Publication of Supplement 59 (EuroSTR FRO) and Supplement 60 (Revised EONIA FROs) to the 2006 ISDA Definitions

On 1st October 2019, ISDA published Supplement 59 to the 2006 ISDA Definitions, which adds a compounded EuroSTR Floating Rate Option to the 2006 ISDA Definitions. Click here for Supplement 59 which includes the definition for the Floating Rate Option “EUR-EuroSTR-COMPOUND.”

“EUR-EONIA-OIS-COMPOUND”, “EUR-EONIA-OIS-COMPOUND-Bloomberg” and “EUR-EONIA-AVERAGE”

ISDA has also published Supplement 60 to the 2006 ISDA Definitions which embeds robust fallbacks into Floating Rate Options in the 2006 ISDA Definitions which reference EONIA. Click here for the Supplement 60 which updates the Floating Rate Options “EUR-EONIA-OIS-COMPOUND”, “EUR-EONIA-OIS-COMPOUND-Bloomberg” and “EUR-EONIA-AVERAGE.”

Other related ISDA initiatives

ISDA continues to discuss with its working groups other recommendations made by the EU RFR Working Group in its EONIA-€STR Legal Action Plan, including the incorporation of EONIA fallbacks into legacy transactions and collateral arrangements.

Maintaining Focus on Basel III Endgame Recalibration

In its original form, the US Basel III endgame proposal would have resulted in disproportionate increases in capital for trading book activities, forcing banks to make difficult choices about their participation in certain businesses. After two-and-a-half years, a revised proposal...

IRRBB Management in EMDEs

Interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB) has become a growing priority for banks and regulators in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). As many of these countries face monetary tightening cycles and ongoing macroeconomic volatility, bank balance sheets...

Response to CPMI-IOSCO on Consultation

On February 5, ISDA and FIA responded to the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation on the management of general business risks and general business losses by financial market infrastructures (FMIs)....