Joint Response to EC on Consultations on Low Carbon Benchmark DAs

On May 6, 2020, ISDA and the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) submitted a joint response to the European Commission’s consultations on the three draft Delegated Acts (DAs), for the purpose of specifying requirements under the Low Carbon Benchmarks Regulation.

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Response to EC Consultation on Carbon Price

On June 10, ISDA responded to the European Commission’s (EC) consultation on the calculation of the carbon price paid in a third country under Article 9 of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). ISDA supports the EC’s proposal that evidence...

Response to CFTC on Clearing Requirements

On June 11, ISDA responded to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s notice of proposed rulemaking on the clearing requirement determination under Section 2(h) of the Commodity Exchange Act for interest rate swaps to account for Canadian dollar-denominated and Mexican...

Digital Assets and Derivatives: Where Next?

Digital assets are moving into a phase of institutional integration into derivatives markets. Trading venues, custodial infrastructures and tokenization platforms now exist across both traditional financial markets and public blockchain networks. While this diversity has accelerated innovation and liquidity formation,...