ISDA/SIFMA AMG/MFA Response to LEI ROC’s Second Consultation on Fund Relationships

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (“ISDA”), Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s Asset Management Group (“SIFMA AMG”), and Managed Funds Association (“MFA”) joint response to the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) Regulatory Oversight Committee’s (ROC) Second Consultation on Fund Relationships in the Global LEI System.

Efficiency is Vital to Delivering Resilience

With less than three months to go until implementation of US Treasury clearing begins at the end of this year, it’s critical that the mandate is safely implemented without compromising market efficiency. This represents a huge change in market structure,...

Assessing Tokenized MMFs as Eligible Collateral

Distributed ledger technology and digital assets have matured from their early stages to solutions capable of addressing longstanding inefficiencies in collateral management. Tokenized money market funds (TMMFs) represent a particularly promising area for the application of this technology, combining the...