ISDA Letter to US Prudential Regulators on Revised Margin Requirements

On December 9, 2019, ISDA responded to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comments regarding Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities issued by the US prudential regulators.  The proposed rulemaking extends the phase-in period for initial margin, preserves the legacy status for swaps amended due to the IBOR transition and certain post-trade events, and removes the obligation for affiliates to exchange initial margin.

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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...

Response to EC on Carbon Accounting

On October 5, ISDA responded to the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC) survey, drawing on input from five member firms across the banking, exchange and market-data sectors. The response highlighted broad support for internationally recognized carbon...