proposes ‘Amendments to the...

CDS Trading Activity in EU, UK and US Markets

This report analyzes credit derivatives trading activity reported in Europe. The analysis shows European credit derivatives transactions based on the location of reporting venues (EU versus UK) and product type. The report also compares European-reported credit derivatives trading activity to...