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.
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