Market Closure Announcement – Chinese New Year

The Chinese government announced that the Lunar New Year holiday, which was originally scheduled to run from Friday January 24, 2020 to Thursday January 30, 2020 (inclusive) has been extended to February 2, 2020 (inclusive). Further information can be found here.

ISDA guidance regarding the impact of Lunar New Year holiday extension on over-the-counter derivative transactions can be found below.

Please note the guidance may be updated from time to time.

ISDA Response on Clearing Costs

On September 8, ISDA responded to consultation by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on a draft regulatory technical standard on clearing fees and associated costs (article 7c(4) of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)). In the response, ISDA...

ISDA Response on Margin Transparency

On September 8, ISDA responded to a consultation by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on a draft regulatory technical standard under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR 3.0) on margin transparency requirements. ISDA’s members are supportive of margin...

Paper on Liquidity Assessment for Single-name CDS

On September 5, ISDA submitted a paper to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the European Commission in support of its earlier response to ESMA’s Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MIFIR) review consultation package 4 (CP4) on transparency...

Response to EC on Delegated Regulation

On September 4, ISDA responded to the European Commission’s (EC) consultation on amendments to delegated regulation (EU) 2017.567. The key area of interest for ISDA was the proposed insertion of a new article 16a that establishes what constitutes a post-trade...