ISDA AGM 2019: Interview with Patrick Pearson, European Commission

At its 34th Annual General Meeting in Hong Kong, ISDA caught up with Patrick Pearson, Head of Financial Market Infrastructures and Derivatives, European Commission, and asked him: “The G-20 has identified tackling market fragmentation as a key area of focus. How can this best be achieved?”

Remove Bureaucracy from Cross-margin Approvals

Cross-margining programs play a critical role in financial markets. By ensuring margin requirements more closely reflect the actual risk of a portfolio of products, they reduce liquidity strain and improve market efficiency, both of which will become even more important...

Joint Response on CCP Resolution

On September 7, ISDA and FIA responded to a Bank of England (BOE) discussion paper on central counterparty (CCP) resolution. The associations support greater clarity on valuation capabilities prior to a crisis scenario and the boundary between recovery and resolution,...